Abraham Lincoln - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

In one poem, the speaker compares this person to the planet Venus by describing him as “O comrade lustrous with silver face in the night.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this person who is eulogized in a poem in which the narrator follows a “western orb sailing the heaven.”

ANSWER: Abraham Lincoln

[10e] This poet wrote “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” after the death of President Lincoln. He also included “Song of Myself” in Leaves of Grass.

ANSWER: Walt Whitman [or Walter Whitman Jr.]

[10h] This other poet memorialized Lincoln by writing that he “perished in the cause of Right” in his poem “The Death of Lincoln.” This author also wrote “Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again” in “The Battle-Field.”

ANSWER: William Cullen Bryant

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Summary


Florida	Main	Y	13	13.08	92%	39%	0%
North	Main	Y	10	17.00	100%	70%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	17.00	100%	70%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	15.45	100%	55%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	11.25	88%	25%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	15.00	100%	50%	0%

Data


Guelph A	McGill A	10	10	20
Ottawa	Toronto D	10	10	20
Western Ontario	Toronto E	0	0	0
McGill C	Toronto I	0	10	10
Toronto J	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	20
George Mason A	Penn A	10	10	20
Catholic University	George Washington A	0	10	10
Maryland C	George Washington B	10	10	20
Maryland D	Johns Hopkins B	10	10	20
Maryland A	Johns Hopkins A	0	10	10
Georgetown B	Maryland B	0	10	10
NYU B	Notre Dame E	10	10	20
Penn B	Georgetown A	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins C	UMBC A	10	10	20
George Mason B	VCU A	10	10	20
McMaster C	Queen's A	0	10	10
Queen's B	McMaster B	0	10	10
Toronto A	Toronto B	10	10	20
Toronto C	McMaster A	0	10	10
Toronto F	Toronto G	0	10	10
Carleton	Toronto H	10	10	20
McGill B	Toronto K	0	10	10
Guelph B	Waterloo	0	10	10
WashU B	Truman State	0	10	10
SIUE	Missouri A	10	10	20
WashU D	William Woods	10	10	20
Notre Dame D	Chicago A	10	10	20
Notre Dame A	Chicago D	10	10	20
Illinois A	Louisville B	10	10	20
Louisville A	Illinois C	10	10	20
UIC	Indiana A	0	10	10
Michigan B	Indiana B	10	10	20
Michigan D	Kentucky	10	10	20
Chicago B	Michigan C	0	10	10
Michigan A	Purdue B	10	10	20
Purdue C	Notre Dame B	0	10	10
Brown B	Brandeis Lloyd George	0	10	10
BU	MIT B	0	10	10
Bowdoin B	BC B	10	10	20
Brandeis Clemenceau	Brown C	10	10	20
Dartmouth	Cornell-UG	10	10	20
Harvard	Brown A	0	10	10
MIT A	Amherst A	10	10	20
Tufts A	Tufts B	10	10	20
Yale A	Williams	10	10	20
BC A	Yale B	0	10	10
Alberta B	Northwestern A	10	10	20
Ohio	Arizona State B	0	10	10
Northwestern C	Rose State	0	10	10
Texas A	Arizona State A	0	10	10
Texas B	McGill D	10	10	20
Tulsa	UTD B	10	10	20
Northwestern B	UCO	0	10	10
UTD A	Iowa	10	10	20
Brandeis Wilson	Brandeis Orlando	0	10	10
Auburn B	Huntsville A	0	10	10
Bruin A	Auburn A	0	10	10
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech B	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10
Huntsville B	Sewanee A	0	10	10
UAB A	Mississippi State A	0	0	0
Alabama B	Alabama A	10	10	20
Imperial B	Bristol B	0	10	10
Sheffield B	City St George's A	10	10	20
Durham B	Imperial C	0	10	10
Cambridge A	Edinburgh B	10	10	20
Imperial A	Birmingham A	10	10	20
LSE A	Edinburgh A	0	10	10
Lancaster A	Cambridge C	0	10	10
Manchester B	LSE B	0	10	10
Manchester A	Oxford A	0	10	10
Durham A	Oxford B	0	10	10
Southampton A	Sheffield C	10	10	20
Cambridge D	Southampton B	10	10	20
Warwick A	Sheffield A	10	10	20
Bristol A	Warwick B	10	10	20