astronauts - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

A 1978 group of people in this profession called “Thirty-Five New Guys” (10[1])included (10[1])six pioneering (10[1])female (10[1])members like Shannon Lucid. An actress diversified this profession through a national outreach campaign with the company Woman in Motion. (-5[1])A person best known for this profession publicly (-5[1])came out via (10[1])her obituary (10[1])and was (10[1])once asked (10[3])if (10[2])100 (10[1])tampons (10[4])was (10[3])appropriate (10[12])for one (10[6])week (10[13])in (10[3])this (10[6])profession. (10[22])Actress (10[1])Nichelle (10[1])Nichols (10[1])inspired (10[1])people in this profession like Mae Jemison. (10[5])In a (10[1])televised (10[5])accident investigated by the Rogers (10[1])Commission, members of this profession (10[1])including Judith (10[1])Resnik perished alongside a teacher (10[1])trained for this profession (10[1])named Christa (10[1])McAuliffe. For 10 points, name this profession of Sally Ride. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: astronauts [prompt on scientists; prompt on engineers; prompt on aviators or pilots; prompt on geologists; prompt on schoolteachers until “teacher” is read] (Nichelle Nichols was the original portrayer of Uhura in Star Trek.)

= Average correct buzz position

Summary


2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	61.25
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	3	100%	0%	0%	60.00
Florida	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	0%	67.50
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	59.83
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	58.71
Midwest	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	64.63
North	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	0%	56.30
Northeast	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	61.00
California	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	56.60
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	10%	72.60
South Central	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	48.60
Southeast	Main	Y	1	100%	0%	0%	60.00
UK	Main	Y	4	75%	0%	25%	74.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	67.00
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	51.63
Overflow	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	55.75
Canada	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	63.40

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Cole Hammans	Nebraska	Macalester B	11	10
Zachary Leblang	Penn B	VCU A	12	10
Alex Thomas	Georgia Tech C	Mississippi State A	14	10
James Norris	Huntsville B	Auburn B	15	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia C	British Columbia D	35	-5
Yashwanth Bajji	Michigan A	Louisville A	43	-5
Vikram Narasimhan	Stanford C	Berkeley A	46	10
Theodor Martin	WashU D	WashU B	48	10
Zoe Wang	Carleton	Wisconsin	50	10
Olivia Parisotto	Toronto G	Queen's B	52	10
Evan Schleck	Georgetown A	UMBC A	52	10
Harris Beckner	Alabama A	Vanderbilt B	52	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods	Missouri B	53	10
Adam Hermann	Notre Dame B	Michigan C	53	10
Olin Bose	Columbia A	Rutgers B	54	10
Elishiya Crain-Keddie	USC	Claremont Scripps	55	10
Abby Lindley	MSU B	OSU D	55	10
Jarrod Curl	Tulsa	Alberta B	55	10
Davin Sivertson	Alabama B	Vanderbilt A	55	10
Ava Butler	McGill A	Toronto A	56	10
Heidi Moyer	ERAU A	UF A	56	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	North Carolina C	56	10
Abby Smith	Berkeley B	Berkeley D	57	10
Kathleen Perez	ERAU B	UF E	57	10
Ryan Gomes	Melbourne A	USF	57	10
Jake Meltzer	CWRU A	Kenyon A	57	10
August Szpak	CWRU C	Pitt B	57	10
Roxanne Tang	OSU A	MSU A	57	10
Dillon George	Catholic University	Johns Hopkins B	57	10
Anirudh Bharadwaj	Penn A	George Mason C	57	10
Ben Hellman	Swarthmore A	Rowan A	57	10
Alana Dickey	Indiana A	Chicago B	57	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester A	Minnesota C	57	10
Rachel Bentham	Manchester B	Edinburgh B	57	10
Aatreyo Bhattacharyya	Berkeley C	Stanford A	59	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont Pitzer	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	59	10
Tiffany Zhou	OSU C	Pitt C	59	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech A	Virginia B	59	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	Johns Hopkins C	59	10
Braxton Davis	Missouri A	Truman State	59	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley F	Stanford B	60	10
Franklin Wu	Toronto C	Toronto D	60	10
Andrew Lin	Toronto K	Western Ontario	60	10
Juan Landaeta	FSU	Melbourne B	60	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty B	Tusculum	60	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Lehigh B	60	10
Dhruvi Shah	Columbia C	Rutgers C	60	10
Alex Brown	UIC	Purdue C	60	10
Richard Lim	Bowdoin A	Yale B	60	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas B	Northwestern B	60	10
Lily Morris	Bristol A	Cambridge A	60	10
Jordan Parker-Martin	Rochester	Binghamton B	60	10
Madison Glaser	ESF	Syracuse	60	10
Rishabh Dave	Berkeley E	UCSC	61	10
Daniel Kim	Maryland B	George Washington B	61	10
Beck Faletti	Washington A	Washington B	61	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Ottawa	62	10
Alexander Nichols	UCF A	UF B	62	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU B	Georgetown B	62	10
William Houston	Chicago A	Illinois B	62	10
Marin Burg	St. Thomas	Minnesota A	62	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT B	Binghamton A	62	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA C	63	10
Ashlee Bacconi	UCSB	UCI	63	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto H	McGill B	63	10
Ellen Ge	Toronto E	Toronto J	63	10
Jason Zhang	Toronto B	Toronto Metropolitan	63	10
Raisa Tabassum	Guelph B	Queen's A	63	10
Ariel Faeder	Pitt A	Kenyon B	63	10
Wren Davis	CWRU D	OSU B	63	10
Alex Wyrick	Tennessee A	North Carolina A	63	10
Ian Parsons	Maryland D	NYU A	63	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Notre Dame E	63	10
Ryan Hppel	SIUE	WashU A	63	10
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Michigan D	63	10
Jacob Chambers	Iowa State	Minnesota B	63	10
Liam Markland	Alberta	Simon Fraser	63	10
Amiya Zope	UTD B	Rose State	63	10
Bryan Ugaz	Arizona State A	UTD A	63	10
Brielle Rach	Iowa	Texas A	63	10
Kaushul Manikandan	Huntsville A	Georgia Tech B	63	10
Arhith Dharanendra	Georgia Tech D	UAB A	63	10
Odysseas Gabrielatos	Warwick B	LSE B	63	10
Emilie Moore	RIT A	Cornell-DII	63	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	South Carolina A	64	10
Danny Tran	Tennessee B	Liberty C	65	10
Alexander Mayans	Arizona State B	McGill D	66	10
Kyan van Beek	UF C	UCF B	67	10
Cameron Liu	Toronto I	Toronto F	74	10
Taylor Salazar	Roanoke	North Carolina B	74	10
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar A	Princeton A	74	10
Aneesh Shrotriya	Purdue B	Chicago D	74	10
Tate Osborne	Auburn A	Sewanee A	74	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia A	Virginia Tech B	76	10
Nolan Dannels	UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	77	10
Andy Yu	Maryland A	George Mason A	77	10
Jacob Graham	Chicago C	Indiana B	77	10
Sharath Narayan	Northwestern A	UCO	77	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Bruin A	77	10
Akshar Goyal	Illinois A	Notre Dame C	82	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois C	Notre Dame A	87	10
Max Averbach	Northwestern C	Ohio	89	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Waterloo	94	10
John Chen	British Columbia B	British Columbia A	98	10
Noah Jaye	McMaster B	McMaster A	100	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Michigan A	111	10
Matthew Wang	British Columbia D	British Columbia C	111	0

2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley

04/19/2025

100%

61.25

2025 ACF Nationals

2025-08-09

100%

60.00

Florida

Main

100%

67.50

Great Lakes

Main

100%

59.83

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

58.71

Midwest

Main

100%

64.63

North

Main

100%

56.30

Northeast

Main

100%

61.00

California

Main

100%

56.60

Pacific Northwest

Main

100%

10%

72.60

South Central

Main

100%

48.60

Southeast

Main

100%

60.00

Main

75%

25%

74.00

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

67.00

Upstate NY

Main

100%

51.63

Overflow

Main

100%

55.75

Canada

Main

100%

63.40

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Cole Hammans

Nebraska

Macalester B

Zachary Leblang

Penn B

VCU A

Alex Thomas

Georgia Tech C

Mississippi State A

James Norris

Huntsville B

Auburn B

Joyann Hua

British Columbia C

British Columbia D

-5

Yashwanth Bajji

Michigan A

Louisville A

-5

Vikram Narasimhan

Stanford C

Berkeley A

Theodor Martin

WashU D

WashU B

Zoe Wang

Carleton

Wisconsin

Olivia Parisotto

Toronto G

Queen's B

Evan Schleck

Georgetown A

UMBC A

Harris Beckner

Alabama A

Vanderbilt B

Alex Dzurick

William Woods

Missouri B

Adam Hermann

Notre Dame B

Michigan C

Olin Bose

Columbia A

Rutgers B

Elishiya Crain-Keddie

USC

Claremont Scripps

Abby Lindley

MSU B

OSU D

Jarrod Curl

Tulsa

Alberta B

Davin Sivertson

Alabama B

Vanderbilt A

Ava Butler

McGill A

Toronto A

Heidi Moyer

ERAU A

UF A

Ben Lanahan

Clemson A

North Carolina C

Abby Smith

Berkeley B

Berkeley D

Kathleen Perez

ERAU B

UF E

Ryan Gomes

Melbourne A

USF

Jake Meltzer

CWRU A

Kenyon A

August Szpak

CWRU C

Pitt B

Roxanne Tang

OSU A

MSU A

Dillon George

Catholic University

Johns Hopkins B

Anirudh Bharadwaj

Penn A

George Mason C

Ben Hellman

Swarthmore A

Rowan A

Alana Dickey

Indiana A

Chicago B

Anneke Stracks

Macalester A

Minnesota C

Rachel Bentham

Manchester B

Edinburgh B

Aatreyo Bhattacharyya

Berkeley C

Stanford A

Sarah Silverman

Claremont Pitzer

UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms

Tiffany Zhou

OSU C

Pitt C

Emily Kadolph

Virginia Tech A

Virginia B

Joe O'Connor

George Mason B

Johns Hopkins C

Braxton Davis

Missouri A

Truman State

Mia Liu

Berkeley F

Stanford B

Franklin Wu

Toronto C

Toronto D

Andrew Lin

Toronto K

Western Ontario

Juan Landaeta

FSU

Melbourne B

Johanna Bryant

Liberty B

Tusculum

Alex Mayernick

Lehigh A

Lehigh B

Dhruvi Shah

Columbia C

Rutgers C

Alex Brown

UIC

Purdue C

Richard Lim

Bowdoin A

Yale B

Keerthana Krishnan

Texas B

Northwestern B

Lily Morris

Bristol A

Cambridge A

Jordan Parker-Martin

Rochester

Binghamton B

Madison Glaser

ESF

Syracuse

Rishabh Dave

Berkeley E

UCSC

Daniel Kim

Maryland B

George Washington B

Beck Faletti

Washington A

Washington B

Dylan Steptoe

Guelph A

Ottawa

Alexander Nichols

UCF A

UF B

Kelvin Ni

NYU B

Georgetown B

William Houston

Chicago A

Illinois B

Marin Burg

St. Thomas

Minnesota A

Cade Reinberger

RIT B

Binghamton A

Andrew Nucci

UCLA B

UCLA C

Ashlee Bacconi

UCSB

UCI

Stephen Ottewell

Toronto H

McGill B

Ellen Ge

Toronto E

Toronto J

Jason Zhang

Toronto B

Toronto Metropolitan

Raisa Tabassum

Guelph B

Queen's A

Ariel Faeder

Pitt A

Kenyon B

Wren Davis

CWRU D

OSU B

Alex Wyrick

Tennessee A

North Carolina A

Ian Parsons

Maryland D

NYU A

Ben Spirtas

Maryland C

Notre Dame E

Ryan Hppel

SIUE

WashU A

Eric Yang

Purdue A

Michigan D

Jacob Chambers

Iowa State

Minnesota B

Liam Markland

Alberta

Simon Fraser

Amiya Zope

UTD B

Rose State

Bryan Ugaz

Arizona State A

UTD A

Brielle Rach

Iowa

Texas A

Kaushul Manikandan

Huntsville A

Georgia Tech B

Arhith Dharanendra

Georgia Tech D

UAB A

Odysseas Gabrielatos

Warwick B

LSE B

Emilie Moore

RIT A

Cornell-DII

Asheton Wilbanks

Clemson B

South Carolina A

Danny Tran

Tennessee B

Liberty C

Alexander Mayans

Arizona State B

McGill D

Kyan van Beek

UF C

UCF B

Cameron Liu

Toronto I

Toronto F

Taylor Salazar

Roanoke

North Carolina B

Ezra Siegartel

Vassar A

Princeton A

Aneesh Shrotriya

Purdue B

Chicago D

Tate Osborne

Auburn A

Sewanee A

Joseph Chambers

Virginia A

Virginia Tech B

Nolan Dannels

UCSD Vices and Virtues

UCSD What Hath God Wrought

Andy Yu

Maryland A

George Mason A

Jacob Graham

Chicago C

Indiana B

Sharath Narayan

Northwestern A

UCO

Pranav Jothi

Georgia Tech A

Bruin A

Akshar Goyal

Illinois A

Notre Dame C

Kevin Yang

Illinois C

Notre Dame A

Max Averbach

Northwestern C

Ohio

Cranmer McGinn

McMaster C

Waterloo

John Chen

British Columbia B

British Columbia A

Noah Jaye

McMaster B

McMaster A

100

Mary Kate Vance

Louisville A

Michigan A

111

Matthew Wang

British Columbia D

British Columbia C

111