United Kingdom - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

An artist from this country included 13 paintings of rhesus macaques in The Upper Room and used (10[1])elephant dung (10[1])in a controversial (10[1])depiction (10[2])of a bare-breasted (10[1])Mary. (-5[3])The Chinese performance duo (10[1])Mad for Real jumped on an artwork from (10[1])this country (10[1])consisting (10[1])of (10[1])a disheveled bed. (10[6])One artist (10[3])from (10[1]-5[1])this country (10[2])covered (10[2])a cast (10[2])of a skull (10[1])in diamonds (10[2])in (10[1])For (10[1]-5[1])the Love (10[1])of (10[1])God. (10[3]-5[3])Sculptors (-5[1])decorate a “fourth plinth” in this country (10[1])near a column (10[1])named for a naval admiral. (10[4])A member (10[3])of a group of (10[2])“Young (10[1])Artists” (10[3])from this (10[1])country (10[1])has (10[1])encased (10[2])animals (10[2])like cows (10[1])and sharks (10[1])in (10[3])formaldehyde. (10[5]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst are from what country where art (10[1])is displayed at the Tate Modern (10[5])and (10[1])the (10[1])King’s Gallery (10[2])at (10[1])Buckingham? ■END■ (10[14])

ANSWER: United Kingdom [or UK; or Great Britain; or GB; or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; accept Young British Artists; accept England; reject “Scotland” or “Wales” or “Northern Ireland”] (The artist clued in the first line is Chris Ofili. The column is Nelson’s Column.)

<Editors, Painting and Sculpture>

= Average correct buzz position

Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	101.75
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	95.75
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	33%	96.33
Florida	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	117.75
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	10%	74.30
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	73.44
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	0%	64.89
Midwest	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	76.22
North	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	79.50
Northeast	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	9%	76.45
South Central	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	68.50
Southeast	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	8%	82.08
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	104.20

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	Duke A	16	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	George Mason C	18	10
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Tennessee A	21	10
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Harvard	22	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Maryland B	22	10
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Illinois Urbana	25	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida Tech A	26	-5
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto D	McMaster C	26	-5
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue C	26	-5
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	Liberty C	30	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Alabama A	38	10
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	Carleton A	40	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	41	10
Cecile Thomas	Tufts A	MIT A	42	10
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Ohio State B	45	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Ohio State D	45	10
Natalie Gehring	Murray State College A	Nebraska C	45	10
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	William & Mary B	45	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Purdue B	45	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	Wisconsin C	45	10
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	WVU B	47	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Dartmouth A	47	10
Carter Yott	McMaster A	Waterloo C	47	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Tufts C	48	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	Liberty B	48	-5
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Michigan State D	50	10
Nolan Travers	Tulsa A	Oklahoma	50	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	NCSU B	51	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Maryland C	51	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Clemson B	53	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Purdue D	53	10
William Walters	Murray State College B	Central Oklahoma B	56	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Ohio State C	58	10
Jack Piros	Illinois Orange	Chicago A	58	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	Penn	59	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Vermont A	60	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Tennessee B	60	-5
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Kentucky	62	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Stony Brook	63	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Boss Bandit	64	-5
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	CWRU D	64	-5
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Toronto A	64	-5
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Auburn A	64	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Rose-Hulman A	64	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Macalester	64	10
Mingyi “Jennifer” Li	Boston College B	MIT B	65	-5
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Archer Queen	72	10
Magnolia Schnirman Barría	NYU B	George Mason B	75	10
Cole Hammans	Nebraska A	Kansas State A	80	10
Sage Snow	Central Oklahoma A	Rose State	80	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto G	80	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Sewanne	80	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Queen's A	82	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Brock A	82	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Michigan Tech	82	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton B	86	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Rutgers B	86	10
Britt Bernstein	Georgia A	Vanderbilt C	87	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford A	88	10
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Brandeis Bach	88	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Columbia A	88	10
Joseph Cole	UNC A	Tusculum A	90	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	WVU A	91	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida State A	92	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Williams C	93	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Binghamton C	93	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Binghamton A	94	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Illinois Canada	94	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Waterloo B	96	10
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	Louisville C	98	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	McGill C	99	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Toronto I	99	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	JMU B	99	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Brandeis Mozart	100	10
Robert Szot	Nebraska B	Kansas State B	100	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Toronto F	100	-5
Mason Lambert	JMU A	UNC C	100	10
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Georgia Tech F	100	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Iowa B	100	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Dartmouth C	103	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	Virginia Tech A	103	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Boston University B	114	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	120	10
Stefan Mihai	Carleton B	Ottawa A	120	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Michigan State C	120	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Montevallo	120	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Chicago B	120	10
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	Rochester	121	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Columbia B	122	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	McGill A	124	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Boston College B	124	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	ERAU Daytona A	125	10
Karthik Subramanian	Berkeley Boss Bandit	UCSC	127	10
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	UCF A	127	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida Tech B	127	10
Mohit Nair	CWRU D	Louisville D	127	10
Austin Embry	Auburn C	Clemson C	127	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Toronto C	127	10
Blake Kim-Wansbrough	Toronto A	Toronto H	127	10
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	Virginia Tech C	127	10
Shaya Farahmand	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	127	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Clemson A	127	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	ESF	127	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto D	127	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	WashU Grizzlers	127	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin B	127	10

Northern California

Main

100%

25%

101.75

Eastern Canada (1)

Main

100%

95.75

Eastern Canada (2)

Main

100%

33%

96.33

Florida

Main

100%

25%

117.75

Great Lakes

Main

100%

10%

74.30

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

11%

73.44

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

64.89

Midwest

Main

100%

11%

76.22

North

Main

100%

79.50

Northeast

Main

100%

76.45

South Central

Main

100%

68.50

Southeast

Main

100%

82.08

Upstate NY

Main

100%

104.20

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Samuel Li

William & Mary A

Duke A

Gannon Smith

Maryland A

George Mason C

Jeremy Scurlock

Chipola College

Tennessee A

Matthew Kohn

Williams A

Harvard

Jason Lee

Rutgers A

Maryland B

Eric Yang

Purdue A

Illinois Urbana

Cole Hennessy

UCF A

Florida Tech A

-5

Zaire Gibbons

Toronto D

McMaster C

-5

Colette Giezentanner

WashU Grizzlers

Purdue C

-5

Jonathan Sung

Virginia A

Liberty C

Pranav Jothi

Georgia Tech A

Alabama A

Devito Stevanus

McGill B

Carleton A

Towery McNeil

Mississippi State A

Vanderbilt B

Cecile Thomas

Tufts A

MIT A

Sarah Dong

Michigan A

Ohio State B

Anton Akroush

Michigan State A

Ohio State D

Natalie Gehring

Murray State College A

Nebraska C

Connor Kahn

NCSU A

William & Mary B

David Black

Illinois Champaign

Purdue B

Drew Wetterlind

Iowa State

Wisconsin C

Anthony Yin

CWRU A

WVU B

David Ciardella

Vermont B

Dartmouth A

Carter Yott

McMaster A

Waterloo C

Jaehyun Park

Boston University A

Tufts C

Abigail Lee

Virginia Tech C

Liberty B

-5

Mary Kate Vance

Louisville A

Michigan State D

Nolan Travers

Tulsa A

Oklahoma

Nathan Sprouse

Virginia Tech B

NCSU B

John Shelly

Rowan

Maryland C

Yuxuan Lu

Vanderbilt A

Clemson B

Kevin Yang

Illinois Blue

Purdue D

William Walters

Murray State College B

Central Oklahoma B

Thomas Jenkins

Michigan B

Ohio State C

Jack Piros

Illinois Orange

Chicago A

Renita Tang

NYU C

Penn

Penelope Graham

Williams B

Vermont A

Ben Lanahan

Clemson A

Tennessee B

-5

Joseph Strom

Louisville B

Kentucky

Kelvin Ni

NYU A

Stony Brook

Huy Lai

UCSC

Berkeley Boss Bandit

-5

Anna Bocook

Louisville D

CWRU D

-5

Sicheng Jiang

Toronto H

Toronto A

-5

Samarth Prajapati

Georgia Tech E

Auburn A

Trenton Burgess

Indiana A

Rose-Hulman A

Connor King

St. Thomas

Macalester

Mingyi “Jennifer” Li

Boston College B

MIT B

-5

Janghyun Lee

Berkeley Little Prince

Berkeley Archer Queen

Magnolia Schnirman Barría

NYU B

George Mason B

Cole Hammans

Nebraska A

Kansas State A

Sage Snow

Central Oklahoma A

Rose State

Michael Xu

McMaster B

Toronto G

Steven Pan

Georgia Tech C

Sewanne

Dawson Teu

Waterloo A

Queen's A

Sean Gao

Toronto E

Brock A

Ian Saylor

Wisconsin A

Michigan Tech

Derek Li

Cornell A

Binghamton B

Ben Schindelman

Vassar A

Rutgers B

Britt Bernstein

Georgia A

Vanderbilt C

Hansen Jin

Berkeley Skeleton King

Stanford A

Jake Markus

Dartmouth B

Brandeis Bach

Nicholas Decker

George Mason A

Columbia A

Joseph Cole

UNC A

Tusculum A

Nico Pascual

Michigan State B

WVU A

Jacob Ergueta

Florida A

Florida State A

Lucas Guan

Brown A

Williams C

Jake Scoville

RIT B

Binghamton C

Ben Gardberg

Cornell B

Binghamton A

Camden Walker

WashU Grolars

Illinois Canada

Dylan Steptoe

Guelph A

Waterloo B

Henry Nonnemaker

CWRU C

Louisville C

Anjali Rao

Ottawa B

McGill C

Chris Wang

Toronto B

Toronto I

Ezra Zareba

UNC B

JMU B

Jack Meyers

Brown B

Brandeis Mozart

100

Robert Szot

Nebraska B

Kansas State B

100

Ethen Sun

Toronto C

Toronto F

100

-5

Mason Lambert

JMU A

UNC C

100

Coy Mier

Auburn B

Georgia Tech F

100

Alex Dzurick

William Woods University A

Iowa B

100

Anthony Xu

Amherst A

Dartmouth C

103

Johanna Bryant

Liberty A

Virginia Tech A

103

John Halsun

UConn A

Boston University B

114

Suren Grigorian

Berkeley Mighty Miner

Stanford B

120

Stefan Mihai

Carleton B

Ottawa A

120

Elise Economou

Pittsburgh

Michigan State C

120

Ethan Altshul

Emory A

Montevallo

120

Grace Early

Iowa A

Chicago B

120

Solomon Blecher

Cornell D

Rochester

121

Alex Grigoriades

Lehigh A

Columbia B

122

Neela Perceval-Maxwell

McGill E

McGill A

124

Kyle Hart

MIT B

Boston College B

124

Nicholas Nguyen

Florida B

ERAU Daytona A

125

Karthik Subramanian

Berkeley Boss Bandit

UCSC

127

Leighton Karpinia

Florida Tech A

UCF A

127

Pallas Allen

South Florida A

Florida Tech B

127

Mohit Nair

CWRU D

Louisville D

127

Austin Embry

Auburn C

Clemson C

127

Samuel Zheng

Toronto F

Toronto C

127

Blake Kim-Wansbrough

Toronto A

Toronto H

127

Alexandra Knight

Liberty B

Virginia Tech C

127

Shaya Farahmand

Georgia Tech B

Georgia Tech D

127

Richard D’Angelo

Tennessee B

Clemson A

127

Vincent Misterkiewicz

Cornell C

ESF

127

Adithya Parat

McMaster C

Toronto D

127

Arthur Zhang

Purdue C

WashU Grizzlers

127

Henry L'Heureux

Minnesota

Wisconsin B

127