Iran - 2025 ACF Winter - Buzzpoints App

Question

The USS Vincennes mistakenly shot down a civilian flight from this country after misidentifying it as a combatant fighter after departing Bandar Abbas. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this country that was targeted by Operation Praying Mantis after the USS Samuel B. Roberts was damaged after hitting a mine laid by this country, during a conflict in which it temporarily lost Khuzestan.

ANSWER: Iran [or Islamic Republic of Iran; or Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran]

[10h] Operation Earnest Will was launched in response to Iranian attacks on these vehicles. These vehicles were frequently attacked by both sides during a namesake phase of the Iran-Iraq War.

ANSWER: oil tankers [or petroleum tankers; accept Tanker War]

[10e] During the Tanker War, oil tankers belonging to this country adopted American flags to protect themselves from attacks. This country was invaded by Iraq during the Gulf War.

ANSWER: Kuwait [or State of Kuwait; or Dawlat al-Kuwayt]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	18.00	80%	40%	60%
Canada	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Florida	Main	Y	12	22.50	92%	75%	58%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	18.33	83%	67%	33%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	29%	43%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	63%	38%
North	Main	Y	11	20.00	100%	55%	46%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	20.00	80%	80%	40%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	25%	50%
South Central	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	80%	40%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	20.83	100%	67%	42%
UK	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	50%	50%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	13	18.46	100%	54%	31%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%

Data


Berkeley C	Stanford C	0	10	10	20
Berkeley E	Berkeley A	10	10	10	30
Berkeley D	Berkeley F	0	0	10	10
Stanford B	Berkeley B	10	10	10	30
UCSC	Stanford A	0	0	0	0
Claremont Scripps	UCSD Vices and Virtues	10	10	10	30
Toronto G	Toronto D	10	10	10	30
Toronto E	Toronto H	10	10	10	30
McMaster B	Toronto I	0	10	10	20
McGill A	Toronto J	10	10	10	30
Toronto Metropolitan	Carleton	10	0	10	20
Guelph B	Ottawa	0	0	10	10
McGill B	Queen's B	10	10	10	30
McMaster C	McGill C	10	0	10	20
McMaster A	Toronto B	10	0	10	20
Toronto K	Queen's A	10	10	0	20
Toronto A	Waterloo	0	0	10	10
Guelph A	Toronto F	10	10	10	30
UF A	UF B	10	10	10	30
USF	FSU	0	0	10	10
Melbourne B	Melbourne A	10	0	10	20
UCF B	FIU	0	0	0	0
UCF A	UF E	10	10	10	30
CWRU A	Pitt B	10	10	10	30
CWRU B	Kenyon B	0	10	10	20
OSU C	CWRU C	0	0	10	10
Pitt C	MSU A	0	0	10	10
Pitt A	MSU B	0	0	10	10
Kenyon A	OSU A	0	10	10	20
OSU B	OSU D	10	0	10	20
UF D	ERAU A	10	0	10	20
Clemson B	North Carolina A	10	0	10	20
Liberty A	North Carolina C	10	0	10	20
NC State	Liberty B	10	0	10	20
Tennessee B	James Madison	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	Tusculum	10	10	10	30
Virginia B	North Carolina B	0	0	10	10
Clemson A	Roanoke	10	10	10	30
South Carolina B	Virginia A	0	0	10	10
George Mason A	George Washington A	10	0	10	20
George Washington B	Penn B	0	10	10	20
Georgetown B	UMBC A	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins A	Georgetown A	0	0	10	10
Maryland B	George Mason C	10	10	10	30
Maryland C	George Mason B	10	10	10	30
Penn A	VCU A	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	Vassar A	10	0	10	20
Lehigh A	Rutgers C	10	10	10	30
Swarthmore A	Princeton A	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins C	Johns Hopkins B	0	0	10	10
Maryland A	NYU A	10	0	10	20
NYU B	Catholic University	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame E	Maryland D	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Lehigh B	10	0	10	20
Columbia C	Rowan A	0	0	0	0
William Woods	WashU C	0	0	10	10
WashU D	Missouri A	0	0	10	10
WashU A	Truman State	10	10	10	30
Missouri B	WashU B	0	10	10	20
Minnesota C	Macalester B	0	0	10	10
Minnesota A	Iowa State	10	0	10	20
Carleton	Minnesota B	10	10	10	30
Macalester A	Nebraska	10	0	10	20
St. Thomas	Wisconsin	10	10	10	30
MIT B	Williams	10	0	10	20
Brandeis Lloyd George	Yale B	10	10	10	30
Amherst B	Brandeis Orlando	10	0	10	20
BC A	Bowdoin B	0	0	10	10
Tufts B	BC B	10	0	10	20
Yale A	BU	0	0	10	10
Cornell-UG	Brandeis Clemenceau	0	10	10	20
Bowdoin A	Brandeis Wilson	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth	Brown C	10	10	10	30
Amherst A	Harvard	10	0	10	20
MIT A	Brown A	10	10	10	30
Tufts A	Brown B	0	0	10	10
British Columbia A	Alberta	10	0	10	20
British Columbia B	British Columbia C	0	0	10	10
British Columbia D	Washington B	10	10	10	30
Washington A	Simon Fraser	10	10	10	30
Alberta B	Northwestern C	0	0	10	10
Tulsa	Arizona State A	10	10	10	30
Arizona State B	Iowa	10	0	10	20
Ohio	Northwestern B	0	0	10	10
Northwestern A	Rose State	10	10	10	30
UTD B	Texas A	0	0	10	10
UTD A	Texas B	0	0	10	10
McGill D	UCO	10	0	10	20
Auburn A	Alabama B	10	10	10	30
Alabama A	Auburn B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Sewanee A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Bruin A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Huntsville B	0	0	10	10
UAB A	Vanderbilt B	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Huntsville A	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
LSE A	Birmingham A	0	0	10	10
Cambridge D	Bristol B	0	0	10	10
Binghamton A	Cornell-DII	0	0	10	10
Binghamton B	ESF	10	0	10	20
RIT A	RIT B	0	0	10	10
Rochester	Syracuse	0	0	10	10
Durham B	LSE B	0	0	10	10
Southampton A	Edinburgh A	0	0	10	10
Imperial A	Sheffield A	0	10	10	20
Imperial C	City St George's A	10	0	10	20
Warwick A	Manchester A	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh B	Oxford B	0	0	10	10
Durham A	Sheffield B	10	0	10	20
Lancaster A	Southampton B	10	10	10	30
Cambridge B	Warwick B	10	10	10	30
Bristol A	Cambridge A	10	0	10	20
Cambridge C	Oxford A	10	0	10	20