nuclear energy - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Note to moderator: Read the answerline carefully. This technology is depicted creating a blue Greek letter omega in the painting If All the World Were Paper and All the Water Sink by Jess. This technology led an artist to begin depicting his “favorite food for thought” in paintings such as Living Still Life. This technology inspired a bronze sculpture in the shape of a skull at the University of Chicago’s (-5[1])Mansueto (10[5])Library (10[4]-5[1])by Henry (10[1])Moore. (10[9])Catholicism (10[4]-5[1])and (10[1])this technology influenced (10[2])Salvador Dalí’s (10[1])“disintegration” (10[1]-5[1])of an earlier (-5[1])painting, (10[2]-5[2])exemplifying a form (10[1])of “mysticism” (10[2])named (10[1])after this (10[1])technology. (10[3])In a 2023 (10[1])blockbuster (10[1])film, (10[1])events (10[1])caused (10[1])by this (10[2])technology are portrayed with slow-motion thermite reactions. (10[9]-5[2])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name (-5[1])this technology (10[4])used in weapons (10[5])that are depicted in Christopher (10[3])Nolan’s (10[1])film (10[4])Oppenheimer. (10[4])■END■ (10[13])

ANSWER: nuclear energy [or nuclear power; or nuclear reactions; or atomic energy; or atomic power; or atomic reactions; accept nuclear weapons or nuclear bombs or atomic weapons or atomic bombs or A-bombs; accept Nuclear Mysticism; accept nuclear reactors or nuclear power plants; accept nuclear fission or nuclear fusion or atom splitting; prompt on bombs or weapons or explosives; prompt on reactors or power plants; reject “thermonuclear weapons” or “hydrogen bombs”] (The third sentence refers to Moore’s Nuclear Energy. The fourth sentence refers to Dalí’s Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory.)

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= Average correct buzz position

Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	81.20
Southern California	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	93.67
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	8%	101.58
Florida	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	17%	121.83
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	106.86
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	13%	106.88
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	9%	96.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	91.60
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	85.50
Southeast	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	13%	106.38
UK	Main	Y	14	100%	0%	21%	105.21
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	120.50

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Daniel Bloom	Edinburgh B	Warwick B	69	-5
Vivian Malouf	Berkeley A	Berkeley B	70	10
John John Groger	WashU A	Missouri B	70	10
Dennis Reppen	Imperial A	Birmingham A	70	10
Aditya Shivaswamy	Johns Hopkins A	VCU A	70	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Georgetown A	70	10
Tanay Bodducherla	Berkeley E	Stanford A	71	10
Isaac Millians	USC	UCLA D	71	10
Sky Li	Toronto A	McGill B	71	10
Ryan Rosenberg	NYU A	Penn A	71	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech A	71	-5
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	73	10
Ryan Sun	Berkeley D	Stanford B	74	10
Denis Liu	Stanford C	Berkeley C	74	10
Kai Madgwick	Manchester A	LSE A	74	10
Kevin Le	Carleton	Guelph B	74	10
Omkar Marathe	Columbia A	Lehigh B	74	10
Austin Guo	Princeton A	Columbia C	74	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia A	Clemson B	74	10
Mattias Ehatamm	Maryland A	George Mason B	74	10
Jack Lewis	Bruin A	Auburn B	74	10
Ariel Faeder	Pitt A	MSU A	75	10
Tiffany Zhou	OSU C	OSU D	75	10
Henry Lytle	WashU C	William Woods	75	10
Lorie Au Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley F	75	-5
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto J	Toronto G	75	10
Andrei Hui	Cambridge A	Edinburgh A	76	10
James Morgan	Oxford A	Southampton A	79	10
Karthik Jayaram	UCLA A	Claremont Scripps	79	10
Jesse Chusing	Ottawa	McMaster A	81	10
Isobel Dobbie	Sheffield A	Warwick A	82	-5
Kelvin Ni	NYU B	Maryland D	82	10
Jacob Ergueta	UF B	UCF A	85	-5
Braden Booth	Missouri A	WashU B	86	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	ESF	86	-5
Gary Lin	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	UCSB	86	10
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto I	86	-5
Antoni Kluzowski	Warwick A	Sheffield A	89	10
Davin Sivertson	Alabama B	Georgia Tech B	91	10
Alex Thomas	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt A	91	10
Mateo Acosta	FIU	UF A	92	10
Kaushul Manikandan	Huntsville A	Sewanee A	94	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Western Ontario	95	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee B	Virginia B	95	10
Jack Doyle	Catholic University	George Mason A	95	10
Ben Hellman	Swarthmore A	Columbia B	98	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	RIT A	99	10
Prahalad Rao	OSU B	OSU A	100	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers B	Rutgers C	101	10
Zachary Leblang	Penn B	Johns Hopkins C	102	10
Ben Wismath	Toronto B	Toronto K	104	10
Parker McCoig	Tennessee A	South Carolina A	104	10
Aiden Shields	Clemson A	James Madison	111	10
Gabriel Dodds—Captain	Liberty C	Liberty A	111	10
Malachi Ledford	Tusculum	South Carolina B	111	-5
Theodor Martin	WashU D	Truman State	111	10
CT Tang	Sheffield B	Oxford B	111	10
Sarah Khan	Queen's B	McGill C	111	10
Rahul Rao-Pothuraju	Rowan A	Lehigh A	111	10
Kevin Flanagan	Bristol A	Cambridge C	111	10
Thomas Glotfelty	Virginia Tech A	Roanoke	111	10
Nick Lane	George Washington A	Georgetown B	111	10
Omer Korkmaz	Johns Hopkins B	Maryland B	111	-5
David Latimer	Imperial C	Cambridge D	112	10
Franklin Wu	Toronto C	Toronto H	114	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham B	Southampton B	115	-5
Vinu Harihar	Berkeley F	UCSC	117	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto F	Toronto Metropolitan	117	10
Aisling Skeet	Durham A	Cambridge B	117	10
Ethan Buermann	Huntsville B	Georgia Tech D	117	10
Jake Meltzer	CWRU A	CWRU B	120	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU D	Pitt C	120	10
Ella Keavy	Bristol B	Manchester B	120	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Toronto E	120	10
Abbott Sherwin	NC State	Virginia Tech B	120	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT B	Cornell-DII	125	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	Claremont Pitzer	125	10
Noah McRedmond	Notre Dame E	UMBC A	125	10
Alex Olson	UF D	Melbourne A	126	10
Eoin Neale	Lancaster A	Sheffield C	127	10
Addison Wiggins	USF	ERAU B	127	10
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	George Washington B	127	10
Tianyu Xu	Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt B	127	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto D	Waterloo	128	10
Gavin Littrell	ERAU A	FSU	128	10
Katherine Mack	UCI	UCSD Vices and Virtues	128	10
Tate Osborne	Auburn A	Mississippi State A	128	10
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	MSU B	129	10
Simone Green	Kenyon B	Kenyon A	129	10
John McQueen	South Carolina B	Tusculum	129	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick B	Edinburgh B	129	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Rochester	129	10
Shalin Zerbe	Binghamton B	Syracuse	129	10
Loukas Juritsch	Toronto I	Queen's A	129	10
Shiva Tegulla	UCF A	UF B	129	10
Christopher Jenkins	UCF B	UF E	129	10
Nathan Long	Imperial B	City St George's A	129	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton B	Durham B	129	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland B	Johns Hopkins B	129	10
Harris Beckner	Alabama A	UAB A	129	10

Northern California

Main

100%

20%

81.20

Southern California

Main

100%

93.67

Eastern Canada

Main

100%

101.58

Florida

Main

100%

17%

121.83

Great Lakes

Main

100%

106.86

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

13%

106.88

Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)

Main

100%

96.00

Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)

Main

100%

91.60

Lower Midwest

Main

100%

85.50

Southeast

Main

100%

13%

106.38

Main

100%

21%

105.21

Upstate NY

Main

100%

25%

120.50

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Daniel Bloom

Edinburgh B

Warwick B

-5

Vivian Malouf

Berkeley A

Berkeley B

John John Groger

WashU A

Missouri B

Dennis Reppen

Imperial A

Birmingham A

Aditya Shivaswamy

Johns Hopkins A

VCU A

Ben Spirtas

Maryland C

Georgetown A

Tanay Bodducherla

Berkeley E

Stanford A

Isaac Millians

USC

UCLA D

Sky Li

Toronto A

McGill B

Ryan Rosenberg

NYU A

Penn A

Darren Kellis

Vanderbilt B

Georgia Tech A

-5

Jonathan Koehler

UCLA C

UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms

Ryan Sun

Berkeley D

Stanford B

Denis Liu

Stanford C

Berkeley C

Kai Madgwick

Manchester A

LSE A

Kevin Le

Carleton

Guelph B

Omkar Marathe

Columbia A

Lehigh B

Austin Guo

Princeton A

Columbia C

Joseph Chambers

Virginia A

Clemson B

Mattias Ehatamm

Maryland A

George Mason B

Jack Lewis

Bruin A

Auburn B

Ariel Faeder

Pitt A

MSU A

Tiffany Zhou

OSU C

OSU D

Henry Lytle

WashU C

William Woods

Lorie Au Yeung

UCSC

Berkeley F

-5

Zaire Gibbons

Toronto J

Toronto G

Andrei Hui

Cambridge A

Edinburgh A

James Morgan

Oxford A

Southampton A

Karthik Jayaram

UCLA A

Claremont Scripps

Jesse Chusing

Ottawa

McMaster A

Isobel Dobbie

Sheffield A

Warwick A

-5

Kelvin Ni

NYU B

Maryland D

Jacob Ergueta

UF B

UCF A

-5

Braden Booth

Missouri A

WashU B

Aidan Keenan

Rochester

ESF

-5

Gary Lin

UCSD What Hath God Wrought

UCSB

Brendan Bridle

Queen's A

Toronto I

-5

Antoni Kluzowski

Warwick A

Sheffield A

Davin Sivertson

Alabama B

Georgia Tech B

Alex Thomas

Georgia Tech C

Vanderbilt A

Mateo Acosta

FIU

UF A

Kaushul Manikandan

Huntsville A

Sewanee A

Dylan Steptoe

Guelph A

Western Ontario

Alina Moore

Tennessee B

Virginia B

Jack Doyle

Catholic University

George Mason A

Ben Hellman

Swarthmore A

Columbia B

Owen Linder

Binghamton A

RIT A

Prahalad Rao

OSU B

OSU A

100

Jason Lee

Rutgers B

Rutgers C

101

Zachary Leblang

Penn B

Johns Hopkins C

102

Ben Wismath

Toronto B

Toronto K

104

Parker McCoig

Tennessee A

South Carolina A

104

Aiden Shields

Clemson A

James Madison

111

Gabriel Dodds—Captain

Liberty C

Liberty A

111

Malachi Ledford

Tusculum

South Carolina B

111

-5

Theodor Martin

WashU D

Truman State

111

CT Tang

Sheffield B

Oxford B

111

Sarah Khan

Queen's B

McGill C

111

Rahul Rao-Pothuraju

Rowan A

Lehigh A

111

Kevin Flanagan

Bristol A

Cambridge C

111

Thomas Glotfelty

Virginia Tech A

Roanoke

111

Nick Lane

George Washington A

Georgetown B

111

Omer Korkmaz

Johns Hopkins B

Maryland B

111

-5

David Latimer

Imperial C

Cambridge D

112

Franklin Wu

Toronto C

Toronto H

114

Rufus Gladwell

Durham B

Southampton B

115

-5

Vinu Harihar

Berkeley F

UCSC

117

Platon Gorokhov

Toronto F

Toronto Metropolitan

117

Aisling Skeet

Durham A

Cambridge B

117

Ethan Buermann

Huntsville B

Georgia Tech D

117

Jake Meltzer

CWRU A

CWRU B

120

Kyle Chua

CWRU D

Pitt C

120

Ella Keavy

Bristol B

Manchester B

120

Cranmer McGinn

McMaster C

Toronto E

120

Abbott Sherwin

NC State

Virginia Tech B

120

Cade Reinberger

RIT B

Cornell-DII

125

Andrew Nucci

UCLA B

Claremont Pitzer

125

Noah McRedmond

Notre Dame E

UMBC A

125

Alex Olson

UF D

Melbourne A

126

Eoin Neale

Lancaster A

Sheffield C

127

Addison Wiggins

USF

ERAU B

127

Brayden Whitlow

George Mason C

George Washington B

127

Tianyu Xu

Georgia Tech A

Vanderbilt B

127

Ethen Sun

Toronto D

Waterloo

128

Gavin Littrell

ERAU A

FSU

128

Katherine Mack

UCI

UCSD Vices and Virtues

128

Tate Osborne

Auburn A

Mississippi State A

128

Henry Nonnemaker

CWRU C

MSU B

129

Simone Green

Kenyon B

Kenyon A

129

John McQueen

South Carolina B

Tusculum

129

Jolie Yeh

Warwick B

Edinburgh B

129

Gregory Stone

ESF

Rochester

129

Shalin Zerbe

Binghamton B

Syracuse

129

Loukas Juritsch

Toronto I

Queen's A

129

Shiva Tegulla

UCF A

UF B

129

Christopher Jenkins

UCF B

UF E

129

Nathan Long

Imperial B

City St George's A

129

Tevin Francis

Southampton B

Durham B

129

Xavier Bornhorst

Maryland B

Johns Hopkins B

129

Harris Beckner

Alabama A

UAB A

129