Pierre Elliott Trudeau - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

After he was photographed giving three protesters the middle finger, this politician’s (10[1]-5[1])gesture was mocked as the (10[1])“Salmon Arm salute.” (10[2]-5[1])A (10[1])partial nationalization of this politician’s country’s (10[1])oil industry in the National Energy Program (10[4]-5[1])was (10[1])strongly opposed (10[1])by Peter Lougheed. (10[4]-5[1])During an event that resulted in the conviction of Paul Rose, this politician was urged (10[1])to the military to intervene (10[2])by Robert Bourassa. (10[5])During (10[1])that event (10[1])that was moderated (-5[1])by (10[1])Robert Lemieux (10[1])(“lum-YUH”), this person said “just watch (10[1])me,” (10[15]-5[1])when (10[1])asked (10[8])how far (10[2])he would go (10[2])to (10[1])implement (10[2])the War (10[1])Measures (10[2])Act (10[1]-5[1])in (10[1])response (10[2])to (10[1])the kidnapping of James (10[1])Cross and Pierre Laporte. For 10 points, the October Crisis occurred during the tenure (10[1])of what (10[1])Canadian (10[1])Prime Minister (10[1])of the 1970s? (10[3])■END■ (10[12]0[3])

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	59.50
Southern California	Main	Y	6	83%	0%	17%	56.60
Florida	Main	Y	6	83%	0%	0%	110.60
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	78.86
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	30%	89.20
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	67.00
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	74.25
Upper Midwest	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	0%	72.40
North	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	67.60
Northeast	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	8%	86.67
Northwest	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	46.25
South Central	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	85.00
Southeast	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	13%	81.00
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	100%	0%	0%	54.00

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Gary Lin	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	UCI	11	-5
Jason Beardsley	Pitt C	Kenyon B	11	10
Isaac Studley	Carleton	Minnesota A	16	10
Jas Wang	UCLA A	USC	19	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia C	Alberta	19	10
Benny Shtutman	South Carolina B	Virginia B	19	-5
Chase Barrick	Lehigh A	Rutgers B	20	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta B	McGill D	26	10
Nathaniel Hull	Berkeley B	Berkeley E	33	10
Terrence Han	UCLA D	UCSB	33	10
Erin Williams	James Madison	Liberty B	33	-5
Jon Suh	Harvard	MIT A	33	10
Jack Lewis	Bruin A	Georgia Tech B	33	10
Aryan Desarapu	Michigan B	Notre Dame C	34	10
Hari Veginati	UIC	Chicago B	36	10
Joshua Iyo "	North Carolina C	Virginia Tech B	39	-5
Kevin Cronk	Virginia Tech B	North Carolina C	39	10
Olin Bose	Columbia A	Columbia C	39	10
Arun Waran	Macalester B	Macalester A	39	10
Dexter Hine	Simon Fraser	British Columbia D	39	10
Derek Li	Cornell-DII	RIT B	54	10
Vikram Narasimhan	Stanford C	Stanford B	59	10
Ved Muthusamy	Northwestern A	Arizona State A	59	10
Josh Xu	UCLA B	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	62	10
Olivia Kiser	Kentucky	Illinois B	62	10
John John Groger	WashU A	Missouri A	62	10
Lucas Guan	Brown B	Tufts B	62	10
Yaj Jhajhria	Washington A	Washington B	62	10
Fahian Joy	Amherst B	Bowdoin B	63	10
Justin Qian	British Columbia A	British Columbia B	65	10
Alan Wu	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech A	68	-5
Vivian Malouf	Berkeley A	Stanford A	69	10
Jaehyun Park	BU	Brown C	71	10
Akshar Goyal	Illinois A	Chicago C	76	10
Joshua Koch	Michigan A	Illinois C	77	10
Sam Kemeny	Brandeis Clemenceau	MIT B	77	10
Bryce Cruise	Texas A	Northwestern B	77	10
Ryan Sun	Berkeley D	Berkeley C	77	10
Sumukh Murthy	UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCLA C	77	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech A	Tennessee A	77	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia A	North Carolina B	77	10
Ben Hellman	Swarthmore A	Lehigh B	77	10
Don Ung	WashU D	William Woods	77	10
William Houston	Chicago A	Purdue A	77	10
Dylan Lewis	Nebraska	Wisconsin	77	10
Philip Yao	Brown A	Amherst A	77	-5
Arhith Dharanendra	Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech C	77	10
Kapil Nathan	UAB A	Huntsville A	77	10
Prahalad Rao	OSU B	CWRU A	77	10
Aditya Patnaik	OSU C	Pitt A	77	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Purdue B	78	10
Rajiv Pujara	Dartmouth	Yale A	79	10
Jacob Ergueta	UF B	UF E	79	10
Aleks Kozlowski	Roanoke	NC State	79	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers C	Vassar A	79	10
Jack Funke	Missouri B	WashU B	79	10
Donal Ryan	Truman State	WashU C	79	10
Kritanu Saha	Cornell-UG	Williams	79	10
Tate Osborne	Auburn A	Vanderbilt B	79	10
Mitchell Hacket	UCO	Texas B	81	10
Nermeen Rahman	Indiana B	Louisville B	81	10
Justin Hawkins	Indiana A	Michigan C	84	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Sewanee A	84	10
Gabriel Dodds—Captain	Liberty C	Clemson B	85	10
Elise Economou	Pitt B	CWRU D	86	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	St. Thomas	86	10
Peter Zeng	OSU D	OSU A	88	10
Sawyer Smith	Mississippi State A	Auburn B	89	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt A	89	10
Young Fenimore Lee	Ohio	UTD B	90	10
Rahul Rao-Pothuraju	Rowan A	Columbia B	90	-5
Graham Troy	North Carolina A	Liberty A	91	10
Akshay Seetharam	Claremont Scripps	Claremont Pitzer	92	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	South Carolina A	92	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU B	MSU A	93	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Orlando	Yale B	97	10
Ruby Xia	Arizona State B	UTD A	111	10
Danny Tran	Tennessee B	Tusculum	113	10
Peyton Legg	UCF B	UF A	114	10
Grace Early	Iowa	Northwestern C	116	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia B	South Carolina B	119	10
Justin Drees	Notre Dame D	Michigan D	119	10
Michael Zheng	Amherst A	Brown A	119	10
Ming Yi Li	BC B	Bowdoin A	120	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts A	Brandeis Lloyd George	120	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Wilson	BC A	120	10
Mason Evans	Tulsa	Rose State	120	10
Adam Zhang	UCI	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	120	0
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU A	ERAU B	120	0
Yanis Vencatachellum	ERAU B	ERAU A	120	0
Juan Landaeta	FSU	Melbourne A	120	10
Anna Barker	UCF A	FIU	120	10
Addison Wiggins	USF	Melbourne B	120	10
Kara Braun	MSU B	Kenyon A	120	10
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	James Madison	120	10
John Mitnik	Columbia B	Rowan A	120	10
Anuk Dias	Minnesota B	Minnesota C	120	10
Davin Sivertson	Alabama B	Huntsville B	120	10

Northern California

Main

100%

59.50

Southern California

Main

83%

17%

56.60

Florida

Main

83%

110.60

Great Lakes

Main

100%

78.86

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

30%

89.20

Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)

Main

100%

20%

67.00

Lower Midwest

Main

100%

74.25

Upper Midwest

Main

100%

72.40

North

Main

100%

67.60

Northeast

Main

100%

86.67

Northwest

Main

100%

46.25

South Central

Main

100%

85.00

Southeast

Main

100%

13%

81.00

Upstate NY

Main

100%

54.00

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Gary Lin

UCSD What Hath God Wrought

UCI

-5

Jason Beardsley

Pitt C

Kenyon B

Isaac Studley

Carleton

Minnesota A

Jas Wang

UCLA A

USC

Joyann Hua

British Columbia C

Alberta

Benny Shtutman

South Carolina B

Virginia B

-5

Chase Barrick

Lehigh A

Rutgers B

Anne Fjeld

Alberta B

McGill D

Nathaniel Hull

Berkeley B

Berkeley E

Terrence Han

UCLA D

UCSB

Erin Williams

James Madison

Liberty B

-5

Jon Suh

Harvard

MIT A

Jack Lewis

Bruin A

Georgia Tech B

Aryan Desarapu

Michigan B

Notre Dame C

Hari Veginati

UIC

Chicago B

Joshua Iyo "

North Carolina C

Virginia Tech B

-5

Kevin Cronk

Virginia Tech B

North Carolina C

Olin Bose

Columbia A

Columbia C

Arun Waran

Macalester B

Macalester A

Dexter Hine

Simon Fraser

British Columbia D

Derek Li

Cornell-DII

RIT B

Vikram Narasimhan

Stanford C

Stanford B

Ved Muthusamy

Northwestern A

Arizona State A

Josh Xu

UCLA B

UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms

Olivia Kiser

Kentucky

Illinois B

John John Groger

WashU A

Missouri A

Lucas Guan

Brown B

Tufts B

Yaj Jhajhria

Washington A

Washington B

Fahian Joy

Amherst B

Bowdoin B

Justin Qian

British Columbia A

British Columbia B

Alan Wu

Vanderbilt A

Georgia Tech A

-5

Vivian Malouf

Berkeley A

Stanford A

Jaehyun Park

Brown C

Akshar Goyal

Illinois A

Chicago C

Joshua Koch

Michigan A

Illinois C

Sam Kemeny

Brandeis Clemenceau

MIT B

Bryce Cruise

Texas A

Northwestern B

Ryan Sun

Berkeley D

Berkeley C

Sumukh Murthy

UCSD Vices and Virtues

UCLA C

Charlie Weaver

Virginia Tech A

Tennessee A

Joseph Chambers

Virginia A

North Carolina B

Ben Hellman

Swarthmore A

Lehigh B

Don Ung

WashU D

William Woods

William Houston

Chicago A

Purdue A

Dylan Lewis

Nebraska

Wisconsin

Philip Yao

Brown A

Amherst A

-5

Arhith Dharanendra

Georgia Tech D

Georgia Tech C

Kapil Nathan

UAB A

Huntsville A

Prahalad Rao

OSU B

CWRU A

Aditya Patnaik

OSU C

Pitt A

Snehan Saroch

Louisville A

Purdue B

Rajiv Pujara

Dartmouth

Yale A

Jacob Ergueta

UF B

UF E

Aleks Kozlowski

Roanoke

NC State

Aarav Vasanthan

Rutgers C

Vassar A

Jack Funke

Missouri B

WashU B

Donal Ryan

Truman State

WashU C

Kritanu Saha

Cornell-UG

Williams

Tate Osborne

Auburn A

Vanderbilt B

Mitchell Hacket

UCO

Texas B

Nermeen Rahman

Indiana B

Louisville B

Justin Hawkins

Indiana A

Michigan C

Britton Webster

Alabama A

Sewanee A

Gabriel Dodds—Captain

Liberty C

Clemson B

Elise Economou

Pitt B

CWRU D

James Horsley

Iowa State

St. Thomas

Peter Zeng

OSU D

OSU A

Sawyer Smith

Mississippi State A

Auburn B

Pranav Jothi

Georgia Tech A

Vanderbilt A

Young Fenimore Lee

Ohio

UTD B

Rahul Rao-Pothuraju

Rowan A

Columbia B

-5

Graham Troy

North Carolina A

Liberty A

Akshay Seetharam

Claremont Scripps

Claremont Pitzer

Ben Lanahan

Clemson A

South Carolina A

Sai Subramanian

CWRU B

MSU A

Jack Granahan

Brandeis Orlando

Yale B

Ruby Xia

Arizona State B

UTD A

111

Danny Tran

Tennessee B

Tusculum

113

Peyton Legg

UCF B

UF A

114

Grace Early

Iowa

Northwestern C

116

Jonathan Sung

Virginia B

South Carolina B

119

Justin Drees

Notre Dame D

Michigan D

119

Michael Zheng

Amherst A

Brown A

119

Ming Yi Li

BC B

Bowdoin A

120

Thomas Newill

Tufts A

Brandeis Lloyd George

120

Jonathan Schnipper

Brandeis Wilson

BC A

120

Mason Evans

Tulsa

Rose State

120

Adam Zhang

UCI

UCSD What Hath God Wrought

120

Yishak Kelkay

ERAU A

ERAU B

120

Yanis Vencatachellum

ERAU B

ERAU A

120

Juan Landaeta

FSU

Melbourne A

120

Anna Barker

UCF A

FIU

120

Addison Wiggins

USF

Melbourne B

120

Kara Braun

MSU B

Kenyon A

120

Jaden Rupolo

Liberty B

James Madison

120

John Mitnik

Columbia B

Rowan A

120

Anuk Dias

Minnesota B

Minnesota C

120

Davin Sivertson

Alabama B

Huntsville B

120