Florence Nightingale - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

Lytton Strachey argued that “A Demon possessed” this person in the second section of Eminent Victorians. This person used the term “coxcomb” to refer to the polar area diagrams (10[3])which (10[2])represented (10[2])this person’s data analysis. (10[9])This person led (10[1])a team of volunteers, (10[3])including (-5[1])Eliza Roberts, to Selimiye (10[1])(“say-lee-mee-yeh”) Barracks in Scutari. (10[4])In 1912, (10[1])the (-5[1])Red Cross established (10[2])an award (10[2])named after (10[1])this person, (10[5])who (10[1])set up (10[1])a school (10[3]-5[1])based (10[3])at (10[1])St (-5[1])Thomas’ (10[3]-5[1])Hospital (10[4])in London. (10[10]-5[1])This person refused to work with Mary Seacole (10[6])while (10[3])ministering (10[7])to (10[1])soldiers (10[3])in the Crimean (10[13])War. (10[17]-5[1])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[1])which so-called (10[2])“lady (10[1])with the (10[1])lamp” (10[1])was a pioneering (10[3])figure in modern nursing? (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[1])

ANSWER: Florence Nightingale

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= Average correct buzz position

Summary


Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	80%	0%	20%	83.25
Southern California	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	68.71
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	60%	93.20
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	0%	76.33
Florida	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	71.00
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	8%	73.42
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	71.44
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	90%	0%	10%	79.67
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	100%	0%	0%	80.00
Midwest	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	0%	58.44
North	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	86.00
Northeast	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	0%	69.55
Pacific	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	62.38
South Central	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	86.14
Southeast	Main	Y	13	100%	0%	0%	75.08
Northern California	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	60.25
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	56.57
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	72.40

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	NYU A	28	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Boss Bandit	28	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Indiana A	28	10
Benjamin Silversten	William & Mary C	Liberty A	29	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Auburn B	29	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Michigan State A	30	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	Virginia Tech B	30	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	WashU Grizzlers	34	10
Victor Xu	Toronto B	Toronto C	34	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	UCF A	34	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	British Columbia B	34	10
Wesley Yu	British Columbia A	Washington Coho	34	10
Sophia Madrazo	Purdue B	Illinois Canada	34	10
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Tufts A	34	10
David Latimer	Imperial A	Cambridge D	34	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Warwick	34	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCLA D	37	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	Claremont B	41	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech F	41	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Washington State	41	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill B	42	-5
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Michigan C	46	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Tufts B	49	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Dartmouth B	49	10
Jacob Coyne	Durham C	Sheffield B	49	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Cambridge E	49	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Imperial B	51	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	Vassar A	52	-5
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Chicago B	55	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Vermont B	55	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Iowa B	57	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	57	10
Kushagra Bahuguna	Washington Chinook	Washington Steelhead	59	10
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	William & Mary A	61	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Alabama A	61	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Clemson B	61	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Louisville B	61	10
Nina Chen	Waterloo B	Toronto G	61	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	USC B	62	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Brown A	64	10
Kara Braun	Michigan State B	Ohio State B	66	10
Valentina Chamandy	McGill E	Carleton A	66	-5
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	Ottawa A	66	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial D	66	10
Ritisha Dey	Stanford A	UCSC	67	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA C	67	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida Tech A	67	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Brown B	68	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	UNC B	69	-5
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Atlantic	70	10
Graham Dirks	Kansas State A	Kansas State B	70	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	St. Thomas	70	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	ESF	70	-5
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	George Mason A	71	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Sheffield A	71	10
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Michigan B	71	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Cornell D	71	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Indiana B	73	10
Ian Hatcher	Chipola College	Clemson A	73	10
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Edinburgh C	73	10
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Toronto I	73	10
Alex Randall	Kentucky	Pittsburgh	73	10
Lauryn Hendrix	Louisville C	Michigan State D	73	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Michigan State C	73	-5
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Virginia Tech C	73	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	George Mason B	73	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	UConn A	73	10
Jiping Fang	Illinois Blue	William Woods University A	73	10
Britt Bernstein	Georgia A	Emory A	81	10
Charlotte Nicholas	Durham B	Edinburgh B	81	10
Daniel Lu	Washington Pink	Washington Masu	81	10
Sage Snow	Central Oklahoma A	Tulsa A	81	10
Lauren Stamp	Cambridge A	Southampton	81	10
Aditi Nebhwani	Bristol	Imperial C	81	10
Gabe Rosen-Turits	NYU B	Lehigh B	82	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	82	10
Elizabeth Megson	Tulsa B	Central Oklahoma B	82	10
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	NCSU B	83	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Tennessee A	83	10
Sophia Schlag	Ottawa C	Carleton B	83	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Guelph A	83	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	WVU B	83	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Iowa A	83	10
Jacob Chambers	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	83	10
Mikkie Smylie	Brock A	Queen's A	84	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Waterloo C	85	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	85	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	RIT B	85	10
Daniel Kim	Maryland A	Rutgers A	88	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	88	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Edinburgh D	88	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC A	88	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	McMaster A	88	10
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	Louisville D	88	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	Virginia Tech A	88	10
Vedh Ramesh	Penn	Rutgers D	88	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Arizona State A	88	10
Sam Beshear	Murray State College B	Murray State College A	88	10
Cole Hammans	Nebraska A	Nebraska B	88	10
Nolan King	Nebraska C	Oklahoma	88	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Binghamton B	88	10
Tianyi Zheng	UCSD B	UCSD A	89	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	CWRU A	89	10
Emily Snider	Liberty C	Tusculum A	89	10
James Braxton	William & Mary B	JMU A	89	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Lehigh A	89	10
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	Princeton	89	10
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	89	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	89	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	89	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	McGill A	89	-5
James Xiao	Toronto A	Waterloo A	89	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida State A	89	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Vassar B	89	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	Rutgers C	89	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Purdue D	89	10
Hanson Hunynh	Boston University B	Amherst B	89	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Brandeis Mozart	89	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	Rochester	89	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	McMaster C	90	10
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	Columbia B	91	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Alberta B	92	10
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	Florida Tech B	94	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	Harvard	94	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	CWRU C	95	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	UC Irvine	97	10
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Vanderbilt C	98	10
Jacie Bradley	Clemson C	Sewanne	101	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	UNC C	101	10
Eleanor Arron	Williams C	Dartmouth C	101	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	McGill C	105	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	McGill E	106	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa D	106	10
Maya Hunt	Michigan State C	Ohio State D	106	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Stony Brook	106	0
Ayden Gates	Rose State	Harding	106	10
Virginia Brooks	Minnesota	Wisconsin B	106	10

Upstate NY

Main

80%

20%

83.25

Southern California

Main

100%

68.71

Eastern Canada (1)

Main

100%

60%

93.20

Eastern Canada (2)

Main

100%

76.33

Florida

Main

100%

71.00

Great Lakes

Main

100%

73.42

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

11%

71.44

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

90%

10%

79.67

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

80.00

Midwest

Main

100%

58.44

North

Main

100%

86.00

Northeast

Main

100%

69.55

Pacific

Main

100%

62.38

South Central

Main

100%

86.14

Southeast

Main

100%

75.08

Northern California

Main

100%

60.25

UK (South)

100%

56.57

UK (North)

100%

72.40

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Ben Spirtas

Maryland C

NYU A

Danny Han

Stanford B

Berkeley Boss Bandit

Camden Walker

WashU Grolars

Indiana A

Benjamin Silversten

William & Mary C

Liberty A

Arhith Dharaendra

Georgia Tech B

Auburn B

Snehan Saroch

Louisville A

Michigan State A

Liam Rojas

Virginia A

Virginia Tech B

Saswat Sasha Tripathi

Chicago A

WashU Grizzlers

Victor Xu

Toronto B

Toronto C

Jacob Ergueta

Florida A

UCF A

Keerthana Krishnan

Texas

British Columbia B

Wesley Yu

British Columbia A

Washington Coho

Sophia Madrazo

Purdue B

Illinois Canada

Luc Vulliez

Amherst A

Tufts A

David Latimer

Imperial A

Cambridge D

Shlok Dev

LSE

Warwick

Annika Larson

Claremont A

UCLA D

Terrence Han

UCLA B

Claremont B

Samarth Prajapati

Georgia Tech E

Georgia Tech F

Yoyo Liu

British Columbia C

Washington State

John Rootham

Ottawa D

McGill B

-5

Oliver Thompson

CWRU D

Michigan C

Ben Mowery

Vermont A

Tufts B

Penelope Graham

Williams B

Dartmouth B

Jacob Coyne

Durham C

Sheffield B

Honor Mountford

Cambridge C

Cambridge E

Tom Morris-Jones

Birmingham

Imperial B

Arlene Lopez

Stony Brook

Vassar A

-5

Eric Yang

Purdue A

Chicago B

Michael Ai

Williams A

Vermont B

William Henley

Illinois Champaign

Iowa B

Suren Grigorian

Berkeley Mighty Miner

Berkeley Archer Queen

Kushagra Bahuguna

Washington Chinook

Washington Steelhead

Jesse Mindel

NCSU A

William & Mary A

Yuxuan Lu

Vanderbilt A

Alabama A

Ethan Miniard

Montevallo

Clemson B

Jacob Goodson

Ohio State A

Louisville B

Nina Chen

Waterloo B

Toronto G

Jacob Cohen

UCLA A

USC B

Elliott Gomes

Dartmouth A

Brown A

Kara Braun

Michigan State B

Ohio State B

Valentina Chamandy

McGill E

Carleton A

-5

Abhay Ariyapappillil

Ottawa B

Ottawa A

Nayaaz Hashim

Oxford

Imperial D

Ritisha Dey

Stanford A

UCSC

Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran

UC Santa Barbara

UCLA C

Nicholas Nguyen

Florida B

Florida Tech A

Sidarth Erat

MIT A

Brown B

Diego Almaraz

UNC C

UNC B

-5

Liam Markland

Alberta A

Washington Atlantic

Graham Dirks

Kansas State A

Kansas State B

Anneke Stracks

Macalester

St. Thomas

Will Hoover

RIT A

ESF

-5

Nathan Zhao

Maryland B

George Mason A

Harry Sexton

Edinburgh A

Sheffield A

Sarah Dong

Michigan A

Michigan B

Derek Li

Cornell A

Cornell D

Sam Alahi

Illinois Orange

Indiana B

Ian Hatcher

Chipola College

Clemson A

Atticus Teter

Durham A

Edinburgh C

Sicheng Jiang

Toronto H

Toronto I

Alex Randall

Kentucky

Pittsburgh

Lauryn Hendrix

Louisville C

Michigan State D

Ishan Chahande

Ohio State D

Michigan State C

-5

Jeffery Austin

UNC D

Virginia Tech C

Eric Morshed

Johns Hopkins

George Mason B

Jaehyun Park

Boston University A

UConn A

Jiping Fang

Illinois Blue

William Woods University A

Britt Bernstein

Georgia A

Emory A

Charlotte Nicholas

Durham B

Edinburgh B

Daniel Lu

Washington Pink

Washington Masu

Sage Snow

Central Oklahoma A

Tulsa A

Lauren Stamp

Cambridge A

Southampton

Aditi Nebhwani

Bristol

Imperial C

Gabe Rosen-Turits

NYU B

Lehigh B

Steven Pan

Georgia Tech C

Georgia Tech A

Elizabeth Megson

Tulsa B

Central Oklahoma B

Gentry Dowdy

Liberty B

NCSU B

Trey Lewis

South Carolina A

Tennessee A

Sophia Schlag

Ottawa C

Carleton B

Sean Gao

Toronto E

Guelph A

Chase Moss

WVU A

WVU B

Arthur Zhang

Purdue C

Iowa A

Jacob Chambers

Iowa State

Wisconsin A

Mikkie Smylie

Brock A

Queen's A

Michael Xu

McMaster B

Waterloo C

Ben Stras

Wisconsin C

Michigan Tech

Owen Linder

Binghamton A

RIT B

Daniel Kim

Maryland A

Rutgers A

Towery McNeil

Mississippi State A

Vanderbilt B

Eoghan Herriot

Durham D

Edinburgh D

Joseph Wang

UCLA E

USC A

Nathaniel Godfrey

Toronto D

McMaster A

Miles Spieler

Ohio State C

Louisville D

Nick Smemoe

UNC A

Virginia Tech A

Vedh Ramesh

Penn

Rutgers D

Simarya Ahuja

Washington Sockeye

Arizona State A

Sam Beshear

Murray State College B

Murray State College A

Cole Hammans

Nebraska A

Nebraska B

Nolan King

Nebraska C

Oklahoma

Vincent Misterkiewicz

Cornell C

Binghamton B

Tianyi Zheng

UCSD B

UCSD A

Meredith Wiper

CWRU B

CWRU A

Emily Snider

Liberty C

Tusculum A

James Braxton

William & Mary B

JMU A

Jaden Bandy

Rutgers B

Lehigh A

Alexander Rutten

Columbia A

Princeton

Doug Frederick

Auburn A

Tennessee Tech

Richard D’Angelo

Tennessee B

Georgia Tech D

Hansen Jin

Berkeley Skeleton King

Berkeley Little Prince

Malcolm Meyn

McGill C

McGill A

-5

James Xiao

Toronto A

Waterloo A

Yishak Kelkay

ERAU Daytona A

Florida State A

John Shelly

Rowan

Vassar B

Renita Tang

NYU C

Rutgers C

Austin Tran

Rose-Hulman A

Purdue D

Hanson Hunynh

Boston University B

Amherst B

Blake Johnson

Boston College A

Brandeis Mozart

Molly Oakley

Binghamton C

Rochester

Imtiaz Kidwai

Toronto F

McMaster C

Brayden Whitlow

George Mason C

Columbia B

Tri Lam

Washington Chum

Alberta B

Addison Wiggins

South Florida A

Florida Tech B

Kaitlyn Farrin

Brandeis Beethoven

Harvard

Jack Rabaut

Michigan D

CWRU C

Sarah Silverman

Claremont C

UC Irvine

Abby Tipton

Auburn C

Vanderbilt C

Jacie Bradley

Clemson C

Sewanne

101

Ezra Zareba

UNC B

UNC C

101

Eleanor Arron

Williams C

Dartmouth C

101

Charlie Ruff

McGill A

McGill C

105

Alden Thompson

Carleton A

McGill E

106

Galen Mueller

McGill B

Ottawa D

106

Maya Hunt

Michigan State C

Ohio State D

106

Eli Young

Vassar A

Stony Brook

106

Ayden Gates

Rose State

Harding

106

Virginia Brooks

Minnesota

Wisconsin B

106