Netherlands - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

A former leader of this country earned the nickname “Teflon” for serving (10[1])four (10[1])consecutive (10[4])terms (10[1]-5[1])in (10[1])government (10[1])despite scandals (10[2])like one where parents were falsely accused (10[1])of childcare (-5[1])benefit fraud. (-5[1])A political party (10[1])formed after protests against this county’s nitrogen (10[1])pollution policy, (10[2])called BBB, (10[7])became (10[1])the largest (10[3])party (10[1])in (-5[1])this country’s (10[2])Senate (10[1])after its (10[1])2023 (10[1]-5[1])elections. (10[1]-5[1])A politician in this country was fined for hate speech after leading (10[1]-5[1])a (10[1])chant of (-5[1])“fewer, fewer (10[1])Moroccans.” (10[5]-5[1])Before (-5[1])becoming Secretary-General (-5[1])of NATO, (10[2]-5[2])Mark (10[2])Rutte (10[8]0[1])served (10[6])as (10[3])this (10[4])county’s (10[3]-5[1])prime (10[4])minister. (10[8]-5[4])This country’s (10[1])October 2025 general elections (10[1])were (10[1])narrowly won by the centrist D66 (10[1])party (10[2]-5[1])and saw Geert Wilders’s (10[3])PVV (10[5])lose ground. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])name this (10[1])northern European nation whose capital is Amsterdam. (10[6])■END■ (10[13])

ANSWER: Netherlands [or Nederland; or Kingdom of the Netherlands; prompt on Holland]

= Average correct buzz position

Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	40%	96.20
Southern California	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	79.83
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	13	100%	0%	8%	66.46
Florida	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	85.17
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	29%	92.29
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	20%	89.30
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	10%	66.60
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	69.00
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	86.00
Upper Midwest	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	17%	79.17
North	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	44.20
Northeast	Main	Y	12	92%	0%	33%	96.09
South Central	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	86.63
UK	Main	Y	14	100%	0%	21%	54.36
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	90.50

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Benjamin Chapman	Toronto A	McMaster A	11	10
Alex Smits	Wisconsin	Minnesota A	12	10
Stefan Vlad	Ottawa	McGill A	13	10
Ben Richards	Sheffield B	Cambridge B	13	10
Rayhana Amjad	Edinburgh A	Bristol B	13	10
Arun Waran	Macalester B	St. Thomas	13	10
Ankit Kawade	Johns Hopkins C	George Washington B	14	-5
Elias Ziyadeh	Penn A	Maryland A	14	10
Evan Schleck	Georgetown A	VCU A	15	10
Jason Yang	Swarthmore A	Rutgers B	16	10
Adam Iqbal	Durham A	Cambridge D	18	10
Zhangir Satzhanov	Birmingham A	City St George's A	18	10
Ian Costigan	Sheffield C	Manchester A	25	10
Mia Clark-Webb	Oxford B	Sheffield A	27	-5
Thomas Wu	Berkeley E	Stanford A	29	-5
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt	NYU A	George Mason B	32	10
Dillon George	Catholic University	Maryland D	39	10
Uday Bhardwaj	McGill B	Queen's A	41	10
Anthony Yin	CWRU B	Pitt A	41	10
Raymond Jiang	Illinois C	Illinois A	43	10
Jeffery Austin	North Carolina B	Tennessee B	43	10
Daniel Bloom	Edinburgh B	Bristol A	43	10
Odysseas Gabrielatos	Warwick B	Manchester B	43	10
Theodore Lam	Toronto G	Toronto F	43	10
Aneesh Shrotriya	Purdue B	Notre Dame C	43	10
Aaron Marchand	Carleton	Macalester A	43	10
James Wadsley	McGill D	Northwestern A	44	10
Chase Barrick	Lehigh A	Columbia C	46	10
Kyan Cheung	Cambridge C	Imperial B	46	10
Grant Koh	Michigan D	Purdue C	46	10
Raymond Ha	Chicago D	Louisville B	47	10
Aryan Malhotra	Rutgers C	Princeton A	48	-5
Vinu Harihar	Berkeley F	Stanford C	50	10
Stuart Chandler-Baas	Carleton	McGill C	50	10
Rajiv Pujara	Dartmouth	Harvard	51	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Rochester	53	10
William Houston	Chicago A	Chicago B	54	-5
William Edwards	Tennessee A	Liberty B	54	10
Aiden Shields	Clemson A	Liberty A	55	-5
Matthew Andersen	UF A	UF C	55	10
Roxanne Tang	OSU A	Pitt B	67	-5
Christian Sherrington	Southampton A	Imperial C	67	10
Robert Szot	Nebraska	Minnesota B	68	10
Swapnil Garg	Berkeley C	Berkeley A	70	-5
Karthik Jayaram	UCLA A	UCLA C	72	10
Zachary Joseph	Columbia A	Vassar A	73	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton B	Warwick A	73	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia A	North Carolina A	73	10
Elliot Cosnett	Oxford A	Durham B	73	-5
Andrew Amygdalos	CWRU A	OSU C	73	10
Todd Maslyk	Michigan A	Indiana A	73	10
Nicholas Enbar-Salo	Bowdoin B	BU	74	-5
Christopher Dech	Brandeis Wilson	MIT B	76	-5
Akshay Seetharam	Claremont Scripps	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	78	10
Henry Jameson	LSE A	Lancaster A	78	-5
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Toronto K	78	10
Fahian Joy	Amherst B	Brown A	78	-5
Conner Yamnitz	WashU C	WashU D	79	10
Will Zhang	Tufts A	Yale A	79	10
Isaac Millians	USC	UCSD Vices and Virtues	80	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland C	Johns Hopkins A	80	10
Gabriel Avrahami	Georgetown B	Notre Dame E	80	10
Ethan Skolnick	WashU A	Missouri A	80	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto J	Toronto Metropolitan	80	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Illinois B	80	10
Hanson Huynh	BU	Bowdoin B	80	0
Richard Lin	Amherst A	Brandeis Lloyd George	80	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Orlando	Brown B	80	10
Nathaniel Hull	Berkeley B	UCSC	81	10
Kerry Xu	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCSB	81	10
Taaj Rai	George Washington A	UMBC A	81	10
Bryce Cruise	Texas A	Rose State	81	10
Jacob Price	Cambridge A	LSE B	81	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto H	Toronto I	81	10
Josh Xu	UCLA B	UCLA D	82	10
Aditya Rajesh	Northwestern B	UTD A	82	10
Oliver Rothnie	Durham B	Oxford A	82	10
Gabriel McMurren	Guelph A	Toronto D	83	10
Jonah Hubert	Notre Dame A	Chicago C	83	10
Alex Olson	UF D	ERAU B	83	10
Alexander Nichols	UCF A	FSU	83	10
Luke Houtz	Arizona State B	UCO	84	10
Nicholas Nguyen	UF E	UF B	84	10
Hari Veginati	UIC	Kentucky	84	10
Lance Hulme	Bowdoin A	BC B	84	-5
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland B	Penn B	85	10
Gavin Yang	WashU B	SIUE	85	10
Derek Li	Cornell-DII	Binghamton A	85	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Minnesota C	85	10
Scott Sibley	UCI	Claremont Pitzer	86	10
James Xiao	Toronto E	Queen's B	86	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech A	James Madison	86	10
Sri Lnu	Clemson B	Virginia Tech B	86	-5
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State A	Texas B	86	10
Franklin Wu	Toronto C	Toronto B	86	-5
Yash Modi	Western Ontario	Guelph B	86	10
Mateo Acosta	FIU	ERAU A	86	10
Jacob Evans	MSU B	CWRU D	86	-5
Matthew Faberman	Pitt C	Kenyon A	86	10
Beckett Gilmore	Louisville A	Notre Dame B	86	-5
Sam Kemeny	Brandeis Clemenceau	BC A	86	10
Andrew Harms	MSU A	CWRU C	88	10
Cori Zhong	Waterloo	McMaster B	92	10
Joshua Iyo "	North Carolina C	Roanoke	93	10
Gabriel Dodds—Captain	Liberty C	Virginia B	99	10
Thomas Thatcher	Truman State	William Woods	100	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT B	RIT A	100	-5
Faraz Foroughi	NC State	Tusculum	100	10
Daniel Griffaton	Syracuse	Binghamton B	104	10
Max Averbach	Northwestern C	Tulsa	104	10
Nolan Jones	Purdue A	Michigan B	104	10
John Mitnik	Columbia B	Lehigh B	105	10
William Groger	Princeton A	Rutgers C	105	10
John McQueen	South Carolina B	South Carolina A	105	10
Henry Hu	Williams	Brown C	105	10
Grace Early	Iowa	UTD B	105	10
Alan Li	Cornell-UG	MIT A	107	10
Ryan Graham	Alberta B	Ohio	107	10
Anurag Shah	Indiana B	Notre Dame D	107	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT B	Brandeis Wilson	110	10
Vivian Malouf	Berkeley A	Berkeley C	112	10
Michał Gerasimiuk	Stanford A	Berkeley E	119	10
Ryan Fang	Stanford B	Berkeley D	119	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Yale B	119	10
Isobel Dobbie	Sheffield A	Oxford B	119	10
Mohit Nair	CWRU D	MSU B	119	10
Martin Howey	Kenyon B	OSU D	119	10
Aidan Ross	George Washington B	Johns Hopkins C	120	10
Omer Korkmaz	Johns Hopkins B	George Mason C	120	10
Carter Herron	Chicago B	Chicago A	120	10
Aidan Roullet	RIT A	RIT B	120	10
Zac Stapler	Pitt B	OSU A	120	10
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	Clemson A	120	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech B	Clemson B	120	10
Eoin Neale	Lancaster A	LSE A	120	10
Joey Sun	Toronto B	Toronto C	120	10
Christopher Jenkins	UCF B	Melbourne A	120	10
Adam Hermann	Notre Dame B	Louisville A	120	10
Neal Frankenberg	Brown A	Amherst B	120	10
Ethan Erickson	BC B	Bowdoin A	120	10

Northern California

Main

100%

40%

96.20

Southern California

Main

100%

79.83

Eastern Canada

Main

100%

66.46

Florida

Main

100%

85.17

Great Lakes

Main

100%

29%

92.29

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

20%

89.30

Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)

Main

100%

10%

66.60

Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)

Main

100%

20%

69.00

Lower Midwest

Main

100%

86.00

Upper Midwest

Main

100%

17%

79.17

North

Main

100%

44.20

Northeast

Main

92%

33%

96.09

South Central

Main

100%

86.63

Main

100%

21%

54.36

Upstate NY

Main

100%

25%

90.50

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Benjamin Chapman

Toronto A

McMaster A

Alex Smits

Wisconsin

Minnesota A

Stefan Vlad

Ottawa

McGill A

Ben Richards

Sheffield B

Cambridge B

Rayhana Amjad

Edinburgh A

Bristol B

Arun Waran

Macalester B

St. Thomas

Ankit Kawade

Johns Hopkins C

George Washington B

-5

Elias Ziyadeh

Penn A

Maryland A

Evan Schleck

Georgetown A

VCU A

Jason Yang

Swarthmore A

Rutgers B

Adam Iqbal

Durham A

Cambridge D

Zhangir Satzhanov

Birmingham A

City St George's A

Ian Costigan

Sheffield C

Manchester A

Mia Clark-Webb

Oxford B

Sheffield A

-5

Thomas Wu

Berkeley E

Stanford A

-5

Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt

NYU A

George Mason B

Dillon George

Catholic University

Maryland D

Uday Bhardwaj

McGill B

Queen's A

Anthony Yin

CWRU B

Pitt A

Raymond Jiang

Illinois C

Illinois A

Jeffery Austin

North Carolina B

Tennessee B

Daniel Bloom

Edinburgh B

Bristol A

Odysseas Gabrielatos

Warwick B

Manchester B

Theodore Lam

Toronto G

Toronto F

Aneesh Shrotriya

Purdue B

Notre Dame C

Aaron Marchand

Carleton

Macalester A

James Wadsley

McGill D

Northwestern A

Chase Barrick

Lehigh A

Columbia C

Kyan Cheung

Cambridge C

Imperial B

Grant Koh

Michigan D

Purdue C

Raymond Ha

Chicago D

Louisville B

Aryan Malhotra

Rutgers C

Princeton A

-5

Vinu Harihar

Berkeley F

Stanford C

Stuart Chandler-Baas

Carleton

McGill C

Rajiv Pujara

Dartmouth

Harvard

Gregory Stone

ESF

Rochester

William Houston

Chicago A

Chicago B

-5

William Edwards

Tennessee A

Liberty B

Aiden Shields

Clemson A

Liberty A

-5

Matthew Andersen

UF A

UF C

Roxanne Tang

OSU A

Pitt B

-5

Christian Sherrington

Southampton A

Imperial C

Robert Szot

Nebraska

Minnesota B

Swapnil Garg

Berkeley C

Berkeley A

-5

Karthik Jayaram

UCLA A

UCLA C

Zachary Joseph

Columbia A

Vassar A

Tevin Francis

Southampton B

Warwick A

Joseph Chambers

Virginia A

North Carolina A

Elliot Cosnett

Oxford A

Durham B

-5

Andrew Amygdalos

CWRU A

OSU C

Todd Maslyk

Michigan A

Indiana A

Nicholas Enbar-Salo

Bowdoin B

-5

Christopher Dech

Brandeis Wilson

MIT B

-5

Akshay Seetharam

Claremont Scripps

UCSD What Hath God Wrought

Henry Jameson

LSE A

Lancaster A

-5

Cranmer McGinn

McMaster C

Toronto K

Fahian Joy

Amherst B

Brown A

-5

Conner Yamnitz

WashU C

WashU D

Will Zhang

Tufts A

Yale A

Isaac Millians

USC

UCSD Vices and Virtues

Nathan Zhao

Maryland C

Johns Hopkins A

Gabriel Avrahami

Georgetown B

Notre Dame E

Ethan Skolnick

WashU A

Missouri A

Nathaniel Godfrey

Toronto J

Toronto Metropolitan

Reed Sexton

Michigan C

Illinois B

Hanson Huynh

Bowdoin B

Richard Lin

Amherst A

Brandeis Lloyd George

Jack Granahan

Brandeis Orlando

Brown B

Nathaniel Hull

Berkeley B

UCSC

Kerry Xu

UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms

UCSB

Taaj Rai

George Washington A

UMBC A

Bryce Cruise

Texas A

Rose State

Jacob Price

Cambridge A

LSE B

Stephen Ottewell

Toronto H

Toronto I

Josh Xu

UCLA B

UCLA D

Aditya Rajesh

Northwestern B

UTD A

Oliver Rothnie

Durham B

Oxford A

Gabriel McMurren

Guelph A

Toronto D

Jonah Hubert

Notre Dame A

Chicago C

Alex Olson

UF D

ERAU B

Alexander Nichols

UCF A

FSU

Luke Houtz

Arizona State B

UCO

Nicholas Nguyen

UF E

UF B

Hari Veginati

UIC

Kentucky

Lance Hulme

Bowdoin A

BC B

-5

Xavier Bornhorst

Maryland B

Penn B

Gavin Yang

WashU B

SIUE

Derek Li

Cornell-DII

Binghamton A

James Horsley

Iowa State

Minnesota C

Scott Sibley

UCI

Claremont Pitzer

James Xiao

Toronto E

Queen's B

Charlie Weaver

Virginia Tech A

James Madison

Sri Lnu

Clemson B

Virginia Tech B

-5

Skand Parvatikar

Arizona State A

Texas B

Franklin Wu

Toronto C

Toronto B

-5

Yash Modi

Western Ontario

Guelph B

Mateo Acosta

FIU

ERAU A

Jacob Evans

MSU B

CWRU D

-5

Matthew Faberman

Pitt C

Kenyon A

Beckett Gilmore

Louisville A

Notre Dame B

-5

Sam Kemeny

Brandeis Clemenceau

BC A

Andrew Harms

MSU A

CWRU C

Cori Zhong

Waterloo

McMaster B

Joshua Iyo "

North Carolina C

Roanoke

Gabriel Dodds—Captain

Liberty C

Virginia B

Thomas Thatcher

Truman State

William Woods

100

Cade Reinberger

RIT B

RIT A

100

-5

Faraz Foroughi

NC State

Tusculum

100

Daniel Griffaton

Syracuse

Binghamton B

104

Max Averbach

Northwestern C

Tulsa

104

Nolan Jones

Purdue A

Michigan B

104

John Mitnik

Columbia B

Lehigh B

105

William Groger

Princeton A

Rutgers C

105

John McQueen

South Carolina B

South Carolina A

105

Henry Hu

Williams

Brown C

105

Grace Early

Iowa

UTD B

105

Alan Li

Cornell-UG

MIT A

107

Ryan Graham

Alberta B

Ohio

107

Anurag Shah

Indiana B

Notre Dame D

107

Sidarth Erat

MIT B

Brandeis Wilson

110

Vivian Malouf

Berkeley A

Berkeley C

112

Michał Gerasimiuk

Stanford A

Berkeley E

119

Ryan Fang

Stanford B

Berkeley D

119

Dylan Tanouye

Tufts B

Yale B

119

Isobel Dobbie

Sheffield A

Oxford B

119

Mohit Nair

CWRU D

MSU B

119

Martin Howey

Kenyon B

OSU D

119

Aidan Ross

George Washington B

Johns Hopkins C

120

Omer Korkmaz

Johns Hopkins B

George Mason C

120

Carter Herron

Chicago B

Chicago A

120

Aidan Roullet

RIT A

RIT B

120

Zac Stapler

Pitt B

OSU A

120

Caleb Hines

Liberty A

Clemson A

120

Ilyas Choukri

Virginia Tech B

Clemson B

120

Eoin Neale

Lancaster A

LSE A

120

Joey Sun

Toronto B

Toronto C

120

Christopher Jenkins

UCF B

Melbourne A

120

Adam Hermann

Notre Dame B

Louisville A

120

Neal Frankenberg

Brown A

Amherst B

120

Ethan Erickson

BC B

Bowdoin A

120