Question

According to a 13th-century chronicle, a king with this surname married Suriratna, a princess from “Ayuta,” and started the Karak dynasty. A general with this surname carried out a joint siege of the capital city of Sabi with Dìngfāng during the reign of King Munmu (-5[1])(“MOON-moo”). A 21st-century leader with this surname called on citizens to help pay off IMF debts by donating their gold jewelry (10[1])to banks. (10[1])That leader with this surname had earlier been accused of instigating student protests on (-5[1])May 18th, 1980. (-5[1])A king with this surname founded Gaya. (10[2])A much-later politician (10[1])with this surname won the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize (10[1])for his promotion of the Sunshine (10[1])Policy (10[1])with (-5[2])another leader (10[1])with this surname, (10[1])who claimed (10[1])to be born on Mount (10[1])Paektu (10[3])(“BECK-doo”). For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, give this (10[1])surname (10[1])shared by the South Korean president Dae-jung (“DEH-joong”) and the North Korean ruling family. (10[1]) (10[4])■END■

ANSWER: Kim [or Gim; or Ghim; or Kin; accept Kim Dae-jung, Kim Suro, Kim Yushin, or Kim Jong-il] (With the exception of Kim Jong-il, all others clued in this tossup are from the Gimhae Kim clan.)
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y24100%0%21%116.71

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nitin RaoHarvardIowa State45-5
Alan WuVanderbiltCornell B6510
Adrian WongOttawaNYU6710
Aditya ShivaswamyJohns HopkinsTexas81-5
Rayton LinWaterloo BUC Berkeley B84-5
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AColumbia A9110
Nikhil ChellamNorthwesternRutgers9110
Jay KimChicago BVirginia Tech9410
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StatePenn State10310
Allan LeeStanfordUC Berkeley A10910
Aryan DesarapuMichiganIllinois B11010
Claire JonesChicago AIndiana111-5
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AWUSTL A111-5
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSEYale11310
Kevin WangGeorgia TechToronto B11610
John John GrogerWUSTL BFlorida11810
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BWinona State12310
Calvin BostlemanOhio StateColumbia B12410
Joel MilesMinnesotaMIT12410
Andrew WangIllinois AWaterloo A12410
Parth JagtapToronto CCornell A12510
Patrick TorreMarylandRIT12610
Skand ParvatikarArizona StateBritish Columbia12910
Alexander NicholsUCFVirginia13010
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BWaterloo B14310
Jisoo YooTexasJohns Hopkins14410
Charles HangWUSTL ANorth Carolina A14410
Jakob MyersIndianaChicago A14410
Conor ThompsonIowa StateHarvard14410