Massachusetts - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

This state’s largest body of water, the Quabbin Reservoir, feeds its largest city and means “meeting of the waters” in Nipmuc. For 10 points each:

[10e] What state’s place names include Lake Char·gogg·a·gogg·man·chau·gga·gogg·chau·bu·na·gung·a·maugg, as well as the England-inspired Charles River and university-dense city of Cambridge?

ANSWER: Massachusetts [or MA] (Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, the longest place name in the US, is also called Webster Lake.)

[10m] The Wachusett Reservoir also feeding Boston is near this city in central Massachusetts. This city, whose name has two syllables, was named for an English city home to the condiment maker Lea & Perrins.

ANSWER: Worcester (“WUSS-ter”) [accept Worcestershire sauce]

[10h] This town on the Massachusetts North Shore home to a Singing Beach is also named for an English place, but added a location-based phrase to its name in 1989 to disambiguate from a larger city in nearby New Hampshire.

ANSWER: Manchester-by-the-Sea [prompt on Manchester]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Canada	Main	Y	6	16.67	83%	83%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	71%	14%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	18.00	80%	80%	20%
North	Main	Y	10	22.00	90%	90%	40%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	44%	22%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	20.83	100%	92%	17%
UK	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	15.00	88%	38%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	20.00	75%	88%	38%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	11	23.64	100%	91%	46%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley D	10	10	0	20
Stanford C	Berkeley E	10	0	0	10
Berkeley C	Berkeley F	10	10	0	20
Berkeley B	Stanford A	10	0	0	10
Stanford B	UCSC	10	10	0	20
UCLA A	UCSB	10	10	0	20
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	Claremont Scripps	10	10	0	20
UCI	UCLA D	10	10	0	20
UCLA C	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	10	0	20
USC	Claremont Pitzer	0	0	0	0
UCLA B	UCSD Vices and Virtues	10	10	0	20
UF B	ERAU B	10	0	0	10
Melbourne A	FIU	10	10	0	20
UF E	Melbourne B	10	10	0	20
UF C	ERAU A	10	0	0	10
UF D	FSU	10	0	0	10
UF A	USF	10	0	0	10
CWRU A	MSU A	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee B	Liberty A	0	0	0	0
Liberty C	North Carolina C	10	0	0	10
North Carolina B	James Madison	10	10	10	30
Roanoke	Virginia B	10	10	0	20
South Carolina B	North Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Tusculum	South Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Virginia A	NC State	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	Clemson A	10	10	0	20
Liberty B	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Georgetown A	George Mason B	10	10	0	20
Maryland C	Georgetown B	10	10	0	20
George Washington A	Johns Hopkins C	0	0	10	10
Maryland A	George Mason C	10	10	10	30
Penn A	Maryland B	10	10	0	20
NYU A	Catholic University	10	10	10	30
NYU B	George Washington B	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins A	Notre Dame E	10	10	0	20
Maryland D	Penn B	10	10	10	30
VCU A	UMBC A	10	10	0	20
Princeton A	Columbia A	10	10	0	20
Swarthmore A	Columbia C	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A	Vassar A	10	10	0	20
Rowan A	Lehigh B	10	10	0	20
Rutgers B	Columbia B	10	10	0	20
Kenyon A	CWRU C	10	10	0	20
CWRU D	Kenyon B	10	0	0	10
OSU B	MSU B	10	10	10	30
OSU A	OSU C	10	10	0	20
Pitt B	Pitt C	10	10	0	20
Chicago C	Notre Dame C	10	10	0	20
Minnesota C	Carleton	10	10	0	20
Macalester A	Minnesota A	10	10	0	20
Macalester B	Iowa State	10	10	0	20
Nebraska	St. Thomas	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin	Minnesota B	10	10	0	20
Michigan A	Chicago D	10	0	10	20
Indiana A	Purdue C	10	10	0	20
Indiana B	Illinois A	10	0	0	10
Louisville B	Michigan B	10	10	0	20
Michigan D	Chicago A	10	0	0	10
UIC	Notre Dame B	10	0	0	10
Kentucky	Notre Dame D	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Illinois B	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame A	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
BC A	Brown A	10	10	10	30
BC B	Brandeis Lloyd George	10	0	0	10
BU	Brandeis Orlando	10	10	10	30
Cornell-UG	Bowdoin B	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Clemenceau	Yale A	10	10	0	20
Amherst A	Brown C	10	10	0	20
MIT A	Brown B	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth	MIT B	10	10	0	20
Amherst B	Tufts A	10	10	0	20
Tufts B	Brandeis Wilson	10	10	0	20
Williams	Bowdoin A	10	10	0	20
Harvard	Yale B	10	10	0	20
Washington B	British Columbia A	10	10	0	20
Washington A	British Columbia D	10	10	10	30
Simon Fraser	British Columbia C	10	10	0	20
Alberta	British Columbia B	10	0	0	10
Alberta B	UTD A	10	10	10	30
Northwestern B	Arizona State A	10	0	10	20
Arizona State B	Northwestern A	10	0	0	10
Ohio	Tulsa	10	0	0	10
Iowa	Rose State	10	10	0	20
Texas A	McGill D	10	10	0	20
Texas B	Northwestern C	10	0	0	10
UTD B	UCO	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech A	Alabama A	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech B	Auburn A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Alabama B	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech D	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt A	Huntsville A	10	10	0	20
Bruin A	Huntsville B	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Sewanee A	10	10	10	30
Auburn B	UAB A	10	10	0	20
OSU D	CWRU B	10	0	0	10
Sheffield B	Birmingham A	10	10	0	20
Imperial A	Cambridge B	10	10	0	20
Cambridge C	LSE A	10	10	0	20
ESF	Cornell-DII	10	10	0	20
RIT A	Rochester	10	10	10	30
RIT B	Binghamton B	10	10	0	20
Syracuse	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20
Durham B	Sheffield C	10	0	0	10
Warwick B	Edinburgh B	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh A	Imperial B	10	10	10	30
Bristol A	LSE B	10	10	10	30
Bristol B	Lancaster A	10	10	0	20
Southampton A	Manchester A	10	10	10	30
Cambridge A	Manchester B	10	10	10	30
Oxford A	Imperial C	10	10	0	20