Portuguese - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

One author used this language to write a “factless autobiography” narrated by Bernardo Soares in The Book of Disquiet. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this language used by Fernando Pessoa. One novel in this language features a girl with dark glasses, the Dog of Tears, and a man who fails to move when a traffic light turns green.

ANSWER: Portuguese [or Português or língua portuguesa]

[10e] José Saramago (“ZHOO-zay sah-rah-MAH-goo”) used Portuguese to write a novel titled for this condition, in which the doctor’s wife is the only one not afflicted by a “white sickness.” That novel’s sequel is conversely titled Seeing.

ANSWER: being blind [accept blindness or an inability to see; accept Ensaio sobre a Cegueira or Essay on Blindness]

[10h] In this other Saramago novel, three men, two women, and a dog travel across the Iberian Peninsula after it breaks off from the rest of Europe.

ANSWER: The Stone Raft [or A Jangada de Pedra]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	71%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	14.44	78%	56%	11%
Florida	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	25%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	15.83	100%	42%	17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	14.44	78%	33%	33%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	56%	22%
North	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	19.09	100%	82%	9%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	16.25	88%	75%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	7	8.57	57%	29%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	15.38	85%	54%	15%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	12.00	80%	40%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	10.00	71%	29%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	10.00	80%	20%	0%

Data


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