Missouri River - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

William D. Brown ran the Lone Tree Ferry to shuttle settlers across this river, where Alfred D. Jones led a “Claim Club” to protect squatters. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this river. The Union Pacific company began building a project westward from this river and is headquartered in another city across this river.

ANSWER: Missouri River

[10e] Union Pacific built the portion of this project from Council Bluffs through Omaha to Promontory Summit, where it joined the Central Pacific at the Golden Spike.

ANSWER: Transcontinental Railroads [accept Pacific Railroad or Overland Route; accept First Transcontinental Railroad; accept railway in place of “railroad”; prompt on railroad or railway]

[10m] This group founded Kanesville, the predecessor to Council Bluffs, and had Winter Quarters in Omaha along a namesake “Trail.” This group was expelled by Missouri’s Executive Order 44.

ANSWER: Mormons [or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; or LDS; or the Mormon Church; or Mormonism; accept Mormon Trail; prompt on followers of Joseph Smith or followers of Brigham Young]

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Summary


Florida	Main	Y	13	12.31	54%	62%	8%
North	Main	Y	10	19.00	100%	70%	20%
Overflow	Main	Y	3	26.67	100%	100%	67%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	19.00	90%	90%	10%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	19.09	100%	82%	9%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	21.25	100%	88%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	17.50	88%	75%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	12.86	64%	64%	0%

Data


Guelph A	McGill A	0	10	10	20
McMaster C	Queen's A	0	0	0	0
Queen's B	McMaster B	10	0	0	10
Toronto A	Toronto B	0	10	10	20
McMaster A	Toronto C	0	10	10	20
Toronto D	Ottawa	0	10	10	20
Western Ontario	Toronto E	0	0	10	10
Toronto F	Toronto G	0	0	0	0
Carleton	Toronto H	0	10	10	20
McGill C	Toronto I	0	10	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto J	0	10	10	20
Toronto K	McGill B	0	0	10	10
Guelph B	Waterloo	0	0	0	0
George Mason A	Penn A	10	10	10	30
George Washington A	Catholic University	0	10	0	10
George Washington B	Maryland C	0	10	10	20
Maryland D	Johns Hopkins B	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins A	Maryland A	0	10	0	10
Georgetown B	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Notre Dame E	0	10	10	20
Penn B	Georgetown A	0	10	10	20
UMBC A	Johns Hopkins C	0	10	0	10
George Mason B	VCU A	0	10	10	20
Missouri A	SIUE	10	10	10	30
Truman State	WashU B	10	10	10	30
WashU D	William Woods	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame D	Chicago A	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame A	Chicago D	10	10	10	30
Illinois A	Louisville B	0	10	10	20
Illinois C	Louisville A	0	10	10	20
Indiana A	UIC	0	10	10	20
Indiana B	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Kentucky	Michigan D	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Purdue B	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame B	Purdue C	0	10	10	20
MIT B	BU	10	10	10	30
Bowdoin B	BC B	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Clemenceau	Brown C	0	10	10	20
Brandeis Lloyd George	Brown B	0	10	10	20
Brandeis Orlando	Brandeis Wilson	0	10	10	20
Dartmouth	Cornell-UG	0	10	10	20
Harvard	Brown A	0	10	10	20
MIT A	Amherst A	0	10	10	20
Tufts A	Tufts B	0	10	10	20
Williams	Yale A	0	10	0	10
BC A	Yale B	0	10	10	20
Northwestern A	Alberta B	0	10	10	20
Ohio	Arizona State B	0	10	0	10
Northwestern C	Rose State	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	Texas A	0	10	10	20
McGill D	Texas B	0	10	10	20
Tulsa	UTD B	10	10	10	30
Northwestern B	UCO	10	10	10	30
Iowa	UTD A	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Alabama B	0	10	0	10
Auburn B	Huntsville A	0	10	10	20
Bruin A	Auburn A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Huntsville B	Sewanee A	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State A	UAB A	10	0	0	10
Bristol B	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Sheffield B	City St George's A	0	10	10	20
Durham B	Imperial C	0	0	0	0
Cambridge A	Edinburgh B	0	10	10	20
LSE A	Edinburgh A	0	10	10	20
Lancaster A	Cambridge C	0	10	10	20
LSE B	Manchester B	0	0	0	0
Manchester A	Oxford A	0	10	10	20
Durham A	Oxford B	0	0	0	0
Sheffield C	Southampton A	0	0	0	0
Cambridge D	Southampton B	0	10	10	20
Sheffield A	Warwick A	0	0	10	10
Warwick B	Bristol A	0	10	10	20
Imperial A	Birmingham A	0	10	10	20