Question

In 2024, runner Tom Gibley intermittently performed this activity as he took part in the London Marathon. Visitors can see a Crystal Chamber lined with amethyst geodes before doing this activity in a 45,000-square-foot cave beneath Jarvis Estate. (-5[1])English merchant Steven Spurrier organized an event centered on this activity that TIME magazine reporter George Taber gave a punny name alluding to a Greek myth. (10[1])The INAO and ISO co-name a standard size (10[1])for an object (-5[1])used in this (-5[1])activity. Americans’ victory at a contest involving this activity, (10[1])the (10[1])1976 “Judgment (-5[1])of Paris,” (10[2]-5[2])undercut (10[1])French (10[1])claims (-5[1])about (-5[1])terroir (-5[1])(“tehr-WAHR”). This activity’s “five S’s” include “sight” and “swirl,” (10[1])and its participants might describe “notes” or deem a substance (10[1])“full-bodied.” (10[2])For 10 points, name this activity that might assess products of Napa Valley (10[1])viticulture. (10[3])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: wine tasting [or wine-tasting contests; accept any answer indicating taste-testing wine; prompt on drinking wine or alcohol; prompt on consuming wine or alcoholic beverages; prompt on winery tour or wine tourism by asking “what activity often done in that setting?”] (The INAO/ISO standard is for the size of a wine glass.)
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y20100%0%45%107.85

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joel MilesMinnesotaToronto B37-5
Andrew WangIllinois APenn State6310
Benjamin ChapmanToronto AUC Berkeley A7110
Cormac BeirneLSECornell A74-5
Russell NipBritish ColumbiaColumbia A77-5
Joseph ChambersVirginiaToronto C8610
David BassJohns HopkinsUC Berkeley B8710
Charles HangWUSTL AIndiana89-5
Julian BushlowCornell BIowa State91-5
Ian LuGeorgia TechColumbia B91-5
Chris SimsNorthwesternOhio State9110
Ryan RosenbergNYURutgers9110
Chris ScheriRITChicago B9210
Michael DuWaterloo AHarvard9310
John MarvinChicago AWUSTL B94-5
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AMaryland95-5
Karan GurazadaTexasWaterloo B96-5
Jem BurchYaleIllinois B10410
Qingyu ZhangFloridaMIT11410
James Ah YongWaterloo BTexas11510
William GrogerColumbia BGeorgia Tech11510
Cooper RohColumbia ABritish Columbia12810
Guy IndoranteIowa StateCornell B12910
Orion KellerVirginia TechGeorgia State12910
Nathan ZhangCornell ALSE12910
Kunaal ChandrashekarToronto BMinnesota13010
Isaac MammelMarylandNorth Carolina A13010
Jakob MyersIndianaWUSTL A13010
June YinWUSTL BChicago A13010