Question

One of these events appears in the title of a poem whose speaker looks at her reflection in a “twisted candlestick, / Yet seeing nothing,” as a man leaves her alone to check on a banging stable door. A poem titled for these events notes the “perms, / The nylon gloves and jewellery-substitutes” (10[1])of a crowd that includes “fathers with broad belts under their suits / And seamy foreheads.” That poem (10[1])titled for these events ends by describing “A sense of falling, like an arrow-shower (10[1])/ Sent out (10[1])of sight, somewhere becoming rain.” A 1964 collection (10[1])titled for these events was followed by High Windows and includes “An Arundel (10[1])Tomb.” (10[5]-5[1])A (10[1])poem titled for these events describes a hot train journey (10[1])during which the speaker (10[2])observes happy crowds returning (-5[1])from (10[1])these events. (10[1])For 10 points, name these events that title a Philip Larkin poem set on Whitsun. ■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: weddings [accept “Wedding Wind”; accept “The Whitsun Weddings”]
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2195%0%10%111.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AWaterloo B5210
Nathan ZhangCornell AWaterloo A7010
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateOhio State8410
Mitch McCullarPenn StateChicago B8710
Yrwin BatanMITIllinois B9510
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsNorthwestern10810
Raymond ChenToronto BBritish Columbia109-5
William OrrYaleIndiana10910
Adrian WongOttawaNorth Carolina A10910
Kevin WangGeorgia TechNorth Carolina B10910
Rachel FanousMichiganChicago A10910
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltMaryland10910
Michał GerasimiukStanfordUCF11010
Noah ChinVirginia TechUC Berkeley B12010
Bryan UgazArizona StateColumbia B12410
Michael HundingIllinois ARIT12410
Leo LawFloridaIowa State128-5
Guy IndoranteIowa StateFlorida12910
Parth JagtapToronto CRutgers13110
Charles HangWUSTL ACornell B14710
Joel MilesMinnesotaColumbia A14710
Russell NipBritish ColumbiaToronto B14710
Henry BonWinona StateWUSTL B1470
June YinWUSTL BWinona State1470