Syria - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

A volunteer group called this country’s “Civil Defense” was the subject of the first Netflix-distributed film to win an Oscar, 2016’s The White Helmets. (10[4]-5[2])The creation (10[5])of the (10[1])amphetamine (10[1]-5[1])Captagon (10[3])funded (10[1])the (10[1])government (10[3])of (10[1])this country, (10[3])where 2025 (10[3])fires hit its Latakia (10[1]-5[1])region. (10[2]-5[2])Former (10[1])High (10[1]-5[1])Negotiations (10[3]-5[1])Committee (10[1])member (-5[1])Hind Kabawat serves in this country’s government, (10[1]-5[2])hoping to quell tensions with the Druze (10[1])and (10[1])the (10[1])once-favored (10[6]-5[2])Alawites. (10[15]-5[8])HTS (10[5])rebels (10[1]-5[1])in this (-5[1])country’s (10[1]-5[1])Idlib (10[1])region (10[1]-5[2])were led (10[1])by (10[1])Ahmed al-Sharaa, (10[3])who now heads the (10[1])government (10[1])after a former (10[1])ophthalmologist’s (10[2])late 2024 (10[3])overthrow. (10[2])For 10 points, Bashar Al-Assad (10[3])once (10[1])ruled what country (10[3])from (10[1])Damascus? (10[4])■END■ (10[10]0[2])

ANSWER: Syria [or Syrian Arab Republic or al-Jumhūriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah; accept Syria Civil Defense]

= Average correct buzz position

Summary


Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	70.00
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	50%	77.00
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	89%	0%	56%	70.13
Florida	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	78.50
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	30%	78.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	56.22
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	33%	60.56
Midwest	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	59.44
North	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	59.00
Northeast	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	0%	50.09
South Central	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	50%	73.83
Southeast	Main	Y	12	83%	0%	17%	49.80
Northern California	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	82.00
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	100%	0%	13%	59.50
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	71.60

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	23	10
Anthony Cruz Martinez	Nebraska C	Murray State College A	23	10
Graham Dirks	Kansas State A	Nebraska A	23	-5
Jesse Erwin	Toronto C	Toronto F	23	-5
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Stony Brook	23	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial D	23	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin C	25	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Brandeis Bach	25	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Dartmouth A	25	10
Peter Randall	Georgia A	Vanderbilt C	25	10
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	William & Mary B	25	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech E	27	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill C	28	-5
Eric Parrilla	Chicago A	Illinois Orange	28	10
Theodor Martin	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue C	29	10
Jacob Coyne	Durham C	Edinburgh D	29	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Michigan Tech	29	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	Chipola College	30	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	ERAU Daytona A	31	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Auburn B	32	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	NYU B	32	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Rutgers A	32	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	WashU Grolars	33	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Amherst A	35	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Ohio State D	35	10
Summer Solis	JMU B	UNC B	35	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Tennessee B	37	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Waterloo C	37	10
Andrew Boardman	Cambridge D	Warwick	37	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Indiana A	41	10
Kevin He	Toronto A	Toronto H	41	-5
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	Florida A	42	-5
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	Virginia Tech A	42	10
Kingsley Chen	McGill A	McGill E	42	10
Jarrod Curl	Tulsa A	Oklahoma	42	-5
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Tufts A	43	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Columbia A	44	-5
Yun Loh	Penn	NYU C	44	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Carleton A	45	-5
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	JMU A	45	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	Imperial C	45	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	ESF	45	10
Sri Lnu	Clemson B	Vanderbilt A	46	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Birmingham	47	-5
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Toronto I	54	-5
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	WVU B	54	-5
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Toronto A	54	10
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Brown A	61	10
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	Virginia Tech C	62	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Queen's A	63	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Little Prince	64	10
Jackson Hatcher	Nebraska A	Kansas State A	64	10
Shaya Farahmand	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	64	-5
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Kentucky	64	10
Leo Neve	Durham D	Edinburgh C	64	10
Joseph Cole	UNC A	Tusculum A	64	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Rowan	64	-5
Kieran Freed	Rochester	Cornell D	64	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	65	-5
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Purdue A	65	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	Vermont A	65	10
Benjamin Allen	Central Oklahoma B	Murray State College B	65	-5
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Emory A	65	10
Allen Xu	Georgia Tech A	Alabama A	65	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Carleton B	65	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	Ohio State B	65	-5
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	Michigan B	65	-5
Daniel Luebs	Michigan State B	WVU A	65	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Duke A	65	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Sewanne	65	-5
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	York	65	-5
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Toronto G	65	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	George Mason C	65	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Columbia B	65	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Purdue B	65	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	St. Thomas	65	-5
Wren Horne-Sarkees	Harvard	Williams A	65	10
Sage Snow	Central Oklahoma A	Rose State	65	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Cambridge C	65	10
Fintan Thomas	Cambridge E	Imperial B	65	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	Cornell B	65	-5
John Halsun	UConn A	Boston University B	66	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	Pittsburgh	66	10
James Fan	Toronto E	Brock A	66	10
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	LSE	66	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Binghamton A	66	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Louisville D	67	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Vassar A	67	-5
Eric Lipsutz	Chicago B	Iowa A	69	-5
Stella Broome	Virginia A	Liberty C	70	-5
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	NCSU B	70	10
Jacky Li	MIT B	Boston College B	71	10
Ibraheem Alkrahgholy	Guelph A	Waterloo B	72	-5
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	McMaster C	72	-5
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Tufts C	72	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Toronto D	74	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton B	75	10
Yulia Wolczuk	Durham B	Edinburgh A	77	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford A	77	10
Andy Truette	Clemson C	Auburn C	77	10
Zachary Fitzpatrick	Wisconsin B	Minnesota	81	10
Julian Thomson-Harris	Vassar A	Rutgers B	82	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Purdue D	85	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	UCSC	86	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Cambridge A	86	10
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	UCF A	88	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Iowa B	88	10
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	Edinburgh B	88	10
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	Louisville C	89	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Bristol	89	10
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	South Florida A	94	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Mississippi State A	94	10
Nathan Coble	Oklahoma	Tulsa A	94	10
Maggie Dunn	Michigan B	Ohio State C	95	10
Auburn Carter	Murray State College B	Central Oklahoma B	98	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	Michigan State D	98	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	Virginia A	98	10
Robert Szot	Nebraska B	Kansas State B	99	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa B	100	10
Brady Hagan	Ohio State B	Michigan A	100	10
Antony Bailey	York	Sheffield B	100	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Binghamton C	100	10
Aditya Koushik	Stanford B	Berkeley Mighty Miner	101	10
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	Toronto B	101	0
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida State A	101	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Chicago B	101	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	CWRU A	101	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Georgia Tech C	101	0
Drake Smith	Carleton A	McGill B	101	10
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	Guelph A	101	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Toronto C	101	10
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	George Mason A	101	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Maryland C	101	10
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Macalester	101	10

Upstate NY

Main

100%

20%

70.00

Eastern Canada (1)

Main

100%

50%

77.00

Eastern Canada (2)

Main

89%

56%

70.13

Florida

Main

100%

25%

78.50

Great Lakes

Main

100%

30%

78.00

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

11%

56.22

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

33%

60.56

Midwest

Main

100%

11%

59.44

North

Main

100%

25%

59.00

Northeast

Main

100%

50.09

South Central

Main

100%

50%

73.83

Southeast

Main

83%

17%

49.80

Northern California

Main

100%

25%

82.00

UK (South)

100%

13%

59.50

UK (North)

100%

20%

71.60

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Jack Granahan

Brandeis Mozart

Brown B

Anthony Cruz Martinez

Nebraska C

Murray State College A

Graham Dirks

Kansas State A

Nebraska A

-5

Jesse Erwin

Toronto C

Toronto F

-5

Kelvin Ni

NYU A

Stony Brook

Nayaaz Hashim

Oxford

Imperial D

James Horsley

Iowa State

Wisconsin C

Jackson Price

Dartmouth B

Brandeis Bach

David Ciardella

Vermont B

Dartmouth A

Peter Randall

Georgia A

Vanderbilt C

Connor Kahn

NCSU A

William & Mary B

Will Hughes

Auburn A

Georgia Tech E

Abhay Ariyapappillil

Ottawa B

McGill C

-5

Eric Parrilla

Chicago A

Illinois Orange

Theodor Martin

WashU Grizzlers

Purdue C

Jacob Coyne

Durham C

Edinburgh D

Sebastian Llaca

Wisconsin A

Michigan Tech

William Edwards

Tennessee A

Chipola College

Matthew Andersen

Florida B

ERAU Daytona A

Moses Dong

Georgia Tech F

Auburn B

Joe O'Connor

George Mason B

NYU B

Nathan Zhao

Maryland B

Rutgers A

Brian Qian

Illinois Canada

WashU Grolars

Kaushik Jayaprabha

Dartmouth C

Amherst A

Joe Paterson

Michigan State A

Ohio State D

Summer Solis

JMU B

UNC B

Ben Lanahan

Clemson A

Tennessee B

Seth Allen

McMaster A

Waterloo C

Andrew Boardman

Cambridge D

Warwick

Austin Tran

Rose-Hulman A

Indiana A

Kevin He

Toronto A

Toronto H

-5

Juan Landaeta

Florida State A

Florida A

-5

Caleb Hines

Liberty A

Virginia Tech A

Kingsley Chen

McGill A

McGill E

Jarrod Curl

Tulsa A

Oklahoma

-5

Sidarth Erat

MIT A

Tufts A

Jeremy Katen

George Mason A

Columbia A

-5

Yun Loh

Penn

NYU C

Galen Mueller

McGill B

Carleton A

-5

Diego Almaraz

UNC C

JMU A

Aeron Wheel

Cardiff

Imperial C

Vincent Misterkiewicz

Cornell C

ESF

Sri Lnu

Clemson B

Vanderbilt A

Fahim Afzal

Cambridge A

Birmingham

-5

Stephen Ottewell

Toronto B

Toronto I

-5

Anthony Yin

CWRU A

WVU B

-5

Sicheng Jiang

Toronto H

Toronto A

Akif Ismail

Williams C

Brown A

Jaden Rupolo

Liberty B

Virginia Tech C

Dawson Teu

Waterloo A

Queen's A

Annoshae Mirza

Berkeley Archer Queen

Berkeley Little Prince

Jackson Hatcher

Nebraska A

Kansas State A

Shaya Farahmand

Georgia Tech B

Georgia Tech D

-5

Joseph Strom

Louisville B

Kentucky

Leo Neve

Durham D

Edinburgh C

Joseph Cole

UNC A

Tusculum A

Suhaan Pastakia

Maryland C

Rowan

-5

Kieran Freed

Rochester

Cornell D

Suren Grigorian

Berkeley Mighty Miner

Stanford B

-5

Samarth Majmudar

Illinois Urbana

Purdue A

Johnny Myers

Williams B

Vermont A

Benjamin Allen

Central Oklahoma B

Murray State College B

-5

Ethan Miniard

Montevallo

Emory A

Allen Xu

Georgia Tech A

Alabama A

Aedan Cooper

Ottawa A

Carleton B

Adam Monusko

Michigan A

Ohio State B

-5

Miles Spieler

Ohio State C

Michigan B

-5

Daniel Luebs

Michigan State B

WVU A

Derek Aldridge

William & Mary A

Duke A

Emerson Patmore

Georgia Tech C

Sewanne

-5

Elliot Earley

Sheffield B

York

-5

Aidan Hoffner

McMaster B

Toronto G

Xavier Bornhorst

Maryland A

George Mason C

Alex Grigoriades

Lehigh A

Columbia B

William Henley

Illinois Champaign

Purdue B

Anneke Stracks

Macalester

St. Thomas

-5

Wren Horne-Sarkees

Harvard

Williams A

Sage Snow

Central Oklahoma A

Rose State

Tevin Francis

Southampton

Cambridge C

Fintan Thomas

Cambridge E

Imperial B

Owen Linder

Binghamton A

Cornell B

-5

John Halsun

UConn A

Boston University B

Eric Cameron

Michigan State C

Pittsburgh

James Fan

Toronto E

Brock A

Youyou Yu

Imperial A

LSE

Ben Gardberg

Cornell B

Binghamton A

Matthew Stall

CWRU D

Louisville D

Daniel Abrams

Rutgers B

Vassar A

-5

Eric Lipsutz

Chicago B

Iowa A

-5

Stella Broome

Virginia A

Liberty C

-5

Charlie Weaver

Virginia Tech B

NCSU B

Jacky Li

MIT B

Boston College B

Ibraheem Alkrahgholy

Guelph A

Waterloo B

-5

Nathaniel Godfrey

Toronto D

McMaster C

-5

Jaehyun Park

Boston University A

Tufts C

Cranmer McGinn

McMaster C

Toronto D

Derek Li

Cornell A

Binghamton B

Yulia Wolczuk

Durham B

Edinburgh A

Thomas Wu

Berkeley Skeleton King

Stanford A

Andy Truette

Clemson C

Auburn C

Zachary Fitzpatrick

Wisconsin B

Minnesota

Julian Thomson-Harris

Vassar A

Rutgers B

Sriram Koritala

Illinois Blue

Purdue D

Vijay Hans

Berkeley Boss Bandit

UCSC

Tom Morris-Jones

Birmingham

Cambridge A

Dominic Heffron

Florida Tech A

UCF A

Alex Dzurick

William Woods University A

Iowa B

Andreas Ktori

Durham A

Edinburgh B

Henry Nonnemaker

CWRU C

Louisville C

Daniel Hobba

Cambridge B

Bristol

Orin Overmiller

Florida Tech B

South Florida A

Richy Sun

Vanderbilt B

Mississippi State A

Nathan Coble

Oklahoma

Tulsa A

Maggie Dunn

Michigan B

Ohio State C

Auburn Carter

Murray State College B

Central Oklahoma B

Orion Brey

Louisville A

Michigan State D

Gabriel Dodds

Liberty C

Virginia A

Robert Szot

Nebraska B

Kansas State B

Malcolm Meyn

McGill C

Ottawa B

100

Brady Hagan

Ohio State B

Michigan A

100

Antony Bailey

York

Sheffield B

100

Jake Scoville

RIT B

Binghamton C

100

Aditya Koushik

Stanford B

Berkeley Mighty Miner

101

Saju Ramraj

Toronto I

Toronto B

101

Jacob Ergueta

Florida A

Florida State A

101

Grace Early

Iowa A

Chicago B

101

Venkat Das

WVU B

CWRU A

101

Nelson Adams-Riley

Sewanne

Georgia Tech C

101

Drake Smith

Carleton A

McGill B

101

Zack Wiffen

Waterloo B

Guelph A

101

Imtiaz Kidwai

Toronto F

Toronto C

101

Alexander Rutten

Columbia A

George Mason A

101

John Shelly

Rowan

Maryland C

101

Liam Buck

St. Thomas

Macalester

101