Question

The bilingual radio station K·I·L·I operates out of this state’s town of Porcupine, (10[1])which was proposed (10[1])as the capital (-5[1])of a breakaway nation-state in 2007. The local grocery store chain Buche (“BOO-ee”) Foods, spelled B-U-C-H-E, and its convenience store affiliate Gus Stop operate entirely in this state. During World War II, the US evicted Indigenous residents for practice bombing runs in this state’s Stronghold District, which took off from Ellsworth Air Force Base. (10[2]-5[1])Each April, this (-5[1])state’s flagship university in Vermilion (10[1])hosts (10[1])a (-5[1])Wacipi (10[1])(“wah-CHEE-pee”) powwow. The Rosebud Indian Reservation (-5[1])is in (10[1])this state, where a rideable (10[1])jackalope statue sits outside (10[1])the road stop (10[1])Wall Drug. (-5[1])A region (10[3])with eroded buttes (10[2])(“byootz”) sacred to local Indigenous (10[1])people names Badlands National Park in, for 10 points, what state, where some Native residents object to Mount Rushmore? (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: South Dakota [accept SD] (Activist Russell Means proposed Porcupine as the capital for the “Republic of Lakotah.”)
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y22100%0%27%95.18

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BGeorgia State1210
Jakob MyersIndianaIllinois B1510
Ted GanPenn StateRIT18-5
Cooper RohColumbia AMichigan71-5
Joel MilesMinnesotaChicago A7110
Thomas GlotfeltyVirginia TechUCF7110
Benjamin ChapmanToronto ANorth Carolina B74-5
Conor ThompsonIowa StateWUSTL A7910
Ryan RosenbergNYUVirginia8010
Liam StarnesChicago BRutgers81-5
Simon ZimmermanOhio StateStanford8210
Jonathan HuangMITYale87-5
Truman HillVanderbiltNorth Carolina A8910
John John GrogerWUSTL BToronto B9410
Henry BonWinona StateBritish Columbia9810
Michael KearneyHarvardCornell A10110
Gus VanskikeMarylandOttawa103-5
Sarod NoriCornell BFlorida10510
Bryce CruiseTexasColumbia B10510
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerArizona StateUC Berkeley A10510
Justin WytmarIllinois AToronto C10810
Andy HuffLSEWaterloo A10810
Jem BurchYaleMIT11210
Aum MundheRutgersChicago B13110
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganColumbia A13210
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BToronto A13210
Colin VeeversOttawaMaryland13210
Chris ScheriRITPenn State13210