Environmental Protection Agency - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

A former employee of this government agency, Brent Efron, compared this agency’s work to “throwing gold bars off the edge” (10[1])on a Tinder (10[1])date in a clip (-5[1])since used to justify investigations (-5[1])of it. (-5[2])A 1980s ruling (10[1])supporting this government (10[1])agency, then led by (-5[1])Anne Gorsuch, (10[2]-5[1])created (10[2])deference (10[1])to (10[1])federal (10[1])experts (10[3])in interpreting (10[3])unclear (10[1])laws, (10[5]-5[1])but was (10[1]-5[2])overturned (10[2])in 2024. (10[7]-5[3])This government agency (10[1])plans to rescind a (10[1])2009 “endangerment (10[2]-5[1])finding” (10[3]-5[1])as (10[1])part (10[1])of (10[2])what (10[1])Lee Zeldin has called (10[3])the US’s (10[7])“greatest day of (10[2])deregulation,” (10[2])including changing NAAQS (10[1])regulations on PM 2.5. (10[4])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1]-5[1])what (10[1])Nixon-era (10[7])government (10[1])agency (10[4])is (10[1])responsible (10[2])for (10[2])enforcing (10[2])laws like (10[1])the (10[1])Clean Air Act? ■END■ (10[20]0[1])

ANSWER: Environmental Protection Agency [or EPA]

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= Average correct buzz position

Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	1	100%	0%	0%	77.00
Southern California	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	43%	88.71
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	90.40
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	33%	101.78
Florida	Main	Y	1	100%	0%	0%	59.00
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	0%	59.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	22%	88.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	92%	0%	8%	72.18
Midwest	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	0%	71.56
North	Main	Y	1	100%	0%	0%	48.00
Northeast	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	25%	77.42
Pacific	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	0%	79.56
South Central	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	77.25
Southeast	Main	Y	13	100%	0%	15%	85.15
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	72.00

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	Michigan A	19	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Washington Steelhead	22	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt C	26	-5
John Gamble	NCSU A	Virginia Tech A	31	-5
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Toronto A	33	-5
Johnny Myers	Williams B	MIT A	33	-5
Emma Gates	Brown A	Tufts A	36	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Penn	39	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	McMaster A	43	-5
Brady Hagan	Ohio State B	Ohio State A	45	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Virginia Tech B	45	10
Abhinav Madamanchi	NYU B	Columbia A	45	-5
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	Michigan State B	46	10
Tanmay Mirashi	Maryland C	Maryland A	46	10
Emilie Moore	RIT A	Cornell D	47	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	48	10
Jack Piros	Illinois Orange	Illinois Champaign	49	10
Mitchell Hackett	Central Oklahoma A	Murray State College B	50	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Purdue C	50	10
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Boston College B	50	10
Benny Shtutman	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech C	52	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Louisville D	52	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Washington Pink	52	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Vermont B	53	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	CWRU A	54	10
Wyatt Johnson	CWRU B	Michigan B	54	10
Mai Höglund	Claremont B	UCLA C	54	10
Will Hamilton	Vermont A	Boston University A	54	10
Walter Carson	NCSU B	JMU B	54	-5
Zaid Asif	NYU A	Maryland B	54	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	UCLA A	56	-5
Brooks Phillips	Auburn A	Emory A	56	-5
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Illinois Blue	56	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Dartmouth B	57	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa B	57	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida A	59	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Louisville B	59	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Williams A	59	-5
Lena Jurik	Oklahoma	Nebraska A	59	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Georgia Tech F	59	10
Graydon Allard	Ottawa A	McGill A	59	-5
Kevin Hendargo	UCSD A	UCLA D	59	-5
Ethan Skolnick	WashU Grolars	Chicago A	59	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Chicago B	59	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Sewanne	59	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Binghamton C	62	10
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	66	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	USC B	68	-5
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Rutgers B	68	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UCLA E	68	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	CWRU C	69	10
Benjamin Silversten	William & Mary C	Duke A	69	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	UConn A	69	-5
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Clemson A	69	10
Jack Marguiles	Stony Brook	Johns Hopkins	70	10
Caleb Ellenberg	Brown B	Boston College A	71	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	Louisville C	72	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Clemson C	72	10
Lola Maas	Washington Coho	Alberta B	73	10
Adrian Li	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	77	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	Michigan State D	77	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Rutgers A	77	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Michigan D	79	10
Luke Houtz	Arizona State B	Washington State	79	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Lehigh B	79	10
Aidan Drain	NYU C	Rowan	79	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Rutgers D	79	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Boston University B	79	10
Hannah Bickom	ESF	Binghamton B	79	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue B	82	10
Gabriel Nell	Cornell B	Rochester	82	10
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	Tusculum A	83	10
Max Kurzman	UNC D	UNC B	83	10
Agatha Dahle	WVU A	Ohio State D	86	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Alberta A	90	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Ottawa C	90	10
Luke Bromley	Indiana B	Purdue D	90	10
Aaron Wang	Cornell A	Binghamton A	90	10
James Fan	Toronto E	Toronto G	92	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Waterloo B	93	-5
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA B	93	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Toronto I	94	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Toronto C	95	10
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Queen's A	95	10
Anya Srinivasan	Washington Atlantic	Boise State	95	10
Louis Harney	Georgia Tech B	Tennessee Tech	95	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Georgia Tech D	95	10
Joseph Cole	UNC A	Virginia A	95	10
Nico Lotto	Vassar B	George Mason C	95	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	William Woods University A	96	10
Kate Wisnudel	Brandeis Beethoven	Dartmouth C	97	10
Andy Liu	British Columbia A	British Columbia C	97	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa D	97	10
Nova Sink	Virginia Tech A	NCSU A	97	10
Delilah Brumer	UCLA A	Claremont C	98	10
Anthony Cruz Martinez	Nebraska C	Nebraska B	99	10
Vivian Fan	Claremont A	UCSD B	99	10
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Washington Sockeye	100	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	McGill E	100	10
Jaxsen Melton	Murray State College A	Tulsa A	101	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UC Irvine	101	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Iowa A	103	10
Andy Campbell	VCU A	UNC C	104	10
Elena Thai	Waterloo C	Guelph A	108	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Waterloo A	108	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Brock A	108	10
James Xiao	Toronto A	Toronto B	108	10
Aleksa Misic	Waterloo B	McMaster B	108	10
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Dartmouth A	108	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Harvard	108	10
Ian Hatcher	Chipola College	Georgia Tech A	108	10
Kingsley Chen	McGill A	Ottawa A	108	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	JMU A	108	10
Neal Tandon	Columbia B	Rutgers C	108	10
Judah Friedman	UConn A	Brandeis Bach	108	10
Maggie Sun	MIT A	Williams B	108	10
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	Washington Chinook	108	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Alabama A	108	10
Wynn Alsko	Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	108	10
Sam Chernoff	Emory A	Auburn A	108	10
Shreyansh Satapurthy	UCLA D	UCSD A	108	10
Brendan Karg	JMU B	NCSU B	108	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	NYU B	108	0
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Mississippi State A	108	10

Northern California

Main

100%

77.00

Southern California

Main

100%

43%

88.71

Eastern Canada (1)

Main

100%

20%

90.40

Eastern Canada (2)

Main

100%

33%

101.78

Florida

Main

100%

59.00

Great Lakes

Main

100%

59.33

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

22%

88.00

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

92%

72.18

Midwest

Main

100%

71.56

North

Main

100%

48.00

Northeast

Main

100%

25%

77.42

Pacific

Main

100%

79.56

South Central

Main

100%

77.25

Southeast

Main

100%

15%

85.15

Upstate NY

Main

100%

72.00

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Andrew Harms

Michigan State A

Michigan A

Ritwik Sharma

Arizona State A

Washington Steelhead

Towery McNeil

Mississippi State A

Vanderbilt C

-5

John Gamble

NCSU A

Virginia Tech A

-5

Stephen Ottewell

Toronto B

Toronto A

-5

Johnny Myers

Williams B

MIT A

-5

Emma Gates

Brown A

Tufts A

Margaret Withers

George Mason B

Penn

Dawson Teu

Waterloo A

McMaster A

-5

Brady Hagan

Ohio State B

Ohio State A

Derek Aldridge

William & Mary A

Virginia Tech B

Abhinav Madamanchi

NYU B

Columbia A

-5

Daniel Huang

Michigan C

Michigan State B

Tanmay Mirashi

Maryland C

Maryland A

Emilie Moore

RIT A

Cornell D

Sebastian Llaca

Wisconsin A

Iowa State

Jack Piros

Illinois Orange

Illinois Champaign

Mitchell Hackett

Central Oklahoma A

Murray State College B

Trenton Burgess

Indiana A

Purdue C

Yvonne Pan

Amherst B

Boston College B

Benny Shtutman

South Carolina A

Georgia Tech C

Zac Stapler

Pittsburgh

Louisville D

Vishnu Sharma

Texas

Washington Pink

Anthony Xu

Amherst A

Vermont B

Orion Brey

Louisville A

CWRU A

Wyatt Johnson

CWRU B

Michigan B

Mai Höglund

Claremont B

UCLA C

Will Hamilton

Vermont A

Boston University A

Walter Carson

NCSU B

JMU B

-5

Zaid Asif

NYU A

Maryland B

Sarah Silverman

Claremont C

UCLA A

-5

Brooks Phillips

Auburn A

Emory A

-5

Davis Johnson

Purdue A

Illinois Blue

Jonathan Schnipper

Brandeis Mozart

Dartmouth B

Malcolm Meyn

McGill C

Ottawa B

Peyton Legg

UCF A

Florida A

Matthew Stall

CWRU D

Louisville B

Elliott Gomes

Dartmouth A

Williams A

-5

Lena Jurik

Oklahoma

Nebraska A

Martin Brandenburg

Georgia A

Georgia Tech F

Graydon Allard

Ottawa A

McGill A

-5

Kevin Hendargo

UCSD A

UCLA D

-5

Ethan Skolnick

WashU Grolars

Chicago A

Mica Oestreich

Illinois Canada

Chicago B

Andrew Wilson

Montevallo

Sewanne

Vincent Misterkiewicz

Cornell C

Binghamton C

Niyanthi Yamunan

Georgia Tech E

Auburn B

Katherine Mack

UC Irvine

USC B

-5

Vihaan Jim

Princeton

Rutgers B

Jas Wang

UCLA F

UCLA E

Nishad Joshi

Kentucky

CWRU C

Benjamin Silversten

William & Mary C

Duke A

Kayla Drajpuch

Brandeis Bach

UConn A

-5

Darren Kellis

Vanderbilt A

Clemson A

Jack Marguiles

Stony Brook

Johns Hopkins

Caleb Ellenberg

Brown B

Boston College A

Venkat Das

WVU B

Louisville C

Richard D’Angelo

Tennessee B

Clemson C

Lola Maas

Washington Coho

Alberta B

Adrian Li

Berkeley Archer Queen

Stanford B

Eric Cameron

Michigan State C

Michigan State D

Matthew Bucek

George Mason A

Rutgers A

Sewanth Paudel

Ohio State C

Michigan D

Luke Houtz

Arizona State B

Washington State

Alex Grigoriades

Lehigh A

Lehigh B

Aidan Drain

NYU C

Rowan

Eli Young

Vassar A

Rutgers D

Thomas Newill

Tufts C

Boston University B

Hannah Bickom

ESF

Binghamton B

Colette Giezentanner

WashU Grizzlers

Purdue B

Gabriel Nell

Cornell B

Rochester

Jaden Rupolo

Liberty B

Tusculum A

Max Kurzman

UNC D

UNC B

Agatha Dahle

WVU A

Ohio State D

George Matsumura

Washington Chum

Alberta A

Nicolaus Derikx

Carleton A

Ottawa C

Luke Bromley

Indiana B

Purdue D

Aaron Wang

Cornell A

Binghamton A

James Fan

Toronto E

Toronto G

Aidan Hoffner

McMaster B

Waterloo B

-5

Winston Zuo

UC Santa Barbara

UCLA B

Imtiaz Kidwai

Toronto F

Toronto I

Nathaniel Godfrey

Toronto D

Toronto C

Sicheng Jiang

Toronto H

Queen's A

Anya Srinivasan

Washington Atlantic

Boise State

Louis Harney

Georgia Tech B

Tennessee Tech

John Shelley

Clemson B

Georgia Tech D

Joseph Cole

UNC A

Virginia A

Nico Lotto

Vassar B

George Mason C

Samarth Majmudar

Illinois Urbana

William Woods University A

Kate Wisnudel

Brandeis Beethoven

Dartmouth C

Andy Liu

British Columbia A

British Columbia C

Galen Mueller

McGill B

Ottawa D

Nova Sink

Virginia Tech A

NCSU A

Delilah Brumer

UCLA A

Claremont C

Anthony Cruz Martinez

Nebraska C

Nebraska B

Vivian Fan

Claremont A

UCSD B

Henry Rutherford-Braun

British Columbia B

Washington Sockeye

100

Valerie Brown

Carleton B

McGill E

100

Jaxsen Melton

Murray State College A

Tulsa A

101

Vivienne Ruemler

USC B

UC Irvine

101

Austin Tran

Rose-Hulman A

Iowa A

103

Andy Campbell

VCU A

UNC C

104

Elena Thai

Waterloo C

Guelph A

108

Seth Allen

McMaster A

Waterloo A

108

Cranmer McGinn

McMaster C

Brock A

108

James Xiao

Toronto A

Toronto B

108

Aleksa Misic

Waterloo B

McMaster B

108

Matthew Kohn

Williams A

Dartmouth A

108

Kyle Hart

MIT B

Harvard

108

Ian Hatcher

Chipola College

Georgia Tech A

108

Kingsley Chen

McGill A

Ottawa A

108

Nathan Redford

Liberty A

JMU A

108

Neal Tandon

Columbia B

Rutgers C

108

Judah Friedman

UConn A

Brandeis Bach

108

Maggie Sun

MIT A

Williams B

108

Haylee Weisner

Washington Masu

Washington Chinook

108

Jackson Slaughter

Tennessee A

Alabama A

108

Wynn Alsko

Auburn C

Vanderbilt B

108

Sam Chernoff

Emory A

Auburn A

108

Shreyansh Satapurthy

UCLA D

UCSD A

108

Brendan Karg

JMU B

NCSU B

108

Mackenzie Tott

Columbia A

NYU B

108

Edward Zhang

Vanderbilt C

Mississippi State A

108