Cornwall - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

In a novel set in this [emphasize] county, the Croatian girl Lux is paid to impersonate Art’s girlfriend Charlotte during his family’s Christmas celebration. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this English ceremonial county, the setting of Winter from Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet. In a different novel, a band of “Wreckers” in this county trick a ship into running aground and murder its crew.

ANSWER: Cornwall [or Kernow]

[10m] This author of Jamaica Inn opened a different novel, “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again,” referring to the Cornwall estate owned by Maxim de Winter.

ANSWER: Daphne du Maurier (The novel is Rebecca.)

[10e] This character travels to Cornwall with Dr. Watson in “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot.” This detective identifies a snake as the title “Speckled Band” in a locked-room mystery written by Arthur Conan Doyle.

ANSWER: Sherlock Holmes [or Sherlock Holmes]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	4	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Canada	Main	Y	6	16.67	100%	50%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	12	17.50	100%	42%	33%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	17.00	100%	60%	10%
South Central	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	0%	20%
UK	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	63%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	9	25.56	100%	89%	67%

Data


Berkeley E	Berkeley A	0	10	10	20
Stanford A	Berkeley B	10	10	10	30
Stanford B	Berkeley C	0	10	10	20
Berkeley D	Stanford C	10	10	10	30
Claremont Scripps	UCI	10	10	10	30
UCLA B	USC	0	10	10	20
Toronto K	Ottawa	10	0	10	20
Western Ontario	Toronto Metropolitan	0	0	10	10
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCLA A	0	0	10	10
UCLA D	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	10	10	20
Claremont Pitzer	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	0	0	10	10
Toronto F	Guelph B	0	0	10	10
McGill A	Toronto H	10	0	10	20
McMaster A	Carleton	0	10	10	20
Guelph A	McMaster B	0	10	10	20
Toronto C	McMaster C	10	10	10	30
Toronto E	Queen's B	0	0	10	10
Toronto A	McGill C	10	10	10	30
Toronto B	Toronto I	0	10	10	20
McGill B	Toronto D	0	0	10	10
Waterloo	Toronto J	0	0	10	10
UCLA C	UCSB	0	0	10	10
UF B	FIU	0	0	10	10
UCF A	UCF B	0	10	10	20
UF E	UF A	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Purdue C	0	0	10	10
Michigan B	Chicago C	0	0	10	10
Illinois B	Notre Dame D	0	0	10	10
Louisville A	Chicago D	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame C	Louisville B	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame A	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	UIC	0	0	10	10
Indiana A	Notre Dame B	10	10	10	30
Kentucky	Purdue A	0	10	10	20
Illinois C	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Missouri A	WashU A	10	10	10	30
St. Thomas	Macalester A	0	0	10	10
Carleton	Macalester B	10	0	10	20
Minnesota A	Minnesota B	0	0	10	10
Nebraska	Minnesota C	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin	Iowa State	0	0	10	10
British Columbia B	Alberta	0	0	10	10
British Columbia A	British Columbia C	0	10	10	20
British Columbia D	Washington A	0	10	10	20
Simon Fraser	Washington B	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	McGill D	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	Northwestern C	10	0	10	20
Northwestern A	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
Ohio	Rose State	0	10	10	20
Texas A	Texas B	10	10	10	30
Tulsa	Iowa	0	10	10	20
UCO	Alberta B	0	0	10	10
UTD A	UTD B	0	0	10	10
UAB A	Alabama B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	Auburn A	0	0	10	10
Auburn B	Sewanee A	0	0	10	10
Bruin A	Vanderbilt A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	10	0	10	20
Huntsville A	Huntsville B	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State A	Alabama A	0	0	10	10
Bristol B	Cambridge C	0	10	10	20
Cambridge B	City St George's A	10	10	10	30
Sheffield B	Imperial A	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	LSE A	0	10	10	20
Manchester A	Durham B	10	10	10	30
Oxford A	Southampton A	10	10	10	30
Sheffield A	Durham A	10	10	10	30
Imperial C	Sheffield C	0	10	10	20
Southampton B	Oxford B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20