The School of Athens - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

A figure speculated to be this painting’s only woman appears in a white robe (10[1])near a man (10[2]-5[1])driving away (10[1]-5[1])three (10[1])youths (-5[1])carrying a scroll. (10[3])Guerino (10[1])Mazzola (10[2])analyzed a drawn six pointed star (10[1])in this (10[1])painting (10[1])on a small chalkboard. (10[3])This painting (10[1])is housed (10[1])with the artist’s Parnassus and La Disputa (10[2])in the (10[1])Stanza (10[4])della (10[3])Segnatura (10[4])(“sen-yah-TOO-rah”). A man (10[1])in this painting lays on some (10[1])stairs and (10[1])reads (10[1])a paper (10[5])underneath (10[1]-5[1])a massive (10[3])honeycomb-decorated (-5[1])hallway. (10[2]-5[2])One of the (10[1])two (10[1])central figures in this painting (10[1])holds (-5[1])a (10[1])copy (10[2])of his Nicomachean (10[1])Ethics (10[9])while the other, (10[4]-5[2])likely (10[2])modeled after Leonardo (10[2])Da Vinci, (10[1])points (10[1])upwards (10[2])towards (10[1]-5[1])the sky. (10[5])For 10 (10[2])points, Plato, (-5[1])Aristotle, and (10[1])other (10[1])philosophers (10[2])appear in what (10[1])fresco (10[1]-5[1])by (10[1])Raphael? (10[1])■END■ (10[6]0[8])

ANSWER: The School of Athens [or La Scuola di Atene]

<Editors, Painting and Sculpture>

= Average correct buzz position

Summary


Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	60%	0%	0%	93.67
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	74.56
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	8%	62.17
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	79.17
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	83%	0%	17%	63.20
Midwest	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	60.33
Northeast	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	0%	69.58
Pacific	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	0%	79.78
Southeast	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	8%	71.08
Southern California	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	17%	72.67
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	75%	0%	50%	98.00
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	80%	0%	40%	96.25

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Ohio State A	13	10
Sophia Jagels	William & Mary B	Liberty A	16	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Orange	16	-5
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Michigan State A	16	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	McMaster A	18	-5
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	MIT A	18	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Clemson A	19	10
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Durham C	20	-5
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	CWRU A	23	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Illinois Urbana	23	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Purdue B	23	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Rutgers B	24	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chum	25	10
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	Pittsburgh	25	10
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	McMaster B	31	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Iowa A	33	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	NYU A	34	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	Rutgers D	38	10
Lily Hughbanks	Purdue C	WashU Grolars	38	10
Finley Campbell	Tufts A	Dartmouth A	38	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UC Santa Barbara	40	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCSD B	42	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	UNC B	49	10
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	South Carolina A	49	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Amherst A	51	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	CWRU D	52	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	WashU Grizzlers	52	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Pink	52	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Tennessee Tech	52	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Waterloo A	53	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Louisville A	53	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Arizona State B	53	10
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Southern Connecticut State University A	54	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech F	54	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech A	54	10
David Xilbille	Georgia Tech C	Alabama A	54	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Chicago B	56	10
Mingyi “Jennifer” Li	Boston College B	Tufts C	62	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto H	64	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Clemson B	65	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Maryland A	67	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	George Mason C	67	10
Vedh Ramesh	Penn	Johns Hopkins	67	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Waterloo C	67	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Tufts B	67	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Rutgers C	68	10
Matthew Bray	Auburn C	Mississippi State A	68	-5
Benjamin Turner	York	Durham B	70	10
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto D	Toronto A	70	10
Nick Machin	UCLA A	UCLA F	70	10
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Cambridge B	71	-5
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	CWRU C	72	10
Ryan Liu	Ohio State D	Michigan State D	72	-5
Agatha Dahle	WVU A	Louisville C	72	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Bristol	72	-5
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Princeton	75	10
Siheon Lee	Imperial C	Imperial D	76	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Boston College A	81	10
Alex Emmert	Maryland B	Maryland C	82	-5
Micah Williams	VCU A	UNC D	83	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Brock A	84	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Chicago A	84	10
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	Claremont B	87	10
Rishi Swaminathan	NYU B	Lehigh A	88	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Edinburgh D	88	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Southampton	88	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Brandeis Mozart	88	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Arizona State A	88	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Alberta B	88	10
Ethan Tran	UCLA C	UCLA D	88	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Ohio State B	88	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Binghamton A	88	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	91	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	RIT B	91	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Brandeis Bach	91	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Vermont B	91	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	Claremont C	91	-5
Sam Eddon	Cambridge C	Warwick	91	-5
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto I	92	10
William Berger	Dartmouth C	MIT B	92	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia B	95	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Birmingham	95	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Waterloo B	97	10
Miguel Carreira	Imperial B	Imperial A	98	10
Helen Neves	Boise State	Washington Coho	99	10
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Georgia A	99	10
Rory Moloney	Cambridge E	LSE	100	-5
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Kentucky	100	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	Duke A	102	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	ESF	102	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	Williams C	102	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Washington Masu	102	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	102	10
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	Vassar A	104	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	104	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Vassar B	106	-5
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	Liberty C	108	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	UCLA E	109	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Edinburgh C	110	10
Joanna Xiao	Georgia Tech B	Emory A	110	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto C	113	10
Lulu Anderson	Sheffield B	Sheffield A	114	-5
Josh Morris	Bristol	Oxford	114	10
Will Jones	Michigan State D	Ohio State D	115	10
Deeksha Easwar	Washington Sockeye	British Columbia A	116	10
Brendan Karg	JMU B	Tusculum A	117	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Maryland B	117	0
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Sheffield B	117	10
Connor Yu	Cornell C	Cornell B	117	0
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Cornell C	117	0
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar B	Columbia B	117	0
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Rose-Hulman A	117	10
Emily Justak	Indiana B	Iowa B	117	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	WVU B	117	10
Thaddeus Holmes	Durham C	Durham A	117	0
Adil Soubki	Cambridge B	Cambridge A	117	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Cambridge C	117	0
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Cornell D	117	0
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	Binghamton B	117	0

Upstate NY

Main

60%

93.67

Eastern Canada (2)

Main

100%

11%

74.56

Great Lakes

Main

100%

62.17

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

79.17

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

83%

17%

63.20

Midwest

Main

100%

11%

60.33

Northeast

Main

100%

69.58

Pacific

Main

100%

79.78

Southeast

Main

100%

71.08

Southern California

Main

100%

17%

72.67

UK (South)

75%

50%

98.00

UK (North)

80%

40%

96.25

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Reed Sexton

Michigan C

Ohio State A

Sophia Jagels

William & Mary B

Liberty A

Austin Tran

Rose-Hulman A

Illinois Orange

-5

Meredith Wiper

CWRU B

Michigan State A

Deepanshi Matai

Toronto C

McMaster A

-5

Micah Lauzon

Dartmouth B

MIT A

Alina Moore

Tennessee A

Clemson A

Atticus Teter

Durham A

Durham C

-5

Thomas Jenkins

Michigan B

CWRU A

Brian Qian

Illinois Canada

Illinois Urbana

David Nickel

Purdue A

Purdue B

Mackenzie Tott

Columbia A

Rutgers B

Alan Fan

Washington Steelhead

Washington Chum

Miles Spieler

Ohio State C

Pittsburgh

Andrew Lin

Toronto G

McMaster B

David Black

Illinois Champaign

Iowa A

Aarav Vasanthan

Rutgers A

NYU A

Arlene Lopez

Stony Brook

Rutgers D

Lily Hughbanks

Purdue C

WashU Grolars

Finley Campbell

Tufts A

Dartmouth A

Scarlet Rutter

Claremont A

UC Santa Barbara

Andrew Nucci

UCLA B

UCSD B

Abigail Lee

Virginia Tech C

UNC B

Jeremy Scurlock

Chipola College

South Carolina A

Michael Ai

Williams A

Amherst A

Nico Pascual

Michigan State B

CWRU D

Kevin Yang

Illinois Blue

WashU Grizzlers

Anne Fjeld

Alberta A

Washington Pink

Samarth Prajapati

Georgia Tech E

Tennessee Tech

Chris Wang

Toronto B

Waterloo A

Kevin Zheng

Michigan A

Louisville A

Alan Zhang

British Columbia C

Arizona State B

Yvonne Pan

Amherst B

Southern Connecticut State University A

Will Hughes

Auburn A

Georgia Tech F

Yuxuan Lu

Vanderbilt A

Georgia Tech A

David Xilbille

Georgia Tech C

Alabama A

Alex Dzurick

William Woods University A

Chicago B

Mingyi “Jennifer” Li

Boston College B

Tufts C

Adithya Parat

McMaster C

Toronto H

Nelson Adams-Riley

Sewanne

Clemson B

Matthew Bucek

George Mason A

Maryland A

Renita Tang

NYU C

George Mason C

Vedh Ramesh

Penn

Johns Hopkins

Sean Gao

Toronto E

Waterloo C

Jaehyun Park

Boston University A

Tufts B

John Shelly

Rowan

Rutgers C

Matthew Bray

Auburn C

Mississippi State A

-5

Benjamin Turner

York

Durham B

Zaire Gibbons

Toronto D

Toronto A

Nick Machin

UCLA A

UCLA F

Antara Bhattacharya

Cambridge A

Cambridge B

-5

Anna Bocook

Louisville D

CWRU C

Ryan Liu

Ohio State D

Michigan State D

-5

Agatha Dahle

WVU A

Louisville C

Nayaaz Hashim

Oxford

Bristol

-5

Nicholas Ryan

Lehigh B

Princeton

Siheon Lee

Imperial C

Imperial D

Penelope Graham

Williams B

Boston College A

Alex Emmert

Maryland B

Maryland C

-5

Micah Williams

VCU A

UNC D

Samuel Zheng

Toronto F

Brock A

Trenton Burgess

Indiana A

Chicago A

Cliodora Selyuzhitsky

UCSD A

Claremont B

Rishi Swaminathan

NYU B

Lehigh A

Harry Sexton

Edinburgh A

Edinburgh D

Oliver Morten

Cardiff

Southampton

Jack Meyers

Brown B

Brandeis Mozart

Vishnu Sharma

Texas

Arizona State A

Isabella DePrimo

Washington Chinook

Alberta B

Ethan Tran

UCLA C

UCLA D

Brody Johnson

Louisville B

Ohio State B

Will Hoover

RIT A

Binghamton A

Towery McNeil

Mississippi State A

Auburn C

Derek Li

Cornell A

RIT B

Ben Mowery

Vermont A

Brandeis Bach

Eames Weeks

Brown A

Vermont B

Joseph Wang

UCLA E

Claremont C

-5

Sam Eddon

Cambridge C

Warwick

-5

Brendan Bridle

Queen's A

Toronto I

William Berger

Dartmouth C

MIT B

James Haddix

Washington State

British Columbia B

Michael Shipman

Cambridge D

Birmingham

Dylan Steptoe

Guelph A

Waterloo B

Miguel Carreira

Imperial B

Imperial A

Helen Neves

Boise State

Washington Coho

Coy Mier

Auburn B

Georgia A

Rory Moloney

Cambridge E

LSE

100

-5

Jack Rabaut

Michigan D

Kentucky

100

Erin Williams

JMU A

Duke A

102

Molly Oakley

Binghamton C

ESF

102

Kaitlyn Farrin

Brandeis Beethoven

Williams C

102

Annabelle Koopmans

Washington Atlantic

Washington Masu

102

Edward Zhang

Vanderbilt C

Vanderbilt B

102

Braydon Morefield

George Mason B

Vassar A

104

Madeline Painter

Georgia Tech D

Clemson C

104

Cooper Morris

Columbia B

Vassar B

106

-5

Gentry Dowdy

Liberty B

Liberty C

108

Diego Monge

Claremont C

UCLA E

109

Alex Miller

Edinburgh B

Edinburgh C

110

Joanna Xiao

Georgia Tech B

Emory A

110

Christian Humeniuk

McMaster A

Toronto C

113

Lulu Anderson

Sheffield B

Sheffield A

114

-5

Josh Morris

Bristol

Oxford

114

Will Jones

Michigan State D

Ohio State D

115

Deeksha Easwar

Washington Sockeye

British Columbia A

116

Brendan Karg

JMU B

Tusculum A

117

Ben Spirtas

Maryland C

Maryland B

117

Charlie Castleton

Sheffield A

Sheffield B

117

Connor Yu

Cornell C

Cornell B

117

Ben Gardberg

Cornell B

Cornell C

117

Ezra Siegartel

Vassar B

Columbia B

117

Sam Alahi

Illinois Orange

Rose-Hulman A

117

Emily Justak

Indiana B

Iowa B

117

Eric Cameron

Michigan State C

WVU B

117

Thaddeus Holmes

Durham C

Durham A

117

Adil Soubki

Cambridge B

Cambridge A

117

Jolie Yeh

Warwick

Cambridge C

117

Isaiah Schmid

Binghamton B

Cornell D

117

Solomon Blecher

Cornell D

Binghamton B

117