Gautam Adani - 2025 ACF Regionals

Question

An arrest warrant was issued for this businessman in the US after the market-research company Hindenburg accused him of stock manipulation. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this billionaire who was charged in November 2024 with spending over 250 million dollars to secure green energy contracts.

ANSWER: Gautam Adani [reject “Ambani”]

[10e] Gautam Adani, a supporter of the BJP, has been accused of corruption for his close ties to this prime minister of India.

ANSWER: Narendra Modi [or Narendra Damodardas Modi]

[10m] Adani happened to be in one of these places named after the Taj Mahal when it was assaulted during the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks.

ANSWER: hotels [accept Taj Mahal Palace Hotel]

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Summary


California	2025-02-01	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Florida	2025-02-01	Y	3	10.00	67%	33%	0%
Great Lakes	2025-02-01	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%
North	2025-02-01	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Northeast	2025-02-01	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%
Overflow	2025-02-01	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
South Central	2025-02-01	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
UK	2025-02-01	Y	9	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


UCLA	Claremont B	0	10	0	10
UC Berkeley A	UCSD	0	10	10	20
UC Berkeley B	Claremont A	10	10	10	30
UCF C	Florida A	0	0	0	0
Florida B	UCF B	0	10	10	20
Florida State A	Valencia A	0	10	0	10
Carnegie Mellon A	Michigan D	0	10	0	10
Case Western A	Carnegie Mellon B	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A	Kenyon	0	10	10	20
Case Western B	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Michigan State	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Ohio State B	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
William & Mary	Liberty A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
UNC B	Duke	10	10	10	30
South Carolina	UNC D	0	10	0	10
Virginia A	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
UNC C	Wake Forest	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	WashU A	0	10	10	20
Illinois A	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
WashU B	Indiana B	0	10	10	20
Missoui S&T	Illinois C	0	10	10	20
Missouri	Illinois B	0	10	0	10
Winona State	Carleton	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Wisconsin B	0	10	0	10
Brandeis B	Dartmouth A	0	10	10	20
Harvard A	Brown A	0	10	10	20
BU	MIT A	10	10	10	30
Harvard B	Tufts A	0	10	10	20
Brandeis A	UMass Boston	0	10	10	20
Chicago D	Chicago C	0	10	10	20
Northwestern A	Iowa	0	10	10	20
Northwestern B	Notre Dame A	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame B	Notre Dame C	0	10	10	20
TAMU	ASU	0	10	10	20
Texas A	Texas B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
Stanford B	Purdue	0	10	0	10
Southampton A	Cambridge D	0	10	0	10
Manchester	Cambridge E	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Durham	0	10	0	10
Bristol	LSE	0	10	10	20
Cambridge C	NYU C	0	10	0	10
Oxford B	Warwick A	0	10	10	20
Warwick B	Oxford C	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Sheffield	0	10	10	20
Imperial A	Southampton B	0	10	0	10
Cornell B	Maryland A	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	Columbia C	0	10	0	10
Rutgers A	John Jay College	10	10	10	30
Vassar A	Penn A	0	10	0	10
Binghamton A	RIT A	0	10	0	10