steel industry - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

A “Little” strike in this industry led to the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre in Chicago. The Supreme Court blocked the Truman administration’s (10[2])attempt (10[2]-5[1])to seize (10[1])properties (10[9])in (10[1])this industry (10[4])in the (10[1])Youngstown (10[2])case. (10[6])Alexander Berkman was arrested (10[1]-5[1])for (10[1])attempting (-5[1])to stab (10[1]-5[2])an executive (10[2])in this industry, (10[3])Henry Clay Frick. (10[6]-5[2])A (10[2])businessman (10[3]-5[1])in this (10[1]-5[1])industry (10[3])who (-5[1])funded the American Anti-Imperialist League (10[2])described the duties of philanthropy (10[1])in (-5[1])“The Gospel (10[4]-5[1])of Wealth.” (10[9])Pinkerton (10[4]-5[1])agents (10[3]-5[1])engaged in a shootout (10[1]-5[2])with striking (10[1])workers (10[1]-5[1])in this (-5[1])industry (-5[2])in Homestead, (-5[1])Pennsylvania. (10[1]-5[3])For 10 points, (10[1])Pittsburgh (10[2])was a center (10[1])for (10[1])what (10[2])industry (10[3])in which (10[1])Andrew Carnegie became a billionaire? (10[3])■END■ (10[12]0[4])

ANSWER: steel industry [or steelmaking or steel manufacturing; prompt on metal or iron; prompt on manufacturing]

<Editors, American History>

= Average correct buzz position

Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	70.75
Southern California	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	29%	47.57
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	80%	0%	60%	82.00
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	89%	0%	44%	84.25
Florida	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	65.75
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	8%	42.08
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	22%	69.22
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	100%	0%	0%	28.50
Midwest	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	22%	56.11
North	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	44.75
Northeast	Main	Y	10	90%	0%	20%	56.56
Pacific	Main	Y	8	88%	0%	50%	65.57
South Central	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	14%	69.43
Southeast	Main	Y	13	100%	0%	15%	57.31
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	60.40

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UC Irvine	21	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	Michigan State C	21	10
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Vermont B	22	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Georgia Tech C	22	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Emory A	22	-5
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA D	24	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Louisville B	25	10
Molly Krallman	Louisville C	Ohio State D	25	10
Pratham Bhanushali	WVU B	Michigan State D	25	10
James Xiao	Toronto A	Toronto C	25	10
Will Demos	Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	25	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	25	10
Tanmay Mirashi	Maryland C	Rutgers A	25	10
Brooks Phillips	Auburn A	Auburn B	25	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	25	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Illinois Canada	26	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	Claremont B	28	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD A	28	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Masu	28	10
Connor Yu	Cornell C	RIT A	28	10
Lily Hughbanks	Purdue C	Purdue A	30	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Ohio State B	31	10
Jaxsen Melton	Murray State College A	Oklahoma	31	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Michigan D	32	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Texas	32	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Amherst A	32	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida B	32	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland A	32	10
Ethan Enochian	Purdue D	WashU Grolars	32	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	CWRU B	36	10
Yuval Klein	Williams C	Harvard	36	-5
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Sewanne	37	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Chum	38	-5
James Haddix	Washington State	Arizona State A	40	-5
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech B	40	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	40	-5
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC B	42	10
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Alabama A	42	10
Maggie Dunn	Michigan B	Michigan State A	45	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Michigan State B	45	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	William Woods University A	45	10
Bolun Thompson	UCLA C	UCSD B	48	-5
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	Kentucky	48	-5
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Alberta A	48	10
Mason Severson	Nebraska C	Murray State College B	48	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	48	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Illinois Blue	48	10
Sri Lnu	Clemson B	Clemson C	48	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	48	10
Mason Evans	Tulsa A	Nebraska A	49	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa B	49	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Tufts C	50	10
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	RIT B	50	10
Andy Campbell	VCU A	UNC B	50	-5
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	WashU Grizzlers	50	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Coho	52	-5
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Brown B	52	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	53	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Binghamton C	53	10
Jacob Schildkraut	William & Mary C	William & Mary B	53	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	54	-5
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Iowa State	59	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Virginia A	59	10
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	Michigan A	64	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Ottawa D	65	-5
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto E	67	-5
Mohamed Algraiw	MIT A	Boston College A	67	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	UConn A	67	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	NCSU A	67	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Tennessee A	67	10
Adrian Li	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	69	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	69	10
Andrew Stappenbeck	CWRU C	Ohio State C	69	10
David Ropp	Duke A	Liberty A	69	10
Sage Snow	Central Oklahoma A	Nebraska B	69	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	McMaster A	69	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	69	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida Tech A	69	10
Kevin Nolan	NCSU B	Liberty C	69	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Waterloo A	70	-5
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	70	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Rochester	70	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Iowa B	70	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	70	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	71	-5
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Washington Atlantic	71	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech B	71	10
Zoe Brennan	Virginia Tech C	UNC C	71	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	USC A	75	-5
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	McGill A	75	10
Owen Ashbrook	Iowa A	Chicago A	75	-5
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	77	10
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	Guelph A	78	10
Aaron Wang	Cornell A	ESF	78	-5
CJ Sershon	Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State A	80	-5
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Carleton B	81	-5
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Brock A	81	-5
Jacky Li	MIT B	Brandeis Beethoven	83	-5
Summer Solis	JMU B	Liberty B	84	-5
Marcus Hoshino	Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	84	10
Christina Popov	Queen's A	Toronto F	84	-5
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Ottawa C	84	-5
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Louisville D	87	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	UCLA C	88	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech B	88	10
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	Florida State A	91	10
David Yuan	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	92	10
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	JMU B	93	10
John Henry Roberson	Tulsa B	Harding	93	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Washington State	94	10
Claire Stutzman	Kansas State B	Rose State	94	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Georgia Tech D	94	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	McMaster B	96	10
Hafsa Shaikh	Toronto I	McMaster C	101	10
Noah Scattergood	Brock A	Toronto H	101	10
Hannah Bickom	ESF	Cornell A	101	10
Serena Salfiti	USC A	UCLA A	102	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Arizona State B	102	0
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	British Columbia C	102	10
Veronica Ritter	Kansas State A	Central Oklahoma B	102	10
Stefan Mihai	Carleton B	Carleton A	102	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Queen's A	102	10
Adrian O'Leary	Waterloo A	Toronto D	102	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	MIT B	102	10
Sophia Schlag	Ottawa C	McGill E	102	0
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	102	10
Aris Anton	Waterloo C	Waterloo B	102	0
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	Waterloo C	102	0
Vivian Adolph	UNC B	VCU A	102	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Iowa A	102	10
Tishe Sonuga	Chicago B	Illinois Urbana	102	10
Barkot Belay	Emory A	Georgia Tech E	102	10

Northern California

Main

100%

70.75

Southern California

Main

100%

29%

47.57

Eastern Canada (1)

Main

80%

60%

82.00

Eastern Canada (2)

Main

89%

44%

84.25

Florida

Main

100%

65.75

Great Lakes

Main

100%

42.08

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

22%

69.22

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

28.50

Midwest

Main

100%

22%

56.11

North

Main

100%

44.75

Northeast

Main

90%

20%

56.56

Pacific

Main

88%

50%

65.57

South Central

Main

100%

14%

69.43

Southeast

Main

100%

15%

57.31

Upstate NY

Main

100%

20%

60.40

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Jas Wang

UCLA F

UC Irvine

Chase Moss

WVU A

Michigan State C

William Kiker

Dartmouth A

Vermont B

Wesley Stine

Clemson A

Georgia Tech C

Samarth Prajapati

Georgia Tech E

Emory A

-5

Terrence Han

UCLA B

UCLA D

Reed Sexton

Michigan C

Louisville B

Molly Krallman

Louisville C

Ohio State D

Pratham Bhanushali

WVU B

Michigan State D

James Xiao

Toronto A

Toronto C

Will Demos

Wisconsin B

Michigan Tech

Sebastian Llaca

Wisconsin A

St. Thomas

Tanmay Mirashi

Maryland C

Rutgers A

Brooks Phillips

Auburn A

Auburn B

Martin Brandenburg

Georgia A

Tennessee Tech

Trenton Burgess

Indiana A

Illinois Canada

Annika Larson

Claremont A

Claremont B

Winston Zuo

UC Santa Barbara

UCSD A

Bryce Younger

Boise State

Washington Masu

Connor Yu

Cornell C

RIT A

Lily Hughbanks

Purdue C

Purdue A

Matthew Stall

CWRU D

Ohio State B

Jaxsen Melton

Murray State College A

Oklahoma

Zac Stapler

Pittsburgh

Michigan D

Brendan Liaw

British Columbia A

Texas

Eames Weeks

Brown A

Amherst A

Jacob Ergueta

Florida A

Florida B

Nicholas Decker

George Mason A

Maryland A

Ethan Enochian

Purdue D

WashU Grolars

Orion Brey

Louisville A

CWRU B

Yuval Klein

Williams C

Harvard

-5

Richard D’Angelo

Tennessee B

Sewanne

Alan Zhang

British Columbia C

Washington Chum

-5

James Haddix

Washington State

Arizona State A

-5

Ilyas Choukri

Virginia Tech A

Virginia Tech B

Arhith Dharaendra

Georgia Tech B

Georgia Tech F

-5

Joseph Wang

UCLA E

USC B

Jeremy Scurlock

Chipola College

Alabama A

Maggie Dunn

Michigan B

Michigan State A

Jacob Goodson

Ohio State A

Michigan State B

Austin Tran

Rose-Hulman A

William Woods University A

Bolun Thompson

UCLA C

UCSD B

-5

Dirk Hay

Louisville D

Kentucky

-5

Alan Fan

Washington Steelhead

Alberta A

Mason Severson

Nebraska C

Murray State College B

Jaehyun Park

Boston University A

Brandeis Bach

William Henley

Illinois Champaign

Illinois Blue

Sri Lnu

Clemson B

Clemson C

Darren Kellis

Vanderbilt A

South Carolina A

Mason Evans

Tulsa A

Nebraska A

Malcolm Meyn

McGill C

Ottawa B

Rafael Gómez

Amherst B

Tufts C

Solomon Blecher

Cornell D

RIT B

Andy Campbell

VCU A

UNC B

-5

Elizabeth Bowling

Indiana B

WashU Grizzlers

Skand Parvatikar

Arizona State B

Washington Coho

-5

Ayaan Jajodia

Dartmouth B

Brown B

Vijay Hans

Berkeley Boss Bandit

Berkeley Mighty Miner

Ben Gardberg

Cornell B

Binghamton C

Jacob Schildkraut

William & Mary C

William & Mary B

Samarth Majmudar

Illinois Urbana

Chicago B

-5

Anneke Stracks

Macalester

Iowa State

Derek Aldridge

William & Mary A

Virginia A

Enina Edosomwan

CWRU A

Michigan A

Aedan Cooper

Ottawa A

Ottawa D

-5

Michael Xu

McMaster B

Toronto E

-5

Mohamed Algraiw

MIT A

Boston College A

Dylan Tanouye

Tufts B

UConn A

Nick Smemoe

UNC A

NCSU A

Pranav Jothi

Georgia Tech A

Tennessee A

Adrian Li

Berkeley Archer Queen

Stanford B

Hansen Jin

Berkeley Skeleton King

UCSC

Andrew Stappenbeck

CWRU C

Ohio State C

David Ropp

Duke A

Liberty A

Sage Snow

Central Oklahoma A

Nebraska B

Stephen Ottewell

Toronto B

McMaster A

Jack Granahan

Brandeis Mozart

Williams B

Peyton Legg

UCF A

Florida Tech A

Kevin Nolan

NCSU B

Liberty C

Henry Siegler

Toronto D

Waterloo A

-5

Ben Stras

Wisconsin C

Minnesota

Ariyan Miah

Binghamton B

Rochester

Beckett Pursey

Purdue B

Iowa B

Towery McNeil

Mississippi State A

Auburn C

Annabelle Koopmans

Washington Atlantic

British Columbia B

-5

Henry Rutherford-Braun

British Columbia B

Washington Atlantic

Yishak Kelkay

ERAU Daytona A

Florida Tech B

Zoe Brennan

Virginia Tech C

UNC C

Jacob Cohen

UCLA A

USC A

-5

Devito Stevanus

McGill B

McGill A

Owen Ashbrook

Iowa A

Chicago A

-5

James Zhao

Vanderbilt C

Vanderbilt B

Andrew Lin

Toronto G

Guelph A

Aaron Wang

Cornell A

ESF

-5

CJ Sershon

Central Oklahoma B

Kansas State A

-5

Alden Thompson

Carleton A

Carleton B

-5

Sicheng Jiang

Toronto H

Brock A

-5

Jacky Li

MIT B

Brandeis Beethoven

-5

Summer Solis

JMU B

Liberty B

-5

Marcus Hoshino

Washington Pink

Washington Sockeye

Christina Popov

Queen's A

Toronto F

-5

Gerrit Severeid

McGill E

Ottawa C

-5

Aiden Hart

Kentucky

Louisville D

Yuv Magan

UCSD B

UCLA C

Logan Patil

Georgia Tech F

Georgia Tech B

Addison Wiggins

South Florida A

Florida State A

David Yuan

Berkeley Little Prince

Stanford A

Jaden Rupolo

Liberty B

JMU B

John Henry Roberson

Tulsa B

Harding

Ritwik Sharma

Arizona State A

Washington State

Claire Stutzman

Kansas State B

Rose State

Andrew Wilson

Montevallo

Georgia Tech D

Sean Gao

Toronto E

McMaster B

Hafsa Shaikh

Toronto I

McMaster C

101

Noah Scattergood

Brock A

Toronto H

101

Hannah Bickom

ESF

Cornell A

101

Serena Salfiti

USC A

UCLA A

102

Logan Van Pelt

Washington Coho

Arizona State B

102

George Matsumura

Washington Chum

British Columbia C

102

Veronica Ritter

Kansas State A

Central Oklahoma B

102

Stefan Mihai

Carleton B

Carleton A

102

Samuel Zheng

Toronto F

Queen's A

102

Adrian O'Leary

Waterloo A

Toronto D

102

Kaitlyn Farrin

Brandeis Beethoven

MIT B

102

Sophia Schlag

Ottawa C

McGill E

102

John Rootham

Ottawa D

Ottawa A

102

Aris Anton

Waterloo C

Waterloo B

102

Zack Wiffen

Waterloo B

Waterloo C

102

Vivian Adolph

UNC B

VCU A

102

Saswat Sasha Tripathi

Chicago A

Iowa A

102

Tishe Sonuga

Chicago B

Illinois Urbana

102

Barkot Belay

Emory A

Georgia Tech E

102