Question

For decades, American schoolchildren recited a poem by an author with this first name called “Sheridan’s Ride.” A musician with this first name composed “The Battle of Manassas” and was exploited for decades by his legal (10[1])guardians, the Bethune family, after being ruled insane. A 19th-century blind, autistic pianist with this first name, (10[1])who could play any composition (10[2])after hearing (10[1])it once, had the surname Wiggins. (10[1])This was (10[1])the first name of a minstrel show actor who popularized “Jump Jim Crow.” (10[1])A book about a character with this name was the target of The Sword and (10[1])the Distaff. (10[7])George Aiken’s (10[1])play about a character with this first name was adapted into nostalgic minstrel shows named after him. For (-5[1])10 points, Josiah Henson inspired a character (10[1])with what first name, whose story was adapted into a novel by Harriet (10[2])Beecher (10[2])Stowe? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Tom [or Thomas; accept Thomas Buchanan Read; accept “Blind Tom”; accept Thomas Wiggins; accept Thomas “Daddy” Rice; accept Uncle Tom]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y24100%0%4%95.79

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cooper RohColumbia AIllinois A3510
Mitch McCullarPenn StateOttawa5210
Annabelle YangWUSTL AStanford5710
Olin BoseColumbia BIllinois B5710
Henry BonWinona StateRIT5910
Joseph ChambersVirginiaMaryland6510
Richard NiuCornell AChicago B6710
Jakob MyersIndianaUC Berkeley A8010
Yrwin BatanMITTexas9510
Ryan RosenbergNYUBritish Columbia9710
Kevin WangGeorgia TechMinnesota9710
Jared HeWaterloo ARutgers9710
Tony ChenToronto AChicago A9710
Michael KearneyHarvardVirginia Tech9710
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateLSE9710
Ryan SunUC Berkeley BYale9710
Yared TadesseCornell BOhio State9910
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsIowa State117-5
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto CToronto B12410
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BMichigan13710
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina ANorthwestern13710
Anthony LovegrenUCFVanderbilt13810
John John GrogerWUSTL BArizona State13810
Caleb OttWaterloo BFlorida14010
Conor ThompsonIowa StateJohns Hopkins14010