Harrison family - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

Answer the following about the supposed history of the creation of the bugle call “Taps,” which is now commonly used at military funerals. For 10 points each:

[10m] “Taps” may have been written at the Berkeley plantation formerly owned by this family, which names a nearby “landing.” A president from this family campaigned on having won the Battle of Tippecanoe.

ANSWER: Harrison family [accept William Henry Harrison; accept Harrison’s Landing]

[10h] “Taps” was supposedly first played by a bugler with this first name and the names Wilcox Norton. A commander with this first name wrote “We have met the enemy and they are ours” in a telegram to William Henry Harrison.

ANSWER: Oliver [accept Oliver Hazard Perry or Oliver Wilcox Norton] (Oliver Otis Howard is the namesake of Howard University.)

[10e] General Daniel Butterfield is usually credited with composing “Taps” after attempting to capture this city in the Seven Days’ Battles. This longest-serving capital of the Confederacy is the current capital of Virginia.

ANSWER: Richmond

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	25%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	43%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	8	11.25	100%	13%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	19.17	100%	75%	17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	78%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	20.00	100%	90%	10%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	20.00	89%	89%	22%
North	Main	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	18.18	100%	64%	18%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	15.00	88%	63%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	57%	14%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	20.00	100%	69%	31%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%

Data


Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	0	0	10	10
Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	10	0	10	20
UCSC	Stanford A	0	0	0	0
UC Santa Barbara	UCLA C	0	0	10	10
Claremont C	UC Irvine	10	0	10	20
Claremont B	UCLA B	10	0	10	20
Claremont A	UCLA D	0	0	10	10
UCSD A	UCSD B	0	0	10	10
USC A	UCLA E	10	0	10	20
McGill E	Carleton A	0	0	10	10
McGill C	McGill A	10	0	10	20
McGill B	Ottawa D	10	0	10	20
Ottawa B	Ottawa A	10	0	10	20
Carleton B	Ottawa C	0	0	10	10
UCLA A	USC B	0	0	10	10
Queen's A	Brock A	0	0	10	10
Toronto E	Guelph A	0	0	10	10
Toronto F	McMaster C	0	0	10	10
Toronto A	Waterloo A	0	0	10	10
Toronto B	Toronto C	10	0	10	20
Toronto D	McMaster A	0	0	10	10
Toronto H	Toronto I	0	0	10	10
Waterloo B	Toronto G	0	0	10	10
Florida Tech A	Florida B	0	0	10	10
ERAU Daytona A	Florida State A	0	0	10	10
Florida Tech B	South Florida A	0	0	10	10
Florida A	UCF A	10	10	10	30
CWRU A	CWRU B	10	0	10	20
Pittsburgh	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
Louisville B	Ohio State A	10	0	10	20
Michigan State D	Louisville C	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Michigan B	10	0	10	20
CWRU D	Michigan C	10	0	10	20
Michigan D	CWRU C	10	0	10	20
Michigan State A	Louisville A	10	0	10	20
Ohio State B	Michigan State B	10	0	10	20
Louisville D	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
Michigan State C	Ohio State D	10	0	10	20
WVU A	WVU B	10	0	10	20
William & Mary A	NCSU A	10	0	10	20
Tusculum A	Liberty C	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	UNC A	10	0	10	20
UNC C	UNC B	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech B	Virginia A	10	0	10	20
UNC D	Virginia Tech C	10	0	10	20
JMU A	William & Mary B	10	0	10	20
William & Mary C	Liberty A	10	0	10	20
NCSU B	Liberty B	0	0	10	10
Lehigh A	Rutgers B	10	0	10	20
George Mason A	Maryland B	10	0	10	20
Columbia B	George Mason C	10	0	10	20
George Mason B	Johns Hopkins	10	10	10	30
Maryland C	NYU A	10	0	10	20
Princeton	Columbia A	10	0	10	20
Rowan	Vassar B	10	0	10	20
NYU C	Rutgers C	10	0	10	20
Penn	Rutgers D	10	0	10	20
Vassar A	Stony Brook	10	0	10	20
Lehigh B	NYU B	0	0	10	10
Chicago A	WashU Grizzlers	10	0	10	20
Purdue A	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Iowa B	Illinois Champaign	0	0	0	0
Illinois Orange	Indiana B	10	0	10	20
Illinois Canada	Purdue B	10	0	10	20
Purdue C	Iowa A	10	0	10	20
Rose-Hulman A	Purdue D	10	10	10	30
WashU Grolars	Indiana A	10	0	10	20
William Woods University A	Illinois Blue	10	0	10	20
Minnesota	Wisconsin B	0	0	10	10
St. Thomas	Macalester	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin A	Iowa State	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	0	0	10	10
Rutgers A	Maryland A	10	0	10	20
Boston University B	Amherst B	0	0	10	10
Boston College A	Brandeis Mozart	0	0	10	10
Dartmouth A	Brown A	10	10	10	30
Brown B	MIT A	0	0	10	10
Brandeis Beethoven	Harvard	10	0	10	20
Amherst A	Tufts A	10	10	10	30
Vermont A	Tufts B	0	0	10	10
UConn A	Boston University A	10	0	10	20
Vermont B	Williams A	10	0	10	20
Dartmouth B	Williams B	10	0	10	20
Dartmouth C	Williams C	10	0	10	20
Arizona State A	Washington Sockeye	10	0	10	20
Washington Atlantic	Alberta A	10	0	10	20
Alberta B	Washington Chum	0	0	0	0
British Columbia C	Washington State	10	0	10	20
Washington Chinook	Washington Steelhead	0	0	10	10
Washington Coho	British Columbia A	0	0	10	10
Washington Pink	Washington Masu	10	0	10	20
Tulsa B	Central Oklahoma B	0	0	10	10
Kansas State A	Kansas State B	0	0	10	10
Murray State College B	Murray State College A	10	10	10	30
Nebraska A	Nebraska B	10	0	10	20
Nebraska C	Oklahoma	10	0	10	20
Harding	Rose State	0	0	10	10
Central Oklahoma A	Tulsa A	10	0	10	20
British Columbia B	Texas	10	0	10	20
Alabama A	Vanderbilt A	10	0	10	20
Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	10	10	10	30
Auburn C	Vanderbilt C	0	0	10	10
Clemson A	Chipola College	10	0	10	20
Clemson B	Montevallo	0	0	10	10
Sewanne	Clemson C	0	0	10	10
Georgia A	Emory A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Auburn B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech E	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	0	0	10	10
Tennessee A	South Carolina A	10	0	10	20
Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	10	0	10	20
Binghamton B	Cornell C	0	0	10	10
ESF	RIT A	0	0	10	10
Rochester	Binghamton C	10	0	10	20
Cornell A	Cornell D	0	0	10	10
Binghamton A	RIT B	0	0	10	10