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
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
John John Groger	WashU A	Missouri B	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
Kevin Le	Carleton	Guelph B	74	10
Kai Madgwick	Manchester A	LSE A	74	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia A	Clemson B	74	10
Mattias Ehatamm	Maryland A	George Mason B	74	10
Omkar Marathe	Columbia A	Lehigh B	74	10
Austin Guo	Princeton A	Columbia C	74	10
Jack Lewis	Bruin A	Auburn B	74	10
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto J	Toronto G	75	10
Ariel Faeder	Pitt A	MSU A	75	10
Tiffany Zhou	OSU C	OSU D	75	10
Lorie Au Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley F	75	-5
Henry Lytle	WashU C	William Woods	75	10
Andrei Hui	Cambridge A	Edinburgh A	76	10
Karthik Jayaram	UCLA A	Claremont Scripps	79	10
James Morgan	Oxford A	Southampton A	79	10
Jesse Chusing	Ottawa	McMaster A	81	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU B	Maryland D	82	10
Isobel Dobbie	Sheffield A	Warwick A	82	-5
Jacob Ergueta	UF B	UCF A	85	-5
Gary Lin	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	UCSB	86	10
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto I	86	-5
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	ESF	86	-5
Braden Booth	Missouri A	WashU B	86	10
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
Jack Doyle	Catholic University	George Mason A	95	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee B	Virginia B	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
Sarah Khan	Queen's B	McGill C	111	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
Nick Lane	George Washington A	Georgetown B	111	10
Rahul Rao-Pothuraju	Rowan A	Lehigh A	111	10
Kevin Flanagan	Bristol A	Cambridge C	111	10
CT Tang	Sheffield B	Oxford B	111	10
Thomas Glotfelty	Virginia Tech A	Roanoke	111	10
Omer Korkmaz	Johns Hopkins B	Maryland B	111	-5
Theodor Martin	WashU D	Truman State	111	10
David Latimer	Imperial C	Cambridge D	112	10
Franklin Wu	Toronto C	Toronto H	114	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham B	Southampton B	115	-5
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto F	Toronto Metropolitan	117	10
Aisling Skeet	Durham A	Cambridge B	117	10
Vinu Harihar	Berkeley F	UCSC	117	10
Ethan Buermann	Huntsville B	Georgia Tech D	117	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Toronto E	120	10
Jake Meltzer	CWRU A	CWRU B	120	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU D	Pitt C	120	10
Abbott Sherwin	NC State	Virginia Tech B	120	10
Ella Keavy	Bristol B	Manchester B	120	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	Claremont Pitzer	125	10
Noah McRedmond	Notre Dame E	UMBC A	125	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT B	Cornell-DII	125	10
Alex Olson	UF D	Melbourne A	126	10
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	George Washington B	127	10
Tianyu Xu	Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt B	127	10
Eoin Neale	Lancaster A	Sheffield C	127	10
Addison Wiggins	USF	ERAU B	127	10
Katherine Mack	UCI	UCSD Vices and Virtues	128	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto D	Waterloo	128	10
Gavin Littrell	ERAU A	FSU	128	10
Tate Osborne	Auburn A	Mississippi State A	128	10
Loukas Juritsch	Toronto I	Queen's A	129	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
Harris Beckner	Alabama A	UAB A	129	10
Nathan Long	Imperial B	City St George's A	129	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick B	Edinburgh B	129	10
Shalin Zerbe	Binghamton B	Syracuse	129	10
Shiva Tegulla	UCF A	UF B	129	10
Christopher Jenkins	UCF B	UF E	129	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton B	Durham B	129	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Rochester	129	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland B	Johns Hopkins B	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

Dennis Reppen

Imperial A

Birmingham A

Aditya Shivaswamy

Johns Hopkins A

VCU A

Ben Spirtas

Maryland C

Georgetown A

John John Groger

WashU A

Missouri B

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

Kevin Le

Carleton

Guelph B

Kai Madgwick

Manchester A

LSE A

Joseph Chambers

Virginia A

Clemson B

Mattias Ehatamm

Maryland A

George Mason B

Omkar Marathe

Columbia A

Lehigh B

Austin Guo

Princeton A

Columbia C

Jack Lewis

Bruin A

Auburn B

Zaire Gibbons

Toronto J

Toronto G

Ariel Faeder

Pitt A

MSU A

Tiffany Zhou

OSU C

OSU D

Lorie Au Yeung

UCSC

Berkeley F

-5

Henry Lytle

WashU C

William Woods

Andrei Hui

Cambridge A

Edinburgh A

Karthik Jayaram

UCLA A

Claremont Scripps

James Morgan

Oxford A

Southampton A

Jesse Chusing

Ottawa

McMaster A

Kelvin Ni

NYU B

Maryland D

Isobel Dobbie

Sheffield A

Warwick A

-5

Jacob Ergueta

UF B

UCF A

-5

Gary Lin

UCSD What Hath God Wrought

UCSB

Brendan Bridle

Queen's A

Toronto I

-5

Aidan Keenan

Rochester

ESF

-5

Braden Booth

Missouri A

WashU B

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

Jack Doyle

Catholic University

George Mason A

Alina Moore

Tennessee B

Virginia B

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

Sarah Khan

Queen's B

McGill C

111

Aiden Shields

Clemson A

James Madison

111

Gabriel Dodds—Captain

Liberty C

Liberty A

111

Malachi Ledford

Tusculum

South Carolina B

111

-5

Nick Lane

George Washington A

Georgetown B

111

Rahul Rao-Pothuraju

Rowan A

Lehigh A

111

Kevin Flanagan

Bristol A

Cambridge C

111

CT Tang

Sheffield B

Oxford B

111

Thomas Glotfelty

Virginia Tech A

Roanoke

111

Omer Korkmaz

Johns Hopkins B

Maryland B

111

-5

Theodor Martin

WashU D

Truman State

111

David Latimer

Imperial C

Cambridge D

112

Franklin Wu

Toronto C

Toronto H

114

Rufus Gladwell

Durham B

Southampton B

115

-5

Platon Gorokhov

Toronto F

Toronto Metropolitan

117

Aisling Skeet

Durham A

Cambridge B

117

Vinu Harihar

Berkeley F

UCSC

117

Ethan Buermann

Huntsville B

Georgia Tech D

117

Cranmer McGinn

McMaster C

Toronto E

120

Jake Meltzer

CWRU A

CWRU B

120

Kyle Chua

CWRU D

Pitt C

120

Abbott Sherwin

NC State

Virginia Tech B

120

Ella Keavy

Bristol B

Manchester B

120

Andrew Nucci

UCLA B

Claremont Pitzer

125

Noah McRedmond

Notre Dame E

UMBC A

125

Cade Reinberger

RIT B

Cornell-DII

125

Alex Olson

UF D

Melbourne A

126

Brayden Whitlow

George Mason C

George Washington B

127

Tianyu Xu

Georgia Tech A

Vanderbilt B

127

Eoin Neale

Lancaster A

Sheffield C

127

Addison Wiggins

USF

ERAU B

127

Katherine Mack

UCI

UCSD Vices and Virtues

128

Ethen Sun

Toronto D

Waterloo

128

Gavin Littrell

ERAU A

FSU

128

Tate Osborne

Auburn A

Mississippi State A

128

Loukas Juritsch

Toronto I

Queen's A

129

Henry Nonnemaker

CWRU C

MSU B

129

Simone Green

Kenyon B

Kenyon A

129

John McQueen

South Carolina B

Tusculum

129

Harris Beckner

Alabama A

UAB A

129

Nathan Long

Imperial B

City St George's A

129

Jolie Yeh

Warwick B

Edinburgh B

129

Shalin Zerbe

Binghamton B

Syracuse

129

Shiva Tegulla

UCF A

UF B

129

Christopher Jenkins

UCF B

UF E

129

Tevin Francis

Southampton B

Durham B

129

Gregory Stone

ESF

Rochester

129

Xavier Bornhorst

Maryland B

Johns Hopkins B

129