New York - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

In this city, a judge tried to connect 13 fires and a burglary to fears of a slave uprising in the Conspiracy of 1741. (10[2])Land (10[1])in this modern-day city and nearby (10[1])Pavonia (10[1])were raided in the one-day (10[1])Peach War. In this city, Edward Hart led a group of settlers who petitioned for religious tolerance in a “Remonstrance” named for (10[1])part (10[1])of this city. (10[3])In retaliation (-5[1])for Kieft’s (10[1])War, members of the Siwanoy tribe (10[1])killed Anne Hutchinson (10[1]-5[1])in what is now (10[1]-5[2])this city. (10[1]-5[9])This was the (-5[1])largest city (10[1]-5[2])transferred (-5[1])to England (10[1])in exchange for Suriname (10[2])in the 1667 (10[4]-5[2])Treaty (10[1])of Breda. (10[10])The Lenape tribe (10[1]-5[1])traded (10[1])an island (10[3])in this (10[1])city (10[3]-5[1])for (10[3])60 (10[1])guilders (10[4])of (10[2])goods (10[2])from (10[1])Peter (10[1])Minuit. (10[3])For (10[1])10 points, Peter Stuyvesant (10[3])ruled from (10[2])what city (10[2])that was once New Amsterdam? (10[2])■END■ (10[19])

ANSWER: New York [accept New Amsterdam until “Amsterdam” is read; prompt on Flushing Remonstrance or Manhattan Island or Pelham Bay by asking “what larger city is that part of?”]

= Average correct buzz position

Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	71.20
Southern California	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	33%	114.00
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	33%	122.25
Florida	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	95.67
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	14%	101.57
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	38%	111.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	9%	91.55
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	40%	85.20
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	87.00
Southeast	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	38%	110.00
UK	Main	Y	14	100%	0%	21%	104.64
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	112.25

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Ben Hellman	Swarthmore A	Columbia B	23	10
Simon Zimmerman	OSU A	OSU B	23	10
Vivian Malouf	Berkeley A	Berkeley B	24	10
Jacob Ergueta	UF B	UCF A	30	10
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt	NYU A	Penn A	31	10
Ian Parsons	Maryland D	NYU B	36	10
Vikram Narasimhan	Stanford C	Berkeley C	58	10
Evan Schleck	Georgetown A	Maryland C	59	10
Rahul Rao-Pothuraju	Rowan A	Lehigh A	62	10
John John Groger	WashU A	Missouri B	62	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods	WashU C	62	10
Will McCurley	Auburn A	Mississippi State A	64	-5
Ryan Sun	Berkeley D	Stanford B	66	10
Jack Lewis	Bruin A	Auburn B	72	10
Amir Dolansky	Toronto H	Toronto C	75	-5
Joseph Chambers	Virginia A	Clemson B	75	10
Olin Bose	Columbia A	Lehigh B	79	10
Camden Walker	WashU B	Missouri A	79	-5
Gavin Markoff	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech C	79	-5
Ethan Bosita	Stanford A	Berkeley E	81	-5
Terrence Han	UCLA D	USC	81	-5
Sky Li	Toronto A	McGill B	81	-5
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	South Carolina A	81	-5
Mattias Ehatamm	Maryland A	George Mason B	81	-5
William Groger	Princeton A	Columbia C	81	-5
Dennis Reppen	Imperial A	Birmingham A	81	10
Paige Crawley	Oxford A	Southampton A	81	-5
Tianyu Xu	Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt B	81	-5
Jacob Price	Cambridge A	Edinburgh A	81	-5
Alexander Wong	Rutgers B	Rutgers C	84	-5
AnnaLee Simpson	Tusculum	South Carolina B	86	-5
Zachary Foster	City St George's A	Imperial B	86	10
Albert Nyang	LSE A	Manchester A	86	-5
Akshay Seetharam	Claremont Scripps	UCLA A	87	-5
Kevin Herro	George Washington A	Georgetown B	89	10
Matthew Andersen	UF A	FIU	93	10
Donal Ryan	Truman State	WashU D	93	10
Ian Theysmeyer	Queen's A	Toronto I	96	-5
Sean Gao	Toronto K	Toronto B	96	-5
Andrew Amygdalos	CWRU A	CWRU B	96	10
Adam Bentley	Sheffield B	Oxford B	96	10
Phillip Jordan	Imperial C	Cambridge D	96	10
Eoin Neale	Lancaster A	Sheffield C	96	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech B	NC State	97	10
Sumukh Murthy	UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCI	99	10
Juan Landaeta	FSU	ERAU A	99	10
James Byrne	Bristol A	Cambridge C	99	10
Gary Lin	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	UCSB	99	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Catholic University	99	10
Alex Hayes	Warwick A	Sheffield A	99	10
William Gillard	Warwick B	Edinburgh B	99	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Rochester	99	10
Vinu Harihar	Berkeley F	UCSC	99	10
Matthew Faberman	Pitt C	CWRU D	99	10
Joel Crossley	Manchester B	Bristol B	102	10
Thomas Glotfelty	Virginia Tech A	Roanoke	102	-5
Josh Xu	UCLA B	Claremont Pitzer	103	10
Kevin Le	Carleton	Guelph B	105	10
Alex Olson	UF D	Melbourne A	105	10
Liam McLaughlin	Alabama B	Georgia Tech B	105	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto J	Toronto G	107	10
August Szpak	CWRU C	MSU B	108	-5
Aditya Shivaswamy	Johns Hopkins A	VCU A	108	10
Noah McRedmond	Notre Dame E	UMBC A	108	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton B	Durham B	108	10
Rishabh Dave	Berkeley E	Stanford A	109	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	James Madison	109	10
Felix Garrett Johnston	Huntsville A	Sewanee A	109	10
Ethan Buermann	Huntsville B	Georgia Tech D	110	10
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	Liberty C	111	10
Aidan Ross	George Washington B	George Mason C	111	10
Arvin Boraghi	Cambridge B	Durham A	111	10
Kapil Nathan	UAB A	Alabama A	111	10
Stefan Vlad	Ottawa	McMaster A	112	10
Gus Vanskike	Maryland B	Johns Hopkins B	112	10
Benny Shtutman	South Carolina B	Tusculum	113	10
Emilie Moore	RIT A	Binghamton A	113	10
Eva Mandelbaum	Guelph A	Western Ontario	114	10
Peter Zeng	OSU D	OSU C	115	10
Addison Wiggins	USF	ERAU B	116	10
Danny Peelen	Pitt A	MSU A	116	10
Carlos Gonzalez	Syracuse	Binghamton B	116	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt A	117	10
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	121	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto F	Toronto Metropolitan	121	10
Derek Li	Cornell-DII	RIT B	121	10
Larry Sun	McGill C	Queen's B	123	10
Leonard Castine	Penn B	Johns Hopkins C	123	10
Nick Fowler	Virginia B	Tennessee B	125	10
Sawyer Smith	Mississippi State A	Auburn A	125	10
Sean Yang	Waterloo	Toronto D	130	10
Nathan Easow	Manchester A	LSE A	130	10
Karthik Jayaram	UCLA A	Claremont Scripps	131	10
Karthik Krishnamurthy	USC	UCLA D	131	10
Uday Bhardwaj	McGill B	Toronto A	131	10
James Xiao	Toronto E	McMaster C	131	10
Franklin Wu	Toronto C	Toronto H	131	10
Loukas Juritsch	Toronto I	Queen's A	131	10
Joey Sun	Toronto B	Toronto K	131	10
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF B	UF E	131	10
Kara Braun	MSU B	CWRU C	131	10
Simone Green	Kenyon B	Kenyon A	131	10
Rose Phipps	George Mason B	Maryland A	131	10
Andrew Wu	Columbia C	Princeton A	131	10
Christian Sherrington	Southampton A	Oxford A	131	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech A	131	10
Rayhana Amjad	Edinburgh A	Cambridge A	131	10
Thomas Watkins	South Carolina A	Tennessee A	131	10
Aleks Kozlowski	Roanoke	Virginia Tech A	131	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers C	Rutgers B	131	10
Owen Arneson	Missouri A	WashU B	131	10

Northern California

Main

100%

20%

71.20

Southern California

Main

100%

33%

114.00

Eastern Canada

Main

100%

33%

122.25

Florida

Main

100%

95.67

Great Lakes

Main

100%

14%

101.57

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

38%

111.50

Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)

Main

100%

91.55

Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)

Main

100%

40%

85.20

Lower Midwest

Main

100%

25%

87.00

Southeast

Main

100%

38%

110.00

Main

100%

21%

104.64

Upstate NY

Main

100%

112.25

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Ben Hellman

Swarthmore A

Columbia B

Simon Zimmerman

OSU A

OSU B

Vivian Malouf

Berkeley A

Berkeley B

Jacob Ergueta

UF B

UCF A

Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt

NYU A

Penn A

Ian Parsons

Maryland D

NYU B

Vikram Narasimhan

Stanford C

Berkeley C

Evan Schleck

Georgetown A

Maryland C

Rahul Rao-Pothuraju

Rowan A

Lehigh A

John John Groger

WashU A

Missouri B

Alex Dzurick

William Woods

WashU C

Will McCurley

Auburn A

Mississippi State A

-5

Ryan Sun

Berkeley D

Stanford B

Jack Lewis

Bruin A

Auburn B

Amir Dolansky

Toronto H

Toronto C

-5

Joseph Chambers

Virginia A

Clemson B

Olin Bose

Columbia A

Lehigh B

Camden Walker

WashU B

Missouri A

-5

Gavin Markoff

Vanderbilt A

Georgia Tech C

-5

Ethan Bosita

Stanford A

Berkeley E

-5

Terrence Han

UCLA D

USC

-5

Sky Li

Toronto A

McGill B

-5

Jackson Slaughter

Tennessee A

South Carolina A

-5

Mattias Ehatamm

Maryland A

George Mason B

-5

William Groger

Princeton A

Columbia C

-5

Dennis Reppen

Imperial A

Birmingham A

Paige Crawley

Oxford A

Southampton A

-5

Tianyu Xu

Georgia Tech A

Vanderbilt B

-5

Jacob Price

Cambridge A

Edinburgh A

-5

Alexander Wong

Rutgers B

Rutgers C

-5

AnnaLee Simpson

Tusculum

South Carolina B

-5

Zachary Foster

City St George's A

Imperial B

Albert Nyang

LSE A

Manchester A

-5

Akshay Seetharam

Claremont Scripps

UCLA A

-5

Kevin Herro

George Washington A

Georgetown B

Matthew Andersen

UF A

FIU

Donal Ryan

Truman State

WashU D

Ian Theysmeyer

Queen's A

Toronto I

-5

Sean Gao

Toronto K

Toronto B

-5

Andrew Amygdalos

CWRU A

CWRU B

Adam Bentley

Sheffield B

Oxford B

Phillip Jordan

Imperial C

Cambridge D

Eoin Neale

Lancaster A

Sheffield C

Ilyas Choukri

Virginia Tech B

NC State

Sumukh Murthy

UCSD Vices and Virtues

UCI

Juan Landaeta

FSU

ERAU A

James Byrne

Bristol A

Cambridge C

Gary Lin

UCSD What Hath God Wrought

UCSB

Jeremy Katen

George Mason A

Catholic University

Alex Hayes

Warwick A

Sheffield A

William Gillard

Warwick B

Edinburgh B

Gregory Stone

ESF

Rochester

Vinu Harihar

Berkeley F

UCSC

Matthew Faberman

Pitt C

CWRU D

Joel Crossley

Manchester B

Bristol B

102

Thomas Glotfelty

Virginia Tech A

Roanoke

102

-5

Josh Xu

UCLA B

Claremont Pitzer

103

Kevin Le

Carleton

Guelph B

105

Alex Olson

UF D

Melbourne A

105

Liam McLaughlin

Alabama B

Georgia Tech B

105

Nathaniel Godfrey

Toronto J

Toronto G

107

August Szpak

CWRU C

MSU B

108

-5

Aditya Shivaswamy

Johns Hopkins A

VCU A

108

Noah McRedmond

Notre Dame E

UMBC A

108

Tevin Francis

Southampton B

Durham B

108

Rishabh Dave

Berkeley E

Stanford A

109

Wesley Stine

Clemson A

James Madison

109

Felix Garrett Johnston

Huntsville A

Sewanee A

109

Ethan Buermann

Huntsville B

Georgia Tech D

110

Caleb Hines

Liberty A

Liberty C

111

Aidan Ross

George Washington B

George Mason C

111

Arvin Boraghi

Cambridge B

Durham A

111

Kapil Nathan

UAB A

Alabama A

111

Stefan Vlad

Ottawa

McMaster A

112

Gus Vanskike

Maryland B

Johns Hopkins B

112

Benny Shtutman

South Carolina B

Tusculum

113

Emilie Moore

RIT A

Binghamton A

113

Eva Mandelbaum

Guelph A

Western Ontario

114

Peter Zeng

OSU D

OSU C

115

Addison Wiggins

USF

ERAU B

116

Danny Peelen

Pitt A

MSU A

116

Carlos Gonzalez

Syracuse

Binghamton B

116

Emerson Patmore

Georgia Tech C

Vanderbilt A

117

Jonathan Koehler

UCLA C

UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms

121

Platon Gorokhov

Toronto F

Toronto Metropolitan

121

Derek Li

Cornell-DII

RIT B

121

Larry Sun

McGill C

Queen's B

123

Leonard Castine

Penn B

Johns Hopkins C

123

Nick Fowler

Virginia B

Tennessee B

125

Sawyer Smith

Mississippi State A

Auburn A

125

Sean Yang

Waterloo

Toronto D

130

Nathan Easow

Manchester A

LSE A

130

Karthik Jayaram

UCLA A

Claremont Scripps

131

Karthik Krishnamurthy

USC

UCLA D

131

Uday Bhardwaj

McGill B

Toronto A

131

James Xiao

Toronto E

McMaster C

131

Franklin Wu

Toronto C

Toronto H

131

Loukas Juritsch

Toronto I

Queen's A

131

Joey Sun

Toronto B

Toronto K

131

AnnaMaria Donnelly

UCF B

UF E

131

Kara Braun

MSU B

CWRU C

131

Simone Green

Kenyon B

Kenyon A

131

Rose Phipps

George Mason B

Maryland A

131

Andrew Wu

Columbia C

Princeton A

131

Christian Sherrington

Southampton A

Oxford A

131

Edward Zhang

Vanderbilt B

Georgia Tech A

131

Rayhana Amjad

Edinburgh A

Cambridge A

131

Thomas Watkins

South Carolina A

Tennessee A

131

Aleks Kozlowski

Roanoke

Virginia Tech A

131

Aarav Vasanthan

Rutgers C

Rutgers B

131

Owen Arneson

Missouri A

WashU B

131