Question

This person brought up a data visualization of river control systems as a keynote speaker at the 2024 Esri (“EZ-ree”) User Conference. (10[1])This politician (10[1])issued a temporary moratorium on extraction from a huge helium deposit (10[1])found in the town of Babbitt. This leader has said that the “golden rule of small-town America” is “mind your own damn (10[1])business.” (10[4])This (10[1])man (10[1])scheduled (10[1])one special election (10[1])after Kari Dziedzic’s (“DEED-zick’s”) death led to a tied legislative chamber, and another (10[1])after (10[1])a sting operation (10[2])caught Justin Eichorn (10[1])attempting (10[1])to solicit sex from a minor. (10[1])Peggy Flanagan serves alongside this former National Guardsman. (10[1])This longtime ally of DNC chair Ken Martin met his wife, Gwen, in the town of Mankato (“man-KAY-toh”), where they both taught (10[2])public school. (10[1])For 10 points, Nate Silver’s phrase “She Shoulda Picked Shapiro” impugned what Democratic governor of Minnesota? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Tim Walz [or Timothy James Walz]
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y24100%0%0%72.08

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joel MilesMinnesotaVirginia Tech2010
Jakob MyersIndianaNorth Carolina A2210
Micah ColmanWaterloo BYale3310
Cade ReinbergerRITOhio State5510
William GrogerColumbia BCornell B5610
Matthew WangBritish ColumbiaOttawa5610
Joseph ChambersVirginiaNorth Carolina B5610
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley AWUSTL A5610
Sharath NarayanNorthwesternChicago A5710
Ian LuGeorgia TechChicago B5810
Andy HuffLSEFlorida5910
Teigue KellyPenn StateArizona State6210
Conor ThompsonIowa StateTexas7410
Tim MorrisonStanfordIllinois A7510
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUUC Berkeley B7810
Aryan DesarapuMichiganUCF7810
Benjamin ChapmanToronto ARutgers8110
Henry BonWinona StateMaryland8210
Michael DuWaterloo AColumbia A8810
Truman HillVanderbiltIllinois B9610
Nitin RaoHarvardMIT11710
Maximilian NieburJohns HopkinsToronto C11710
Ethan SkolnickWUSTL BGeorgia State11910
Nathan ZhangCornell AToronto B13510