Question

In this archipelago, an island that was closed from 2014 to 2016 due to unexploded ordnance houses roots calcified by wind-blown sand, forming a caliche forest. Boats owned by Island Packers stop at this chain’s Scorpion Cove. A huge breeding site for elephant seals is on a beach at this island chain’s Point Bennett. In 1972, George and Molly Hunt discovered chicks raised by pairs of “lesbian seagulls” in this archipelago, where a different island is the only home of an unusually bright-colored scrub jay. A cat-sized (10[1]-5[1])island (-5[1])fox is endemic to this chain, (-5[1])where pygmy mammoths once lived. These islands (10[1])were once (-5[1])navigated (-5[1])in pitch-covered tomol canoes (-5[2])by the (10[1])Tongva and Chumash peoples; (10[2]-5[1])ferries now sail (10[1]-5[1])southwest (-5[1])from Oxnard to reach them. (-5[1])Anacapa and Santa Catalina (10[1])are among, (10[1])for 10 points, (10[1]-5[1])what islands off the coast of Southern California? ■END■ (10[7]0[7])

ANSWER: Channel Islands of California [accept Channel Islands National Park; anti-prompt on San Miguel Island, San Clemente Island, Anacapa Island, Santa Cruz Island, or Santa Catalina Island by asking “what larger island group is that part of?”]
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2370%0%52%125.13

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jonathan HuangMITChicago B86-5
Aiden DartleyRutgersIndiana8610
Jem BurchYaleWUSTL B87-5
Truman HillVanderbiltOhio State93-5
Micah ColmanWaterloo BNYU10010
Liam KusalikWaterloo AToronto A102-5
Athena ShaddenTexasToronto C103-5
John ChenBritish ColumbiaGeorgia State107-5
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia BRIT107-5
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMinnesota10910
Chris SimsNorthwesternColumbia A113-5
Jacky XuCornell AGeorgia Tech11310
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BLSE11310
Sarod NoriCornell BMichigan116-5
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AIllinois A11610
Andrew ZengStanfordNorth Carolina A117-5
John MarvinChicago AWUSTL A122-5
Skand ParvatikarArizona StateOttawa12610
Patrick TorreMarylandNorth Carolina B12810
Orion KellerVirginia TechToronto B131-5
Anthony LovegrenUCFWinona State13110
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateBritish Columbia1400
Chris ScheriRITColumbia B1400
Roxanne TangOhio StateVanderbilt14010
Nitin RaoHarvardJohns Hopkins1400
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AStanford14010
Charles HangWUSTL AChicago A1400
Parth JagtapToronto CTexas1400
David BassJohns HopkinsHarvard1400
Liam StarnesChicago BMIT14010
Wenying WuToronto BVirginia Tech1400
Benjamin ChapmanToronto AWaterloo A14010
Cooper RohColumbia ANorthwestern14010
John John GrogerWUSTL BYale14010
Qingyu ZhangFloridaPenn State14010