Roman Fever - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

This disease titles a short story by Edith Wharton, in which Alida Slade reveals she forged the letter that led to an affair between her husband, Delphin, and Grace Ansley. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this disease, which Daisy Miller eventually succumbs to at the end of her namesake novella.

ANSWER: Roman Fever [accept malaria; prompt on fever]

[10m] Daisy Miller is a novella by this American author of The Portrait of a Lady and The Turn of the Screw.

ANSWER: Henry James

[10e] In The Turn of the Screw, a governess sees Peter Quint and Miss Jessel, two of these beings. In Edith Wharton’s story “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell,” the Brympton family’s estate is haunted by one of these beings.

ANSWER: ghosts [accept clear equivalents such as spirits or phantoms or spectres]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	86%	14%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%
Florida	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	21.82	100%	91%	27%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	89%	22%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	75%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	17.27	100%	55%	18%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


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