“We Real Cool” - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

A Joy Harjo poem that quotes this poem begins, “We were running out of breath, (10[1])as we ran out to meet ourselves.” A bell (10[1])hooks book titled for this poem (10[1])is subtitled (10[1])“Black (10[1])Men (10[1])and Masculinity.” (10[10]-5[1])The setting (10[1])of (10[1])this (10[1])poem (10[1])titles a poetic form in which (10[1])the last word of each (10[1])line (10[1])makes a quote (10[4])and was pioneered (10[1])by Terrence (10[1]-5[1])Hayes. (10[2])This (10[1]-5[1])poem’s (10[2]-5[1])author said she was inspired to write this poem after walking past a pool hall (10[4])in Chicago (10[4]-5[1])and (10[1])thinking (10[6])“I wonder (10[1])how (10[1])they feel about themselves?” (10[7])This (10[2])poem (10[1])from the collection The Bean Eaters (10[1]-5[1])is narrated (10[2])by (10[1])“pool players” at the “Golden (10[1])Shovel.” (10[1]-5[1])The characters in this poem (10[3])“Strike straight,” “Jazz June,” (10[1])and “Die soon.” (10[2])For 10 points, name this eight-line poem where every line except for (10[1])the last ends with the word “We,” by (10[1])Gwendolyn (10[1])Brooks. ■END■ (10[5]0[12])

ANSWER: “We Real Cool”

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	55.20
Southern California	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	74.67
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	8%	76.67
Florida	Main	Y	5	40%	0%	20%	90.50
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	86%	0%	29%	88.17
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	88.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	11	82%	0%	0%	57.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	82.40
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	63.50
Southeast	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	25%	81.88
UK	Main	Y	14	86%	0%	0%	68.58
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	104.50

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Henry Bylinowski	Auburn A	Mississippi State A	14	10
Albert Nyang	LSE A	Manchester A	23	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Western Ontario	29	10
Jesse Chusing	Ottawa	McMaster A	31	10
Matthew Sumanen	Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt B	32	10
Michael Wu	Southampton A	Oxford A	33	10
Lorie Au Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley F	35	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	Johns Hopkins A	35	10
Patrick Torre	Maryland A	George Mason B	35	10
Evan Schleck	Georgetown A	Maryland C	35	10
Henry Bauer	NYU B	Maryland D	35	10
Nathaniel Hull	Berkeley B	Berkeley A	35	10
Ariel Faeder	Pitt A	MSU A	35	10
Antoni Kluzowski	Warwick A	Sheffield A	35	10
Daniel Bloom	Edinburgh B	Warwick B	35	10
Sky Li	Toronto A	McGill B	35	10
Samir Sarma	Georgia Tech D	Huntsville B	35	-5
Lucas Barnes	Missouri B	WashU A	37	10
Matteo Fronduti	Durham A	Cambridge B	38	10
Ryan Rosenberg	NYU A	Penn A	39	10
Omkar Marathe	Columbia A	Lehigh B	40	10
Braden Booth	Missouri A	WashU B	46	10
Gus Vanskike	Maryland B	Johns Hopkins B	51	10
Krishay Garg	UCLA D	USC	52	10
March Delfin	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCLA C	55	10
Elle Lee	Virginia A	Clemson B	55	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU A	CWRU B	55	10
Ben Wismath	Toronto B	Toronto K	55	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill C	Queen's B	58	10
Scarlett Strickland	Columbia B	Swarthmore A	60	10
Kara Braun	MSU B	CWRU C	60	-5
Ryan Sun	Berkeley D	Stanford B	61	10
Vivian Fan	Claremont Scripps	UCLA A	61	10
Aditya Patnaik	OSU C	OSU D	62	-5
Jack Lewis	Bruin A	Auburn B	62	10
Swapnil Garg	Berkeley C	Stanford C	63	10
Nick Lane	George Washington A	Georgetown B	63	10
Amir Dolansky	Toronto H	Toronto C	63	-5
Jacob Price	Cambridge A	Edinburgh A	78	10
Gavin Markoff	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech C	78	10
Charlie Lowman	Imperial A	Birmingham A	78	10
Gus Redding	Imperial B	City St George's A	78	10
Kaiwen Xiao	UCLA B	Claremont Pitzer	80	10
Lee Huynh	Guelph B	Carleton	80	10
Eve Maramba	UF A	FIU	80	-5
Rohan Navaneetha	OSU B	OSU A	80	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton B	Durham B	80	10
Henry Lytle	WashU C	William Woods	81	10
Tanay Bodducherla	Berkeley E	Stanford A	82	10
Conner Khan	NC State	Virginia Tech B	82	10
Noah McRedmond	Notre Dame E	UMBC A	82	10
William Groger	Princeton A	Columbia C	82	10
Brendan Baumer	UCF A	UF B	82	10
Parker McCoig	Tennessee A	South Carolina A	82	10
S. A. Shenoy	Georgia Tech B	Alabama B	84	10
Michael Xu	McMaster C	Toronto E	85	10
Winston Zuo	UCSB	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	89	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia B	Tennessee B	89	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	James Madison	89	10
Claire Chambers	Binghamton A	RIT A	89	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Rochester	89	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers B	Rutgers C	89	10
Kevin Flanagan	Bristol A	Cambridge C	89	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech A	Roanoke	90	10
Thomas Thatcher	Truman State	WashU D	90	10
Ishan Joshi	Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto F	91	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh A	Rowan A	97	-5
Theodore Lam	Toronto G	Toronto J	97	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF B	UF E	99	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT B	Cornell-DII	99	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Waterloo	100	10
Kaushul Manikandan	Huntsville A	Sewanee A	105	10
Malachi Ledford	Tusculum	South Carolina B	106	10
Kapil Nathan	UAB A	Alabama A	106	-5
Nolan Dannels	UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCI	111	10
Simone Green	Kenyon B	Kenyon A	111	10
Josh Schmidt	Liberty A	Liberty C	111	10
CT Tang	Sheffield B	Oxford B	115	10
Peter Zeng	OSU D	OSU C	118	10
Ian Theysmeyer	Queen's A	Toronto I	118	10
Wren Davis	CWRU D	Pitt C	130	10
Dillon George	Catholic University	George Mason A	138	10
Tomas Ospina	Alabama A	UAB A	139	10
Jun Chen	George Mason C	George Washington B	141	0
Aidan Ross	George Washington B	George Mason C	141	0
Raifton Bartling	Johns Hopkins C	Penn B	141	0
Adrian Chuang	Penn B	Johns Hopkins C	141	0
John Shelly	Rowan A	Lehigh A	141	10
Alex Olson	UF D	Melbourne A	141	0
Niru Shakya	Melbourne A	UF D	141	0
Pallas Allen	USF	ERAU B	141	0
Kenneth Moeller	ERAU B	USF	141	0
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	MSU B	141	0
Youyou Yu	Imperial C	Cambridge D	141	0
Yasmin Campbell	Cambridge D	Imperial C	141	0
Rachel Bentham	Manchester B	Bristol B	141	10
Alex Irvine	Sheffield C	Lancaster A	141	0
Carlos Gonzalez	Syracuse	Binghamton B	141	10
Franklin Wu	Toronto C	Toronto H	141	10
Ethan Burks	Huntsville B	Georgia Tech D	141	10

Northern California

Main

100%

55.20

Southern California

Main

100%

74.67

Eastern Canada

Main

100%

76.67

Florida

Main

40%

20%

90.50

Great Lakes

Main

86%

29%

88.17

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

88.00

Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)

Main

82%

57.00

Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)

Main

100%

20%

82.40

Lower Midwest

Main

100%

63.50

Southeast

Main

100%

25%

81.88

Main

86%

68.58

Upstate NY

Main

100%

104.50

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Henry Bylinowski

Auburn A

Mississippi State A

Albert Nyang

LSE A

Manchester A

Dylan Steptoe

Guelph A

Western Ontario

Jesse Chusing

Ottawa

McMaster A

Matthew Sumanen

Georgia Tech A

Vanderbilt B

Michael Wu

Southampton A

Oxford A

Lorie Au Yeung

UCSC

Berkeley F

Fern Fang

VCU A

Johns Hopkins A

Patrick Torre

Maryland A

George Mason B

Evan Schleck

Georgetown A

Maryland C

Henry Bauer

NYU B

Maryland D

Nathaniel Hull

Berkeley B

Berkeley A

Ariel Faeder

Pitt A

MSU A

Antoni Kluzowski

Warwick A

Sheffield A

Daniel Bloom

Edinburgh B

Warwick B

Sky Li

Toronto A

McGill B

Samir Sarma

Georgia Tech D

Huntsville B

-5

Lucas Barnes

Missouri B

WashU A

Matteo Fronduti

Durham A

Cambridge B

Ryan Rosenberg

NYU A

Penn A

Omkar Marathe

Columbia A

Lehigh B

Braden Booth

Missouri A

WashU B

Gus Vanskike

Maryland B

Johns Hopkins B

Krishay Garg

UCLA D

USC

March Delfin

UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms

UCLA C

Elle Lee

Virginia A

Clemson B

Meredith Wiper

CWRU A

CWRU B

Ben Wismath

Toronto B

Toronto K

Charlie Ruff

McGill C

Queen's B

Scarlett Strickland

Columbia B

Swarthmore A

Kara Braun

MSU B

CWRU C

-5

Ryan Sun

Berkeley D

Stanford B

Vivian Fan

Claremont Scripps

UCLA A

Aditya Patnaik

OSU C

OSU D

-5

Jack Lewis

Bruin A

Auburn B

Swapnil Garg

Berkeley C

Stanford C

Nick Lane

George Washington A

Georgetown B

Amir Dolansky

Toronto H

Toronto C

-5

Jacob Price

Cambridge A

Edinburgh A

Gavin Markoff

Vanderbilt A

Georgia Tech C

Charlie Lowman

Imperial A

Birmingham A

Gus Redding

Imperial B

City St George's A

Kaiwen Xiao

UCLA B

Claremont Pitzer

Lee Huynh

Guelph B

Carleton

Eve Maramba

UF A

FIU

-5

Rohan Navaneetha

OSU B

OSU A

Tevin Francis

Southampton B

Durham B

Henry Lytle

WashU C

William Woods

Tanay Bodducherla

Berkeley E

Stanford A

Conner Khan

NC State

Virginia Tech B

Noah McRedmond

Notre Dame E

UMBC A

William Groger

Princeton A

Columbia C

Brendan Baumer

UCF A

UF B

Parker McCoig

Tennessee A

South Carolina A

S. A. Shenoy

Georgia Tech B

Alabama B

Michael Xu

McMaster C

Toronto E

Winston Zuo

UCSB

UCSD What Hath God Wrought

Jonathan Sung

Virginia B

Tennessee B

Ben Lanahan

Clemson A

James Madison

Claire Chambers

Binghamton A

RIT A

Gregory Stone

ESF

Rochester

Jason Lee

Rutgers B

Rutgers C

Kevin Flanagan

Bristol A

Cambridge C

Abigail Lee

Virginia Tech A

Roanoke

Thomas Thatcher

Truman State

WashU D

Ishan Joshi

Toronto Metropolitan

Toronto F

Nicholas Ryan

Lehigh A

Rowan A

-5

Theodore Lam

Toronto G

Toronto J

Cole Hennessy

UCF B

UF E

Cade Reinberger

RIT B

Cornell-DII

Henry Siegler

Toronto D

Waterloo

100

Kaushul Manikandan

Huntsville A

Sewanee A

105

Malachi Ledford

Tusculum

South Carolina B

106

Kapil Nathan

UAB A

Alabama A

106

-5

Nolan Dannels

UCSD Vices and Virtues

UCI

111

Simone Green

Kenyon B

Kenyon A

111

Josh Schmidt

Liberty A

Liberty C

111

CT Tang

Sheffield B

Oxford B

115

Peter Zeng

OSU D

OSU C

118

Ian Theysmeyer

Queen's A

Toronto I

118

Wren Davis

CWRU D

Pitt C

130

Dillon George

Catholic University

George Mason A

138

Tomas Ospina

Alabama A

UAB A

139

Jun Chen

George Mason C

George Washington B

141

Aidan Ross

George Washington B

George Mason C

141

Raifton Bartling

Johns Hopkins C

Penn B

141

Adrian Chuang

Penn B

Johns Hopkins C

141

John Shelly

Rowan A

Lehigh A

141

Alex Olson

UF D

Melbourne A

141

Niru Shakya

Melbourne A

UF D

141

Pallas Allen

USF

ERAU B

141

Kenneth Moeller

ERAU B

USF

141

Henry Nonnemaker

CWRU C

MSU B

141

Youyou Yu

Imperial C

Cambridge D

141

Yasmin Campbell

Cambridge D

Imperial C

141

Rachel Bentham

Manchester B

Bristol B

141

Alex Irvine

Sheffield C

Lancaster A

141

Carlos Gonzalez

Syracuse

Binghamton B

141

Franklin Wu

Toronto C

Toronto H

141

Ethan Burks

Huntsville B

Georgia Tech D

141