Jonathan Swift - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

In a work by this author, a father’s order to preserve three coats is disregarded by Peter, (10[1])who eventually evicts (10[1])his brothers, Jack and Martin, for objecting. (10[4])A character created by this author (10[1])rejects human society after he meets a talking race of horses, (10[5])the (10[3])Houyhnhnms (10[16])(“WIN-ims”). An (10[1])essay (-5[1])by (10[2])this author, (10[6])which imagines (10[1])making (10[2])“admirable (10[2])gloves for ladies (10[2])and (10[1])summer (10[1])boots for gentlemen,” (10[1])calculated that a nation (10[1])contained (10[2])one (10[1])hundred (10[2])twenty (10[1])thousand (10[1])impoverished (10[2])breeders. (10[7])In that essay, (10[4])this author (-5[1])of (10[1])A Tale of a Tub (10[2])suggested (10[2])“greatly lessen[ing] the number of Papists” (10[1])by cannibalizing (10[1])Irish (10[4])babies. (10[10]-5[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name this Anglo-Irish author of A Modest Proposal and Gulliver’s Travels. (10[2])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Jonathan Swift

= Average correct buzz position

Summary


Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	68.80
Southern California	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	71.00
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	68.00
Florida	Main	Y	3	100%	0%	0%	70.67
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	0%	53.70
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	0%	58.11
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	70.67
North	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	60.25
Northeast	Main	Y	12	83%	0%	17%	59.20
Pacific	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	68.25
South Central	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	17%	69.83
Southeast	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	0%	59.67
Northern California	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	50.75
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	80.40

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
William Day	Murray State College A	Rose State	16	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Columbia B	19	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Kentucky	26	10
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Louisville C	26	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	26	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Auburn B	26	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Tufts B	32	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	WVU A	43	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	William & Mary B	43	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Minnesota	43	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Brandeis Mozart	43	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	Vermont B	43	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	CWRU C	44	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Clemson B	44	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Tennessee A	44	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Skeleton King	45	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	McGill A	45	10
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	Ottawa A	45	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	South Florida A	45	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Michigan State B	45	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Louisville D	45	10
Pace Klein	CWRU B	Michigan State C	45	10
Emily Snider	Liberty C	NCSU A	45	10
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	Liberty A	45	10
Miranda Chen	Vassar B	NYU C	45	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	45	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	UConn A	45	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	British Columbia A	45	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington Sockeye	45	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	South Carolina A	45	10
Leona Barker	Edinburgh B	Sheffield A	45	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	UNC C	46	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	MIT B	47	-5
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	48	10
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Alabama A	48	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Archer Queen	50	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Stanford A	50	10
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	UNC D	50	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt A	50	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Binghamton B	50	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Rochester	50	10
Vivian Fan	Claremont A	UCLA E	52	10
CJ Sershon	Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State B	53	10
Keira Flenniken	Oklahoma	Murray State College B	53	10
Caedmon Holland	Lehigh B	Penn	54	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell C	54	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida A	57	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	JMU B	57	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Boss Bandit	58	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Macalester	59	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Clemson C	62	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	66	10
Ethan Tran	UCLA C	UCLA A	67	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	JMU A	67	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	Princeton	68	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Dartmouth C	69	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Boise State	69	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Alberta B	70	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	Tufts A	71	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UC Irvine	72	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	USC A	72	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	Claremont B	73	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	CWRU A	73	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Dartmouth B	73	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Williams C	73	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Chinook	73	10
Bharath Ram	Georgia Tech A	Georgia A	73	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Durham B	73	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa B	76	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Columbia A	76	10
Magnolia Schnirman Barría	NYU B	George Mason C	76	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Steelhead	76	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Williams B	78	-5
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Carleton B	79	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Washington Atlantic	84	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Masu	84	10
Joshua Iyo	UNC B	William & Mary A	85	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	NCSU B	85	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	91	10
Aryan Malhotra	Rutgers C	Stony Brook	93	10
Will Demos	Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	94	10
Wiz Loayza	Harding	Nebraska B	94	10
Anthony Cruz Martinez	Nebraska C	Nebraska A	94	10
Eleanor Dalton	York	Durham C	94	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCLA F	95	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Ottawa C	95	10
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	Pittsburgh	95	10
Gary Wang	Michigan D	CWRU D	95	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Lehigh A	95	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Maryland B	95	-5
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Harvard	95	10
Caleb Houston	Tulsa B	Kansas State A	95	-5
Kathryn Knispel	Edinburgh D	Durham A	95	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Durham D	95	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton C	95	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	RIT B	95	10
Shivam Saxena	Georgia Tech F	Montevallo	98	10
Graham Dirks	Kansas State A	Tulsa B	109	10
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Tennessee B	109	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	Florida Tech A	110	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Vassar A	110	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Boston College B	110	0

Upstate NY

Main

100%

68.80

Southern California

Main

100%

71.00

Eastern Canada (1)

Main

100%

68.00

Florida

Main

100%

70.67

Great Lakes

Main

100%

53.70

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

58.11

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

11%

70.67

North

Main

100%

60.25

Northeast

Main

83%

17%

59.20

Pacific

Main

100%

68.25

South Central

Main

100%

17%

69.83

Southeast

Main

100%

59.67

Northern California

Main

100%

50.75

UK (North)

100%

80.40

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

William Day

Murray State College A

Rose State

Alex Wong

Rutgers D

Columbia B

Mary Kate Vance

Louisville A

Kentucky

Sarah Dong

Michigan A

Louisville C

Madeline Painter

Georgia Tech D

Vanderbilt C

Devin Tharp

Chipola College

Auburn B

Michael Ai

Williams A

Tufts B

Sewanth Paudel

Ohio State C

WVU A

Abigail Lee

Virginia Tech C

William & Mary B

Connor King

St. Thomas

Minnesota

Rafael Gómez

Amherst B

Brandeis Mozart

Maisie Quinn

Brown B

Vermont B

Joshua Lam

Ohio State B

CWRU C

Ethan Altshul

Emory A

Clemson B

Nelson Adams-Riley

Sewanne

Tennessee A

Suren Grigorian

Berkeley Mighty Miner

Berkeley Skeleton King

Tristan Scarlett

Ottawa D

McGill A

Charlotte Bauer

McGill C

Ottawa A

Nicholas Nguyen

Florida B

South Florida A

Thomas Jenkins

Michigan B

Michigan State B

Peter Zeng

Ohio State A

Louisville D

Pace Klein

CWRU B

Michigan State C

Emily Snider

Liberty C

NCSU A

Cara Leonard

William & Mary C

Liberty A

Miranda Chen

Vassar B

NYU C

Ian Saylor

Wisconsin A

Iowa State

Sidarth Erat

MIT A

UConn A

Skand Parvatikar

Arizona State B

British Columbia A

George Matsumura

Washington Chum

Washington Sockeye

Wesley Stine

Clemson A

South Carolina A

Leona Barker

Edinburgh B

Sheffield A

Emily Kadolph

Virginia Tech B

UNC C

Anthony Xu

Amherst A

MIT B

-5

David Zaslavsky

Brandeis Bach

Boston University A

Doug Frederick

Auburn A

Alabama A

Huy Lai

UCSC

Berkeley Archer Queen

Danny Han

Stanford B

Stanford A

Alexandra Knight

Liberty B

UNC D

Daniel Slater

Tennessee Tech

Vanderbilt A

Danny Cutbill

RIT A

Binghamton B

Andrew Miller

Binghamton A

Rochester

Vivian Fan

Claremont A

UCLA E

CJ Sershon

Central Oklahoma B

Kansas State B

Keira Flenniken

Oklahoma

Murray State College B

Caedmon Holland

Lehigh B

Penn

Eric Zhu

Cornell D

Cornell C

Peyton Legg

UCF A

Florida A

Ilyas Choukri

Virginia Tech A

JMU B

Mia Liu

Berkeley Little Prince

Berkeley Boss Bandit

Ben Stras

Wisconsin C

Macalester

Samarth Prajapati

Georgia Tech E

Clemson C

Winston Zuo

UC Santa Barbara

Claremont C

Ethan Tran

UCLA C

UCLA A

Nick Smemoe

UNC A

JMU A

Henry Bauer

NYU A

Princeton

Ben Mowery

Vermont A

Dartmouth C

Aaron Bates

Washington Pink

Boise State

James O'Reilly

Arizona State A

Alberta B

Kaitlyn Farrin

Brandeis Beethoven

Tufts A

March Delfin

UCSD A

UC Irvine

Nikola Wu

UCLA D

USC A

Ethan Ririe

UCSD B

Claremont B

Andrew Harms

Michigan State A

CWRU A

Eames Weeks

Brown A

Dartmouth B

Thomas Newill

Tufts C

Williams C

Joyann Hua

British Columbia B

Washington Chinook

Bharath Ram

Georgia Tech A

Georgia A

Pen Hughes

Edinburgh C

Durham B

Galen Mueller

McGill B

Ottawa B

John Shelly

Rowan

Columbia A

Magnolia Schnirman Barría

NYU B

George Mason C

Keerthana Krishnan

Texas

Washington Steelhead

Owen Gibbs

Boston College B

Williams B

-5

Alden Thompson

Carleton A

Carleton B

Logan Van Pelt

Washington Coho

Washington Atlantic

James Haddix

Washington State

Washington Masu

Joshua Iyo

UNC B

William & Mary A

Fern Fang

VCU A

NCSU B

Emerson Patmore

Georgia Tech C

Vanderbilt B

Aryan Malhotra

Rutgers C

Stony Brook

Will Demos

Wisconsin B

Michigan Tech

Wiz Loayza

Harding

Nebraska B

Anthony Cruz Martinez

Nebraska C

Nebraska A

Eleanor Dalton

York

Durham C

Vivienne Ruemler

USC B

UCLA F

Neela Perceval-Maxwell

McGill E

Ottawa C

Daniel Huang

Michigan C

Pittsburgh

Gary Wang

Michigan D

CWRU D

Eric Morshed

Johns Hopkins

Lehigh A

Eli Young

Vassar A

Maryland B

-5

Christopher Bradley

Southern Connecticut State University A

Harvard

Caleb Houston

Tulsa B

Kansas State A

-5

Kathryn Knispel

Edinburgh D

Durham A

Elliot Earley

Sheffield B

Durham D

Derek Li

Cornell A

Binghamton C

Ben Gardberg

Cornell B

RIT B

Shivam Saxena

Georgia Tech F

Montevallo

Graham Dirks

Kansas State A

Tulsa B

109

Abby Tipton

Auburn C

Tennessee B

109

Juan Landaeta

Florida State A

Florida Tech A

110

Rohit Chintala

Maryland B

Vassar A

110

Penelope Graham

Williams B

Boston College B

110