George Washington - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

In response to the execution of Joshua Huddy, this leader threatened to draw lots to randomly execute an officer in the Asgill Affair. This leader was painted (10[1])after winning a battle at Assunpink (10[2])Creek with the gray (10[1])horse Blueskin. (10[1])In a moving speech, this (-5[1])leader (10[1])put on spectacles before (10[2])lamenting, (10[5])“I (10[2])have (10[1])not (10[2])only (-5[1])grown (10[1])gray (10[4]-5[2])but almost (10[1]-5[1])blind (10[3])in the service of (10[1])my country.” (10[1])This (10[2])leader named (10[1])a Benjamin (-5[1])Talmadge-led (10[1])spy (10[1])group (10[2])the Culper (10[1]-5[1])Ring (10[4])and foiled (10[1])the (10[1])Newburgh (10[1])Conspiracy. (10[4]-5[1])John Trumbull painted this (10[2])leader (10[5])“Resigning (10[4])His Commission,” (10[6])an act (10[2])paralleling (10[1]-5[1])Cincinnatus. (10[11])This leader (10[3])surprised Hessian (10[1])soldiers (10[3])the day (10[1])after (10[1])Christmas (10[3])1776 (10[7])by crossing the Delaware (10[6])River. (10[2])For 10 points, name this commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. ■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: George Washington

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	61.20
Southern California	Main	Y	1	100%	0%	100%	99.00
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	8%	88.92
Florida	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	88.50
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	14%	84.29
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	70.38
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	18%	77.64
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	66.60
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	79.00
North	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	94.20
Northeast	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	0%	74.92
Northwest	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	58.00
South Central	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	72.75
Southeast	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	25%	81.38
UK	Main	Y	13	100%	0%	0%	96.92
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	100.50

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Kelvin Ni	NYU B	Catholic University	26	10
Yaj Jhajhria	Washington A	Simon Fraser	32	10
Kritanu Saha	Cornell-UG	Brandeis Clemenceau	32	10
Graham Troy	North Carolina A	Clemson B	36	10
Bryce Cruise	Texas A	UTD B	38	10
Cole Hartung	Georgetown A	Johns Hopkins A	43	-5
Ethan Buermann	Huntsville B	Georgia Tech A	44	10
Stefan Vlad	Ottawa	Guelph B	48	10
Will Hollister	Lehigh A	Rutgers C	48	10
Varun Sathyajeeth	OSU C	CWRU C	49	10
Jonathan Schneidau	Liberty A	North Carolina C	49	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	George Mason B	49	10
Jack Funke	Missouri B	WashU B	49	10
Tate Osborne	Auburn A	Alabama B	49	10
Vivian Malouf	Berkeley A	Berkeley E	50	10
Nathaniel Hull	Berkeley B	Stanford B	50	10
Shreyas Sinha	Texas B	UTD A	51	10
Vikram Narasimhan	Stanford C	Berkeley C	52	10
Eve Maramba	UF A	UF B	52	10
Sophie Lyman	WashU D	Missouri A	53	-5
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Tusculum	54	10
Max Bendsen	VCU A	Penn A	55	10
Richard Lin	Washington B	British Columbia D	55	10
Sumukh Murthy	UCSD Vices and Virtues	Claremont Scripps	55	-5
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto H	Toronto E	55	-5
Bailey Lacefield	Toronto I	McMaster B	55	10
Will Zhang	Tufts A	Brown B	55	10
Andrew Amygdalos	CWRU A	Pitt B	57	-5
Maggie Sun	MIT B	Williams	57	10
Scarlett Strickland	Columbia B	Vassar A	58	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Roanoke	58	10
Hadley Green	Northwestern B	Ohio	58	10
Andrew Messersmith	Brandeis Lloyd George	Yale B	62	10
Andrew Harms	MSU A	Pitt C	64	10
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt	NYU A	Maryland A	65	10
Jaehyun Park	BU	Yale A	65	10
Waverly O'Malley	Iowa	Arizona State B	67	10
Kevin Herro	George Washington A	George Mason A	69	-5
Joyann Hua	British Columbia C	British Columbia B	70	10
Aidan Ross	George Washington B	Penn B	71	10
Owen Steele	Swarthmore A	Princeton A	72	10
Gavin Markoff	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech B	72	10
Alex Hayes	Warwick A	Manchester A	74	10
Jackson McDonald	Alabama A	Auburn B	74	-5
Ethan Bosita	Stanford A	UCSC	75	10
Rahul Rao-Pothuraju	Rowan A	Columbia C	75	10
Jon Suh	Harvard	Amherst A	75	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta	British Columbia A	75	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth	Brown C	77	10
Arhith Dharanendra	Georgia Tech D	Bruin A	78	10
Ryan Sun	Berkeley D	Berkeley F	79	10
Zachary Foster	City St George's A	Imperial C	80	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT B	RIT A	80	-5
Joseph Chambers	Virginia A	South Carolina B	80	10
Thomas Catuosco	Rutgers B	Lehigh B	80	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta B	Northwestern C	80	10
Asher Lyons	Maryland D	Notre Dame E	84	10
Dylan Lewis	Nebraska	Macalester A	84	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods	WashU C	85	10
Kevin Le	Carleton	Toronto Metropolitan	85	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU B	Kenyon B	85	10
Joshua Garner	OSU B	OSU D	85	10
Shiva Tegulla	UCF A	UF E	85	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Sewanee A	86	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt B	UAB A	86	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Orlando	Amherst B	86	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Wilson	Bowdoin A	86	10
Dennis Reppen	Imperial A	Sheffield A	88	10
Nabhaan Farooqi	McGill B	Queen's B	88	10
Joey Sun	Toronto B	McMaster A	88	10
Simon Zimmerman	OSU A	Kenyon A	88	10
Gabriel Avrahami	Georgetown B	UMBC A	88	10
Jarman Taylor	Johns Hopkins C	Johns Hopkins B	88	10
Ethan Skolnick	WashU A	Truman State	90	10
Sharath Narayan	Northwestern A	Rose State	90	10
Sky Li	Toronto A	Waterloo	91	10
Sawyer Smith	Mississippi State A	Huntsville A	91	-5
Jeffery Austin	North Carolina B	Virginia B	92	10
Gus Vanskike	Maryland B	George Mason C	92	10
Owen Arneson	Missouri A	WashU D	92	10
Derek Li	Cornell-DII	Binghamton A	92	10
Ian Theysmeyer	Queen's A	Toronto K	92	10
Galen Mueller	McGill A	Toronto J	92	10
Peyton Legg	UCF B	FIU	92	10
Aaron Marchand	Carleton	Minnesota B	92	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Wisconsin	92	10
Blake Johnson	BC A	Bowdoin B	92	10
Yrwin Batan	MIT A	Brown A	92	10
Shlok Dev	LSE B	Durham B	94	10
Adam Bentley	Sheffield B	Durham A	94	10
Alex Olson	UF D	ERAU A	94	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State A	Tulsa	96	10
Abbott Sherwin	NC State	Liberty B	97	10
Danny Tran	Tennessee B	James Madison	97	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Minnesota A	97	10
Akshay Seetharam	Claremont Scripps	UCSD Vices and Virtues	99	10
Elliot Cosnett	Oxford A	Cambridge C	100	10
Kara Braun	MSU B	Pitt A	101	10
Patrick Hartley	Warwick B	Cambridge B	101	10
Larry Sun	McGill C	McMaster C	101	10
Teddy Fogel	Birmingham A	LSE A	102	10
Michael Wu	Southampton A	Edinburgh A	102	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	RIT B	102	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Syracuse	102	10
Dominic Heffron	Melbourne A	Melbourne B	102	10
Brody Sadler	UCO	McGill D	102	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Guelph A	102	10
Ben LaFond	Cambridge A	Bristol A	106	10
Matt Sheldon	Oxford B	Edinburgh B	106	10
Eoin Neale	Lancaster A	Southampton B	106	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	ESF	106	10
Juan Landaeta	FSU	USF	106	10
Arun Waran	Macalester B	Minnesota C	106	10
Sam Eddon	Cambridge D	Bristol B	107	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto D	Toronto G	107	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	George Washington A	118	10
Zac Stapler	Pitt B	CWRU A	118	10
David Bass	Johns Hopkins A	Georgetown A	118	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Alabama A	118	10
Felix Garrett Johnston	Huntsville A	Mississippi State A	118	10
Blake Kim-Wansbrough	Toronto E	Toronto H	118	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	BC B	120	10

Northern California

Main

100%

61.20

Southern California

Main

100%

99.00

Eastern Canada

Main

100%

88.92

Florida

Main

100%

88.50

Great Lakes

Main

100%

14%

84.29

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

70.38

Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)

Main

100%

18%

77.64

Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)

Main

100%

66.60

Lower Midwest

Main

100%

25%

79.00

North

Main

100%

94.20

Northeast

Main

100%

74.92

Northwest

Main

100%

58.00

South Central

Main

100%

72.75

Southeast

Main

100%

25%

81.38

Main

100%

96.92

Upstate NY

Main

100%

25%

100.50

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Kelvin Ni

NYU B

Catholic University

Yaj Jhajhria

Washington A

Simon Fraser

Kritanu Saha

Cornell-UG

Brandeis Clemenceau

Graham Troy

North Carolina A

Clemson B

Bryce Cruise

Texas A

UTD B

Cole Hartung

Georgetown A

Johns Hopkins A

-5

Ethan Buermann

Huntsville B

Georgia Tech A

Stefan Vlad

Ottawa

Guelph B

Will Hollister

Lehigh A

Rutgers C

Varun Sathyajeeth

OSU C

CWRU C

Jonathan Schneidau

Liberty A

North Carolina C

Ben Spirtas

Maryland C

George Mason B

Jack Funke

Missouri B

WashU B

Tate Osborne

Auburn A

Alabama B

Vivian Malouf

Berkeley A

Berkeley E

Nathaniel Hull

Berkeley B

Stanford B

Shreyas Sinha

Texas B

UTD A

Vikram Narasimhan

Stanford C

Berkeley C

Eve Maramba

UF A

UF B

Sophie Lyman

WashU D

Missouri A

-5

Jackson Slaughter

Tennessee A

Tusculum

Max Bendsen

VCU A

Penn A

Richard Lin

Washington B

British Columbia D

Sumukh Murthy

UCSD Vices and Virtues

Claremont Scripps

-5

Stephen Ottewell

Toronto H

Toronto E

-5

Bailey Lacefield

Toronto I

McMaster B

Will Zhang

Tufts A

Brown B

Andrew Amygdalos

CWRU A

Pitt B

-5

Maggie Sun

MIT B

Williams

Scarlett Strickland

Columbia B

Vassar A

Wesley Stine

Clemson A

Roanoke

Hadley Green

Northwestern B

Ohio

Andrew Messersmith

Brandeis Lloyd George

Yale B

Andrew Harms

MSU A

Pitt C

Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt

NYU A

Maryland A

Jaehyun Park

Yale A

Waverly O'Malley

Iowa

Arizona State B

Kevin Herro

George Washington A

George Mason A

-5

Joyann Hua

British Columbia C

British Columbia B

Aidan Ross

George Washington B

Penn B

Owen Steele

Swarthmore A

Princeton A

Gavin Markoff

Vanderbilt A

Georgia Tech B

Alex Hayes

Warwick A

Manchester A

Jackson McDonald

Alabama A

Auburn B

-5

Ethan Bosita

Stanford A

UCSC

Rahul Rao-Pothuraju

Rowan A

Columbia C

Jon Suh

Harvard

Amherst A

Jonathan Ho

Alberta

British Columbia A

Elliott Gomes

Dartmouth

Brown C

Arhith Dharanendra

Georgia Tech D

Bruin A

Ryan Sun

Berkeley D

Berkeley F

Zachary Foster

City St George's A

Imperial C

Cade Reinberger

RIT B

RIT A

-5

Joseph Chambers

Virginia A

South Carolina B

Thomas Catuosco

Rutgers B

Lehigh B

Anne Fjeld

Alberta B

Northwestern C

Asher Lyons

Maryland D

Notre Dame E

Dylan Lewis

Nebraska

Macalester A

Alex Dzurick

William Woods

WashU C

Kevin Le

Carleton

Toronto Metropolitan

Sai Subramanian

CWRU B

Kenyon B

Joshua Garner

OSU B

OSU D

Shiva Tegulla

UCF A

UF E

Emerson Patmore

Georgia Tech C

Sewanee A

Darren Kellis

Vanderbilt B

UAB A

Jack Granahan

Brandeis Orlando

Amherst B

Jonathan Schnipper

Brandeis Wilson

Bowdoin A

Dennis Reppen

Imperial A

Sheffield A

Nabhaan Farooqi

McGill B

Queen's B

Joey Sun

Toronto B

McMaster A

Simon Zimmerman

OSU A

Kenyon A

Gabriel Avrahami

Georgetown B

UMBC A

Jarman Taylor

Johns Hopkins C

Johns Hopkins B

Ethan Skolnick

WashU A

Truman State

Sharath Narayan

Northwestern A

Rose State

Sky Li

Toronto A

Waterloo

Sawyer Smith

Mississippi State A

Huntsville A

-5

Jeffery Austin

North Carolina B

Virginia B

Gus Vanskike

Maryland B

George Mason C

Owen Arneson

Missouri A

WashU D

Derek Li

Cornell-DII

Binghamton A

Ian Theysmeyer

Queen's A

Toronto K

Galen Mueller

McGill A

Toronto J

Peyton Legg

UCF B

FIU

Aaron Marchand

Carleton

Minnesota B

Connor King

St. Thomas

Wisconsin

Blake Johnson

BC A

Bowdoin B

Yrwin Batan

MIT A

Brown A

Shlok Dev

LSE B

Durham B

Adam Bentley

Sheffield B

Durham A

Alex Olson

UF D

ERAU A

Skand Parvatikar

Arizona State A

Tulsa

Abbott Sherwin

NC State

Liberty B

Danny Tran

Tennessee B

James Madison

James Horsley

Iowa State

Minnesota A

Akshay Seetharam

Claremont Scripps

UCSD Vices and Virtues

Elliot Cosnett

Oxford A

Cambridge C

100

Kara Braun

MSU B

Pitt A

101

Patrick Hartley

Warwick B

Cambridge B

101

Larry Sun

McGill C

McMaster C

101

Teddy Fogel

Birmingham A

LSE A

102

Michael Wu

Southampton A

Edinburgh A

102

Will Hoover

RIT A

RIT B

102

Aidan Keenan

Rochester

Syracuse

102

Dominic Heffron

Melbourne A

Melbourne B

102

Brody Sadler

UCO

McGill D

102

Samuel Zheng

Toronto F

Guelph A

102

Ben LaFond

Cambridge A

Bristol A

106

Matt Sheldon

Oxford B

Edinburgh B

106

Eoin Neale

Lancaster A

Southampton B

106

Ariyan Miah

Binghamton B

ESF

106

Juan Landaeta

FSU

USF

106

Arun Waran

Macalester B

Minnesota C

106

Sam Eddon

Cambridge D

Bristol B

107

Ethen Sun

Toronto D

Toronto G

107

Matthew Bucek

George Mason A

George Washington A

118

Zac Stapler

Pitt B

CWRU A

118

David Bass

Johns Hopkins A

Georgetown A

118

TJ Pickering

Auburn B

Alabama A

118

Felix Garrett Johnston

Huntsville A

Mississippi State A

118

Blake Kim-Wansbrough

Toronto E

Toronto H

118

Dylan Tanouye

Tufts B

BC B

120