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
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Virginia A	29	10
Emily Justak	Indiana B	WashU Grizzlers	29	-5
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Clemson A	29	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Southampton	29	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	British Columbia A	30	-5
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	Claremont B	31	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Amherst A	31	10
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	31	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	RIT A	31	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Louisville D	32	-5
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	32	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	32	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA D	33	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	33	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	Cambridge B	33	10
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	Michigan A	34	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Michigan B	37	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	37	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	37	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	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
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida A	47	10
Abhinav Dinesh	LSE	Imperial C	47	-5
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	48	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	48	-5
Will Marcotte	Toronto D	Waterloo A	48	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Louisville B	48	10
Benjamin Silversten	William & Mary C	William & Mary B	48	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Maryland A	48	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Indiana A	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
Sage Snow	Central Oklahoma A	Nebraska B	48	-5
Gregory Stone	ESF	Cornell A	48	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Auburn B	49	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Ohio State B	50	-5
John Gamble	NCSU A	UNC A	50	10
Hayden Willett	Purdue B	Iowa B	50	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Coho	52	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Georgia Tech D	52	-5
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Vermont B	56	10
Nathan Coble	Oklahoma	Murray State College A	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
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Michigan State B	59	10
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
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	UCSD B	60	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Rutgers A	61	-5
Jack Disbury	Durham D	Edinburgh B	61	10
Kingsley Chen	McGill A	McGill B	62	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	British Columbia C	62	-5
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Warwick	62	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Cambridge E	62	10
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
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	WVU A	64	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	64	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Purdue C	64	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Rose-Hulman A	64	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Tufts B	64	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Masu	64	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Clemson C	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
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	65	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	65	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Iowa A	65	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	65	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Macalester	65	10
Steve Gaughan	Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	65	10
Jackson Hatcher	Nebraska A	Tulsa A	65	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Alabama A	65	-5
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Durham 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
Alex Smits	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	69	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham A	69	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida State A	70	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Liberty B	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
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Brown B	78	10
Kamil Boehm	Cambridge A	Oxford	78	10
Stefan Mihai	Carleton B	Carleton A	83	10
Emily Snider	Liberty C	NCSU B	86	10
James Bramley	Durham C	Edinburgh C	86	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC B	88	10
Will Massey	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	88	10
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	UCF A	88	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Louisville C	88	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	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
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Sewanne	88	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Binghamton B	88	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	Kentucky	91	10
CJ Sershon	Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State A	91	10
Andrew Boardman	Cambridge D	Bristol	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
Brady Hagan	Ohio State B	CWRU 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
Miguel Carreira	Imperial B	Cambridge C	97	10
Will Barton	Imperial C	LSE	97	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Cornell 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

Derek Aldridge

William & Mary A

Virginia A

Emily Justak

Indiana B

WashU Grizzlers

-5

Steven Pan

Georgia Tech C

Clemson A

Tom Morris-Jones

Birmingham

Southampton

Vishnu Sharma

Texas

British Columbia A

-5

Scarlet Rutter

Claremont A

Claremont B

Eames Weeks

Brown A

Amherst A

Carson Kessler

Washington Pink

Washington Sockeye

Vincent Misterkiewicz

Cornell C

RIT A

Aiden Hart

Kentucky

Louisville D

-5

Kevin Yang

Illinois Blue

Illinois Champaign

Annabelle Koopmans

Washington Atlantic

British Columbia B

Terrence Han

UCLA B

UCLA D

Anne Fjeld

Alberta A

Washington Steelhead

Aeron Wheel

Cardiff

Cambridge B

Anthony Yin

CWRU A

Michigan A

Joe Paterson

Michigan State A

Michigan B

Jaehyun Park

Boston University A

Brandeis Bach

Martin Brandenburg

Georgia A

Tennessee Tech

Darren Kellis

Vanderbilt A

South Carolina A

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

Matthew Andersen

Florida B

Florida A

Abhinav Dinesh

LSE

Imperial C

-5

Cliodora Selyuzhitsky

UCSD A

UC Santa Barbara

John Rootham

Ottawa D

Ottawa A

-5

Will Marcotte

Toronto D

Waterloo A

Reed Sexton

Michigan C

Louisville B

Benjamin Silversten

William & Mary C

William & Mary B

Jeremy Katen

George Mason A

Maryland A

Brian Qian

Illinois Canada

Indiana A

Alex Feller

Minnesota

Wisconsin C

Rafael Gómez

Amherst B

Tufts C

Johnny Myers

Williams B

Brandeis Mozart

-5

Sage Snow

Central Oklahoma A

Nebraska B

-5

Gregory Stone

ESF

Cornell A

Will Hughes

Auburn A

Auburn B

Oliver Thompson

CWRU D

Ohio State B

-5

John Gamble

NCSU A

UNC A

Hayden Willett

Purdue B

Iowa B

Skand Parvatikar

Arizona State B

Washington Coho

Ethan Miniard

Montevallo

Georgia Tech D

-5

Elliott Gomes

Dartmouth A

Vermont B

Nathan Coble

Oklahoma

Murray State College A

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

Peter Zeng

Ohio State A

Michigan State B

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

Jonathan Koehler

UCLA C

UCSD B

Suhaan Pastakia

Maryland C

Rutgers A

-5

Jack Disbury

Durham D

Edinburgh B

Kingsley Chen

McGill A

McGill B

George Matsumura

Washington Chum

British Columbia C

-5

Youyou Yu

Imperial A

Warwick

Ollie Glin-Conway

Imperial D

Cambridge E

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

Eric Cameron

Michigan State C

WVU A

Charlie Weaver

Virginia Tech B

Virginia Tech A

David Nickel

Purdue A

Purdue C

Alex Dzurick

William Woods University A

Rose-Hulman A

John Halsun

UConn A

Tufts B

Bryce Younger

Boise State

Washington Masu

Asheton Wilbanks

Clemson B

Clemson C

Edward Zhang

Vanderbilt C

Vanderbilt B

Honor Mountford

Cambridge C

Imperial B

-5

Solomon Blecher

Cornell D

RIT B

-5

Janghyun Lee

Berkeley Little Prince

Stanford A

Thomas Wu

Berkeley Skeleton King

UCSC

Saswat Sasha Tripathi

Chicago A

Iowa A

Conner Yamnitz

WashU Grizzlers

Indiana B

James Horsley

Iowa State

Macalester

Steve Gaughan

Brandeis Mozart

Williams B

Jackson Hatcher

Nebraska A

Tulsa A

John Maupin

Chipola College

Alabama A

-5

Charlie Castleton

Sheffield A

Durham 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

Alex Smits

Wisconsin A

St. Thomas

Harry Sexton

Edinburgh A

Durham A

Pallas Allen

South Florida A

Florida State A

Ben Kantsiper

JMU B

Liberty B

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

Jake Markus

Dartmouth B

Brown B

Kamil Boehm

Cambridge A

Oxford

Stefan Mihai

Carleton B

Carleton A

Emily Snider

Liberty C

NCSU B

James Bramley

Durham C

Edinburgh C

Joseph Wang

UCLA E

USC B

Will Massey

Florida Tech B

ERAU Daytona A

Dominic Heffron

Florida Tech A

UCF A

Ishan Chahande

Ohio State D

Louisville C

Samarth Majmudar

Illinois Urbana

Chicago B

Luke Sauer

Michigan Tech

Wisconsin B

Wesley Yu

British Columbia A

Texas

Ryan Zhang

British Columbia C

Washington Chum

Richard D’Angelo

Tennessee B

Sewanne

Aidan Keenan

Rochester

Binghamton B

Dirk Hay

Louisville D

Kentucky

CJ Sershon

Central Oklahoma B

Kansas State A

Andrew Boardman

Cambridge D

Bristol

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

Brady Hagan

Ohio State B

CWRU 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

Miguel Carreira

Imperial B

Cambridge C

Will Barton

Imperial C

LSE

Jake Scoville

RIT B

Cornell D