Poland - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

It’s not France, but an early historical chronicle of this country was written by Gallus Anonymus. This country’s nobility expelled William of Austria after crowning his wife king in 1384. (10[3]-5[1])The (-5[1])Nihil (10[4])novi (10[2]-5[1])act (10[3])gave (10[1])this country’s nobles (10[4])power (10[1])which (10[1])was (10[1])strengthened (10[2])under a system known as Golden (10[2]-5[1])Liberty. (10[9]-5[3])This (10[1])country (10[2]-5[1])was united (10[1]-5[1])with a Grand Duchy (10[2])to its (10[1])east (10[6]-5[2])by (10[1])the (10[1]-5[1])Union (10[3]-5[1])of (10[1])Lublin. (10[12]-5[2])Jadwiga (10[8]-5[1])(“yad-VEE-gah”) ruled (10[1])this (10[1])country (10[4])immediately (10[2])before (10[2])a line of (10[1])kings (10[1])from (10[1])the (10[1])Jagiellonian (“yog-yell-OH-nee-in”) dynasty. (10[3])For 10 points, which country (10[1])formed a Commonwealth (10[2])with Lithuania (10[10])and crowned monarchs (10[3])in its (10[1])medieval (10[1])capital (10[1])Kraków ■END■ (10[11]0[3])

ANSWER: Poland [or Kingdom of Poland; accept Poland-Lithuania or the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; prompt on Lithuania]

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= Average correct buzz position

Summary


Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	67.80
Southern California	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	48.43
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	75.60
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	64.78
Florida	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	73.25
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	17%	63.83
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	0%	61.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	50%	0%	50%	48.00
Midwest	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	61.11
North	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	67.50
Northeast	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	10%	63.40
Pacific	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	25%	53.50
South Central	Main	Y	7	86%	0%	14%	77.50
Southeast	Main	Y	13	100%	0%	23%	63.85
Northern California	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	64.50
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	100%	0%	25%	68.63
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	71.40

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Emily Justak	Indiana B	WashU Grizzlers	29	-5
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Southampton	29	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Virginia A	29	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Clemson A	29	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	British Columbia A	30	-5
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	RIT A	31	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	Claremont B	31	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Amherst A	31	10
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	31	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	32	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Louisville D	32	-5
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	32	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	Cambridge B	33	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA D	33	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	33	10
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	Michigan A	34	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	37	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	37	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Michigan B	37	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	37	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	USC A	38	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill C	39	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington State	40	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UC Irvine	41	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech B	41	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	McMaster B	47	10
Abhinav Dinesh	LSE	Imperial C	47	-5
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida A	47	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	48	-5
Will Marcotte	Toronto D	Waterloo A	48	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Indiana A	48	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Cornell A	48	10
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	48	10
Benjamin Silversten	William & Mary C	William & Mary B	48	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Maryland A	48	10
Sage Snow	Central Oklahoma A	Nebraska B	48	-5
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Louisville B	48	10
Alex Feller	Minnesota	Wisconsin C	48	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Tufts C	48	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	Brandeis Mozart	48	-5
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Auburn B	49	10
Hayden Willett	Purdue B	Iowa B	50	10
John Gamble	NCSU A	UNC A	50	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Ohio State B	50	-5
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Georgia Tech D	52	-5
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Coho	52	10
Nathan Coble	Oklahoma	Murray State College A	56	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Vermont B	56	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	CWRU B	58	10
James Xiao	Toronto A	Toronto C	59	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Toronto B	59	10
Aris Anton	Waterloo C	Waterloo B	59	-5
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Pittsburgh	59	10
Anthony Cruz Martinez	Nebraska C	Murray State College B	59	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia Tech E	59	-5
Nitish Sudhakar	Georgia Tech A	Tennessee A	59	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Michigan State B	59	10
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	UCSD B	60	10
Jack Disbury	Durham D	Edinburgh B	61	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Rutgers A	61	-5
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Warwick	62	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Cambridge E	62	10
Kingsley Chen	McGill A	McGill B	62	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	British Columbia C	62	-5
Venkat Das	WVU B	Michigan State D	63	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	64	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	64	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Queen's A	64	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Guelph A	64	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Purdue C	64	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Rose-Hulman A	64	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	64	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Imperial B	64	-5
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	RIT B	64	-5
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	WVU A	64	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	64	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Clemson C	64	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Tufts B	64	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Masu	64	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	65	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	65	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	65	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Durham B	65	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Iowa A	65	10
Jackson Hatcher	Nebraska A	Tulsa A	65	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Alabama A	65	-5
James Horsley	Iowa State	Macalester	65	10
Steve Gaughan	Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	65	10
Kevin Cronk	Virginia Tech C	UNC C	66	10
Frances Corban	Toronto H	Brock A	67	10
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	CWRU C	68	10
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	Duke A	68	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	VCU A	68	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Boston College A	68	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham A	69	10
Alex Smits	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	69	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Liberty B	70	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida State A	70	10
Austin Embry	Auburn C	Mississippi State A	73	10
James Windle	Purdue D	WashU Grolars	74	10
Gabriel Nell	Cornell B	Binghamton C	75	10
Harry Fines	York	Edinburgh D	76	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Toronto I	78	10
Kamil Boehm	Cambridge A	Oxford	78	10
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Brown B	78	10
Stefan Mihai	Carleton B	Carleton A	83	10
James Bramley	Durham C	Edinburgh C	86	10
Emily Snider	Liberty C	NCSU B	86	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	88	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Sewanne	88	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Binghamton B	88	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC B	88	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Louisville C	88	10
Will Massey	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	88	10
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	UCF A	88	10
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	88	10
Wesley Yu	British Columbia A	Texas	88	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Chum	88	10
Andrew Boardman	Cambridge D	Bristol	91	10
CJ Sershon	Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State A	91	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	Kentucky	91	10
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Harvard	93	10
Jacky Li	MIT B	Brandeis Beethoven	94	10
Harper Royal	Georgia Tech E	Emory A	95	10
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Ottawa C	97	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Ottawa D	97	10
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	Waterloo C	97	10
Miguel Carreira	Imperial B	Cambridge C	97	10
Will Barton	Imperial C	LSE	97	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Cornell D	97	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Maryland C	97	0
Luke Hasksins	Kansas State B	Rose State	97	0
Cassidy McIntyre	Rose State	Kansas State B	97	0
Robert Szot	Nebraska B	Central Oklahoma A	97	10
Anna Pearson	Tulsa B	Harding	97	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Chipola College	97	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Montevallo	97	10
Brady Hagan	Ohio State B	CWRU D	97	10

Upstate NY

Main

100%

20%

67.80

Southern California

Main

100%

48.43

Eastern Canada (1)

Main

100%

20%

75.60

Eastern Canada (2)

Main

100%

11%

64.78

Florida

Main

100%

73.25

Great Lakes

Main

100%

17%

63.83

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

61.00

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

50%

48.00

Midwest

Main

100%

11%

61.11

North

Main

100%

67.50

Northeast

Main

100%

10%

63.40

Pacific

Main

100%

25%

53.50

South Central

Main

86%

14%

77.50

Southeast

Main

100%

23%

63.85

Northern California

Main

100%

64.50

UK (South)

100%

25%

68.63

UK (North)

100%

71.40

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Emily Justak

Indiana B

WashU Grizzlers

-5

Tom Morris-Jones

Birmingham

Southampton

Derek Aldridge

William & Mary A

Virginia A

Steven Pan

Georgia Tech C

Clemson A

Vishnu Sharma

Texas

British Columbia A

-5

Vincent Misterkiewicz

Cornell C

RIT A

Scarlet Rutter

Claremont A

Claremont B

Eames Weeks

Brown A

Amherst A

Carson Kessler

Washington Pink

Washington Sockeye

Kevin Yang

Illinois Blue

Illinois Champaign

Aiden Hart

Kentucky

Louisville D

-5

Annabelle Koopmans

Washington Atlantic

British Columbia B

Aeron Wheel

Cardiff

Cambridge B

Terrence Han

UCLA B

UCLA D

Anne Fjeld

Alberta A

Washington Steelhead

Anthony Yin

CWRU A

Michigan A

Martin Brandenburg

Georgia A

Tennessee Tech

Darren Kellis

Vanderbilt A

South Carolina A

Joe Paterson

Michigan State A

Michigan B

Jaehyun Park

Boston University A

Brandeis Bach

Jacob Cohen

UCLA A

USC A

Abhay Ariyapappillil

Ottawa B

McGill C

James O'Reilly

Arizona State A

Washington State

Jas Wang

UCLA F

UC Irvine

Moses Dong

Georgia Tech F

Georgia Tech B

Sean Gao

Toronto E

McMaster B

Abhinav Dinesh

LSE

Imperial C

-5

Matthew Andersen

Florida B

Florida A

John Rootham

Ottawa D

Ottawa A

-5

Will Marcotte

Toronto D

Waterloo A

Brian Qian

Illinois Canada

Indiana A

Gregory Stone

ESF

Cornell A

Cliodora Selyuzhitsky

UCSD A

UC Santa Barbara

Benjamin Silversten

William & Mary C

William & Mary B

Jeremy Katen

George Mason A

Maryland A

Sage Snow

Central Oklahoma A

Nebraska B

-5

Reed Sexton

Michigan C

Louisville B

Alex Feller

Minnesota

Wisconsin C

Rafael Gómez

Amherst B

Tufts C

Johnny Myers

Williams B

Brandeis Mozart

-5

Will Hughes

Auburn A

Auburn B

Hayden Willett

Purdue B

Iowa B

John Gamble

NCSU A

UNC A

Oliver Thompson

CWRU D

Ohio State B

-5

Ethan Miniard

Montevallo

Georgia Tech D

-5

Skand Parvatikar

Arizona State B

Washington Coho

Nathan Coble

Oklahoma

Murray State College A

Elliott Gomes

Dartmouth A

Vermont B

Orion Brey

Louisville A

CWRU B

James Xiao

Toronto A

Toronto C

Seth Allen

McMaster A

Toronto B

Aris Anton

Waterloo C

Waterloo B

-5

Jack Rabaut

Michigan D

Pittsburgh

Anthony Cruz Martinez

Nebraska C

Murray State College B

Ethan Altshul

Emory A

Georgia Tech E

-5

Nitish Sudhakar

Georgia Tech A

Tennessee A

Peter Zeng

Ohio State A

Michigan State B

Jonathan Koehler

UCLA C

UCSD B

Jack Disbury

Durham D

Edinburgh B

Suhaan Pastakia

Maryland C

Rutgers A

-5

Youyou Yu

Imperial A

Warwick

Ollie Glin-Conway

Imperial D

Cambridge E

Kingsley Chen

McGill A

McGill B

George Matsumura

Washington Chum

British Columbia C

-5

Venkat Das

WVU B

Michigan State D

Annoshae Mirza

Berkeley Archer Queen

Stanford B

Vijay Hans

Berkeley Boss Bandit

Berkeley Mighty Miner

Imtiaz Kidwai

Toronto F

Queen's A

Tobias Smerdon

Toronto G

Guelph A

David Nickel

Purdue A

Purdue C

Alex Dzurick

William Woods University A

Rose-Hulman A

Edward Zhang

Vanderbilt C

Vanderbilt B

Honor Mountford

Cambridge C

Imperial B

-5

Solomon Blecher

Cornell D

RIT B

-5

Eric Cameron

Michigan State C

WVU A

Charlie Weaver

Virginia Tech B

Virginia Tech A

Asheton Wilbanks

Clemson B

Clemson C

John Halsun

UConn A

Tufts B

Bryce Younger

Boise State

Washington Masu

Janghyun Lee

Berkeley Little Prince

Stanford A

Thomas Wu

Berkeley Skeleton King

UCSC

Conner Yamnitz

WashU Grizzlers

Indiana B

Charlie Castleton

Sheffield A

Durham B

Saswat Sasha Tripathi

Chicago A

Iowa A

Jackson Hatcher

Nebraska A

Tulsa A

John Maupin

Chipola College

Alabama A

-5

James Horsley

Iowa State

Macalester

Steve Gaughan

Brandeis Mozart

Williams B

Kevin Cronk

Virginia Tech C

UNC C

Frances Corban

Toronto H

Brock A

Miles Spieler

Ohio State C

CWRU C

Caleb Hines

Liberty A

Duke A

Ezra Zareba

UNC B

VCU A

Surya Dinesh

MIT A

Boston College A

Harry Sexton

Edinburgh A

Durham A

Alex Smits

Wisconsin A

St. Thomas

Ben Kantsiper

JMU B

Liberty B

Pallas Allen

South Florida A

Florida State A

Austin Embry

Auburn C

Mississippi State A

James Windle

Purdue D

WashU Grolars

Gabriel Nell

Cornell B

Binghamton C

Harry Fines

York

Edinburgh D

Cranmer McGinn

McMaster C

Toronto I

Kamil Boehm

Cambridge A

Oxford

Jake Markus

Dartmouth B

Brown B

Stefan Mihai

Carleton B

Carleton A

James Bramley

Durham C

Edinburgh C

Emily Snider

Liberty C

NCSU B

Samarth Majmudar

Illinois Urbana

Chicago B

Richard D’Angelo

Tennessee B

Sewanne

Aidan Keenan

Rochester

Binghamton B

Joseph Wang

UCLA E

USC B

Ishan Chahande

Ohio State D

Louisville C

Will Massey

Florida Tech B

ERAU Daytona A

Dominic Heffron

Florida Tech A

UCF A

Luke Sauer

Michigan Tech

Wisconsin B

Wesley Yu

British Columbia A

Texas

Ryan Zhang

British Columbia C

Washington Chum

Andrew Boardman

Cambridge D

Bristol

CJ Sershon

Central Oklahoma B

Kansas State A

Dirk Hay

Louisville D

Kentucky

Akif Ismail

Williams C

Harvard

Jacky Li

MIT B

Brandeis Beethoven

Harper Royal

Georgia Tech E

Emory A

Gerrit Severeid

McGill E

Ottawa C

Aedan Cooper

Ottawa A

Ottawa D

Zack Wiffen

Waterloo B

Waterloo C

Miguel Carreira

Imperial B

Cambridge C

Will Barton

Imperial C

LSE

Jake Scoville

RIT B

Cornell D

Aarav Vasanthan

Rutgers A

Maryland C

Luke Hasksins

Kansas State B

Rose State

Cassidy McIntyre

Rose State

Kansas State B

Robert Szot

Nebraska B

Central Oklahoma A

Anna Pearson

Tulsa B

Harding

Britton Webster

Alabama A

Chipola College

Madeline Painter

Georgia Tech D

Montevallo

Brady Hagan

Ohio State B

CWRU D