Joan of Arc - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Although an impersonator deceived this person’s brother, that impersonator failed to tell a secret word that Charles VII told this person. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this general who was impersonated by Jeanne des Armoises (“zhun dayz arm-WAHZ”). This Maid of Orleans was celebrated throughout France after her execution by the English during the Hundred Years’ War.

ANSWER: Joan of Arc [or Jeanne d’Arc; prompt on partial answers]

[10m] Joan of Arc was questioned about prophecies attributed to the Venerable Bede and Merlin during a cross-examination in this city. John II of France was captured for ransom during a battle of the Hundred Years’ War named for this city in Western France.

ANSWER: Poitiers (“pwah-tee-YAY”)

[10h] Much of the popular fascination with Joan of Arc has come from her association with this man in the Battle of Jargeau (“zhar-ZHO”) and the Siege of Orleans. This man was executed for murdering 140 children, inspiring the legend of Duke Bluebeard.

ANSWER: Gilles de Rais (“zheel duh ray”) [or Baron Rais]

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California	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%
Canada	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	13	11.54	100%	8%	8%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	11.67	83%	33%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	12.86	100%	29%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	13.00	100%	20%	10%
North	Main	Y	10	15.00	100%	30%	20%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	13.33	100%	17%	17%
South Central	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	15.00	100%	42%	8%
UK	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	13.57	100%	29%	7%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%

Data


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