knees - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

Note to moderator: Read the answerline carefully. Damage to three structures in this body part make up (-5[1])O’Donoghue’s unhappy triad. (-5[1])In Osgood–Schlatter disease, (10[2])a painful (10[1])bump (10[1])directly (10[1])below (10[3])this (10[1])body (10[1]-5[1])part (10[4])is caused by (10[2])epiphyseal (10[4]0[1])plate (10[1])tension during growth (10[1])spurts. (10[4])When (10[2])extended (10[2])by the vastus (10[2])medialis, (-5[1])this body part is stabilized by the (10[2])screw-home mechanism and by posterior (-5[2])and anterior (10[1]-5[1])ligaments (10[1]-5[1])arranged (10[1])in an (10[1])“X” shape. (10[4]-5[3])The (10[2])menisci (10[4])of (10[1])this (10[3])joint (10[5]-5[1])improve (10[6])its (10[2])shock (10[1])absorption (10[7])capacity. (10[10])This joint’s (10[1])soft cartilage hardens into (10[1])bone (10[1])at age (10[1])four (10[1]-5[1])and connects (10[1])the femur (10[1])and tibia. (10[3])For 10 points, a common reflex test (10[1])involves (10[1])striking the (10[1])patella of what largest joint (10[1])located between the shin and thigh? ■END■ (10[8])

ANSWER: knees [accept kneecaps; accept medial knees or inner knees; accept blown knees; prompt on patellas or patellar tendon until “joint” is read; prompt on meniscus or menisci until “menisci” is read; prompt on anterior cruciate ligaments or ACLs or posterior cruciate ligaments or PCLs or medial collateral ligaments or MCLs until “joint” is read; prompt on legs until “joint” is read; prompt on tibiofemoral joints or patellofemoral joints] (The posterior and anterior cruciate ligaments are named for their cross-shape.)

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Summary


Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	65.40
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	59.89
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	25%	66.83
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	17%	59.17
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	17%	74.83
Midwest	Main	Y	9	89%	0%	11%	62.00
Northeast	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	8%	62.08
Pacific	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	61.56
Southeast	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	25%	71.50
Southern California	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	71.43
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	42.38
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	70.80

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Yashaswi Jaishy	Iowa B	Indiana B	16	-5
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Penn	19	-5
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Cambridge A	22	10
Harri Slaughter	Cardiff	Southampton	22	10
Ethan Young	Williams A	Amherst A	24	10
Thomas Brittain	McMaster C	Toronto H	25	10
Vishrut Pisupati	Imperial B	Imperial A	26	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Tennessee A	27	10
Anna Liao	Michigan B	CWRU A	27	10
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Purdue B	27	10
Artem Vovchenko	Ohio State C	Pittsburgh	28	10
Ibraheem Alkrahgholy	Guelph A	Waterloo B	29	-5
Erin Williams	JMU A	Duke A	29	10
Ellen Ge	Toronto A	Toronto D	30	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Pink	30	10
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Louisville A	30	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	RIT A	30	10
Mikkie Smylie	Brock A	Toronto F	33	10
William Berger	Dartmouth C	MIT B	33	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Arizona State B	34	10
Emily Justak	Indiana B	Iowa B	34	0
Elena Yarrington	Michigan State D	Ohio State D	34	10
Julian Moody	Tufts A	Dartmouth A	34	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Brandeis Bach	34	10
Josh Morris	Bristol	Oxford	35	10
James Mogg	Birmingham	Cambridge D	38	10
Cheyenne Hewitt	Tusculum A	JMU B	39	10
Harrison Greenlee	Washington State	British Columbia B	39	10
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	NYU C	39	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Sewanne	39	10
Max Kurzman	UNC D	VCU A	40	10
Benny Shtutman	South Carolina A	Chipola College	40	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech F	41	10
Will Barton	Imperial C	Imperial D	41	10
Jesse Erwin	Toronto C	McMaster A	44	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Blue	44	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Amherst B	45	-5
Stella Brown	Washington Masu	Washington Atlantic	52	10
Ishan Pachauri	UCLA C	UCLA D	52	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Arizona State A	57	-5
Joshua Garner	Ohio State A	Michigan C	57	-5
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Tennessee Tech	59	-5
Nick Machin	UCLA A	UCLA F	59	10
Gabe Rosen-Turits	NYU B	Lehigh A	60	10
Brayden Zhang	Vanderbilt B	Vanderbilt C	60	-5
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland A	61	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	RIT B	63	10
Louis Harney	Georgia Tech B	Emory A	65	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Alabama A	65	-5
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Illinois Urbana	65	10
Harry Fines	York	Durham B	65	10
Pace Klein	CWRU B	Michigan State A	65	-5
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Michigan State B	65	-5
Brady Bier	Boston University A	Tufts B	65	10
Lola Maas	Washington Coho	Boise State	66	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Boston College A	66	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	UCLA B	67	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	UNC B	67	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	William & Mary B	67	10
Jacie Bradley	Clemson C	Georgia Tech D	67	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Toronto B	68	10
Tal Bowen	Durham A	Durham C	69	10
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Ohio State B	69	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Tufts C	69	10
Advai Srinivasan	UC Irvine	USC A	70	10
Josue Lopez	WVU A	Louisville C	70	10
Pratham Bhanushali	WVU B	Michigan State C	70	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	NYU A	70	-5
Grace Early	Iowa A	Illinois Champaign	70	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Edinburgh C	70	10
Mai Höglund	Claremont B	UCSD A	71	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Toronto G	71	10
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	Vassar A	71	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Orange	71	10
Roger Peng	LSE	Cambridge E	71	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	71	10
Dustin Sanders	Chicago B	William Woods University A	72	10
Lily Hughbanks	Purdue C	WashU Grolars	72	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Maryland C	73	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Waterloo C	74	10
Deeksha Easwar	Washington Sockeye	British Columbia A	74	10
Elizabeth Ziberman	Stony Brook	Rutgers D	74	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Vassar B	74	10
Veer Vanmali	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	74	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Vermont B	74	10
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	ESF	74	10
Zeke Collins	Auburn B	Georgia A	75	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Columbia A	75	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Princeton	75	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Indiana A	75	10
Kathryn Knispel	Edinburgh D	Edinburgh A	75	10
Laura Bullock	Sheffield A	Sheffield B	75	10
Arjun Saulnier	CWRU C	Louisville D	75	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Michigan D	75	10
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Brandeis Beethoven	75	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Cornell D	75	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chum	77	10
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto I	81	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont A	82	10
Tim Morrice	Cambridge C	Warwick	84	10
Katie Young	Liberty C	Liberty B	85	-5
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Cornell B	85	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	MIT A	87	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	Rutgers A	89	10
Rae Meyers	Arizona State A	Texas	91	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Chinook	91	10
Bharath Ram	Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt A	91	10
Jason Thieu	Michigan State A	CWRU B	98	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	Claremont C	99	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	Rowan	101	10
Zachary Leblang	Penn	Johns Hopkins	106	10
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	Guelph A	113	10
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	Liberty C	113	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Georgia Tech C	113	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech E	113	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	113	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Ohio State A	113	10
Emmet Ewing	Michigan State B	CWRU D	113	10
Bokei Thompson	Amherst B	Southern Connecticut State University A	113	10

Upstate NY

Main

100%

65.40

Eastern Canada (2)

Main

100%

11%

59.89

Great Lakes

Main

100%

25%

66.83

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

17%

59.17

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

17%

74.83

Midwest

Main

89%

11%

62.00

Northeast

Main

100%

62.08

Pacific

Main

100%

11%

61.56

Southeast

Main

100%

25%

71.50

Southern California

Main

100%

71.43

UK (South)

100%

42.38

UK (North)

100%

70.80

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Yashaswi Jaishy

Iowa B

Indiana B

-5

Eric Morshed

Johns Hopkins

Penn

-5

Daniel Hobba

Cambridge B

Cambridge A

Harri Slaughter

Cardiff

Southampton

Ethan Young

Williams A

Amherst A

Thomas Brittain

McMaster C

Toronto H

Vishrut Pisupati

Imperial B

Imperial A

Ben Lanahan

Clemson A

Tennessee A

Anna Liao

Michigan B

CWRU A

Davis Johnson

Purdue A

Purdue B

Artem Vovchenko

Ohio State C

Pittsburgh

Ibraheem Alkrahgholy

Guelph A

Waterloo B

-5

Erin Williams

JMU A

Duke A

Ellen Ge

Toronto A

Toronto D

Liam Markland

Alberta A

Washington Pink

Sarah Dong

Michigan A

Louisville A

Owen Linder

Binghamton A

RIT A

Mikkie Smylie

Brock A

Toronto F

William Berger

Dartmouth C

MIT B

Yoyo Liu

British Columbia C

Arizona State B

Emily Justak

Indiana B

Iowa B

Elena Yarrington

Michigan State D

Ohio State D

Julian Moody

Tufts A

Dartmouth A

Ben Mowery

Vermont A

Brandeis Bach

Josh Morris

Bristol

Oxford

James Mogg

Birmingham

Cambridge D

Cheyenne Hewitt

Tusculum A

JMU B

Harrison Greenlee

Washington State

British Columbia B

Abbi Tesreau

George Mason C

NYU C

Asheton Wilbanks

Clemson B

Sewanne

Max Kurzman

UNC D

VCU A

Benny Shtutman

South Carolina A

Chipola College

Will Hughes

Auburn A

Georgia Tech F

Will Barton

Imperial C

Imperial D

Jesse Erwin

Toronto C

McMaster A

Colette Giezentanner

WashU Grizzlers

Illinois Blue

Christopher Bradley

Southern Connecticut State University A

Amherst B

-5

Stella Brown

Washington Masu

Washington Atlantic

Ishan Pachauri

UCLA C

UCLA D

Vishnu Sharma

Texas

Arizona State A

-5

Joshua Garner

Ohio State A

Michigan C

-5

Samarth Prajapati

Georgia Tech E

Tennessee Tech

-5

Nick Machin

UCLA A

UCLA F

Gabe Rosen-Turits

NYU B

Lehigh A

Brayden Zhang

Vanderbilt B

Vanderbilt C

-5

Nicholas Decker

George Mason A

Maryland A

Derek Li

Cornell A

RIT B

Louis Harney

Georgia Tech B

Emory A

Emerson Patmore

Georgia Tech C

Alabama A

-5

Brian Qian

Illinois Canada

Illinois Urbana

Harry Fines

York

Durham B

Pace Klein

CWRU B

Michigan State A

-5

Matthew Stall

CWRU D

Michigan State B

-5

Brady Bier

Boston University A

Tufts B

Lola Maas

Washington Coho

Boise State

Penelope Graham

Williams B

Boston College A

Ethan Ririe

UCSD B

UCLA B

Antonio LaNave

Virginia Tech C

UNC B

Nathan Redford

Liberty A

William & Mary B

Jacie Bradley

Clemson C

Georgia Tech D

Dawson Teu

Waterloo A

Toronto B

Tal Bowen

Durham A

Durham C

Joseph Strom

Louisville B

Ohio State B

Owen Gibbs

Boston College B

Tufts C

Advai Srinivasan

UC Irvine

USC A

Josue Lopez

WVU A

Louisville C

Pratham Bhanushali

WVU B

Michigan State C

Jason Lee

Rutgers A

NYU A

-5

Grace Early

Iowa A

Illinois Champaign

Alex Miller

Edinburgh B

Edinburgh C

Mai Höglund

Claremont B

UCSD A

Aidan Hoffner

McMaster B

Toronto G

Braydon Morefield

George Mason B

Vassar A

Austin Tran

Rose-Hulman A

Illinois Orange

Roger Peng

LSE

Cambridge E

Jack Granahan

Brandeis Mozart

Brown B

Dustin Sanders

Chicago B

William Woods University A

Lily Hughbanks

Purdue C

WashU Grolars

Rohit Chintala

Maryland B

Maryland C

Platon Gorokhov

Toronto E

Waterloo C

Deeksha Easwar

Washington Sockeye

British Columbia A

Elizabeth Ziberman

Stony Brook

Rutgers D

Cooper Morris

Columbia B

Vassar B

Veer Vanmali

Mississippi State A

Auburn C

Lucas Guan

Brown A

Vermont B

Eli O'Sick Johnson

Binghamton C

ESF

Zeke Collins

Auburn B

Georgia A

Daniel Abrams

Rutgers B

Columbia A

Nicholas Ryan

Lehigh B

Princeton

Saswat Sasha Tripathi

Chicago A

Indiana A

Kathryn Knispel

Edinburgh D

Edinburgh A

Laura Bullock

Sheffield A

Sheffield B

Arjun Saulnier

CWRU C

Louisville D

Nishad Joshi

Kentucky

Michigan D

Akif Ismail

Williams C

Brandeis Beethoven

Ariyan Miah

Binghamton B

Cornell D

Alan Fan

Washington Steelhead

Washington Chum

Brendan Bridle

Queen's A

Toronto I

Winston Zuo

UC Santa Barbara

Claremont A

Tim Morrice

Cambridge C

Warwick

Katie Young

Liberty C

Liberty B

-5

Vincent Misterkiewicz

Cornell C

Cornell B

Ayaan Jajodia

Dartmouth B

MIT A

Henry Bauer

NYU A

Rutgers A

Rae Meyers

Arizona State A

Texas

Luke Simon

Alberta B

Washington Chinook

Bharath Ram

Georgia Tech A

Vanderbilt A

Jason Thieu

Michigan State A

CWRU B

Joseph Wang

UCLA E

Claremont C

Sophia Peng

Rutgers C

Rowan

101

Zachary Leblang

Penn

Johns Hopkins

106

Zack Wiffen

Waterloo B

Guelph A

113

Alexandra Knight

Liberty B

Liberty C

113

Britton Webster

Alabama A

Georgia Tech C

113

Daniel Slater

Tennessee Tech

Georgia Tech E

113

Edward Zhang

Vanderbilt C

Vanderbilt B

113

Reed Sexton

Michigan C

Ohio State A

113

Emmet Ewing

Michigan State B

CWRU D

113

Bokei Thompson

Amherst B

Southern Connecticut State University A

113