Chase - 2025 ACF Winter - Buzzpoints App

Question

As the head of a company with this name, Albert Wiggin shorted his own stock while trying to mitigate the stock market crash of 1929. The Aaron-Burr-founded Manhattan Company (10[1])nominally acquired a company with this name in 1955. A man with this last name added “In God We Trust” (-5[1])on coinage (10[2]-5[1])and succeeded (-5[1])Roger Taney’s post (10[1]-5[1])after Taney’s (10[2])death. (10[5]-5[2])A (-5[1])bank (10[1])of this name (10[3]-5[1])is (10[1])named (10[1])after (10[1])a (10[2])treasury (10[1])secretary (10[1]-5[1])that once (10[3])graced (10[3])the 10,000-dollar (10[2])bill (-5[1])and presided (10[2])over (10[2])Andrew (10[2])Johnson’s impeachment trial. (10[2])That (10[1])bank (10[1])with this name (10[1])merged in 2000 (-5[1])with one (10[1])named for a financier to become (10[1])the largest bank (10[1]-5[1])in the US. (10[3]-5[2])For 10 points, (10[2]-5[1])give (10[1])this name shared by a Chief Justice (-5[1])with the first name Salmon (10[1]-5[1])and (10[1])a bank (10[3])now merged (-5[1])with (10[1])J.P. (10[1])Morgan (10[1])& Co. (10[2])■END■ (10[13]0[4])

ANSWER: Chase [accept Salmon P. Chase; accept Chase Bank or Chase Manhattan Bank or Chase National Bank; prompt on JPMorgan Chase until “J.P. Morgan” is read by asking “which one?”]

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= Average correct buzz position

Summary


2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	93%	0%	29%	106.23
North	Main	Y	10	90%	0%	20%	73.33
Overflow	Main	Y	3	100%	0%	33%	94.00
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	10%	76.70
Florida	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	17%	98.25
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	38%	102.25
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	88%	0%	25%	83.86
Southeast	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	27%	88.18

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Andrew Massaro	Catholic University	George Washington A	28	10
Donal Ryan	Truman State	WashU B	48	-5
Uday Bhardwaj	McGill B	Toronto K	50	-5
Aneesh Shrotriya	Purdue B	Michigan A	50	10
Rajiv Pujara	Dartmouth	Cornell-UG	50	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	VCU A	52	-5
Cole Hartung	Georgetown A	Penn B	55	10
Ethan Burks	Huntsville B	Sewanee A	55	-5
Anirudh Bharadwaj	Penn A	George Mason A	57	10
Truman Hill	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech D	57	10
Ian Theysmeyer	Queen's A	McMaster C	58	10
Joey Sun	Toronto B	Toronto A	58	10
Stefan Vlad	Ottawa	Toronto D	58	10
Aryan Desarapu	Michigan B	Indiana B	58	10
Ethan Young	Williams	Yale A	58	-5
Anne Fjeld	Alberta B	Northwestern A	58	-5
Sawyer Smith	Mississippi State A	UAB A	58	10
Justin Drees	Notre Dame D	Chicago A	59	-5
Orion Brey	Louisville A	Illinois C	60	10
Tyler Turnpaugh	Georgetown B	Maryland B	63	10
Matthew He	Texas A	Arizona State A	63	10
Mason Evans	Tulsa	UTD B	63	-5
Agnijo Banerjee	Cambridge A	Edinburgh B	63	10
Owen Arneson	Missouri A	SIUE	64	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU B	Notre Dame E	65	10
Patrick Torre	Maryland A	Johns Hopkins A	66	10
Jonah Hubert	Notre Dame A	Chicago D	67	10
Will McCurley	Auburn A	Bruin A	67	10
Olivia Kiser	Kentucky	Michigan D	68	10
Ishan Joshi	Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto J	69	-5
Dennis Reppen	Imperial A	Birmingham A	69	10
Adam Hermann	Notre Dame B	Purdue C	71	10
Elliot Cosnett	Oxford A	Manchester A	71	10
Andrew Fisher	Sheffield A	Warwick A	71	10
Asher Lyons	Maryland D	Johns Hopkins B	72	10
Daniel Ju	Harvard	Brown A	72	10
Yrwin Batan	MIT A	Amherst A	72	10
Carter Herron	Chicago B	Michigan C	74	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Wilson	Brandeis Orlando	74	10
Michael Sun	Brandeis Lloyd George	Brown B	75	-5
Sam Kemeny	Brandeis Clemenceau	Brown C	77	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	77	10
Kevin Le	Carleton	Toronto H	78	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts A	Tufts B	78	10
Malvin Tsetse	MIT B	BU	79	10
Collin Leck	UCO	Northwestern B	79	10
Akshar Goyal	Illinois A	Louisville B	82	10
Yixi Yang	Yale A	Williams	82	10
Jeremy Mau	Northwestern C	Rose State	83	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Alabama B	84	10
Theodor Martin	WashU D	William Woods	87	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	George Washington B	90	-5
Yusuf Baig	McMaster A	Toronto C	92	10
Jaz the Mononymous	Southampton B	Cambridge D	98	10
Mohammad Khan	UTD A	Iowa	101	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech B	101	-5
Nicholas Kwan	Western Ontario	Toronto E	104	10
Loukas Juritsch	Toronto I	McGill C	104	10
Nathan Long	Imperial B	Bristol B	104	-5
William Gillard	Warwick B	Bristol A	104	10
Phillip Jordan	Imperial C	Durham B	104	-5
Justin Hawkins	Indiana A	UIC	107	10
James Wadsley	McGill D	Texas B	107	10
David Worley	LSE A	Edinburgh A	107	-5
Sarah Khan	Queen's B	McMaster B	108	10
Alexander Mayans	Arizona State B	Ohio	115	-5
Michael Wu	Southampton A	Sheffield C	120	-5
Zachary Foster	City St George's A	Sheffield B	120	10
Aaryan Tomar	Georgia Tech B	Vanderbilt B	121	10
Sayan Chandaroy	UMBC A	Johns Hopkins C	123	10
Ved Muthusamy	Northwestern A	Alberta B	123	10
Felix Garrett Johnston	Huntsville A	Auburn B	123	10
Graham Lucas	Bowdoin B	BC B	125	-5
Galen Mueller	McGill A	Guelph A	126	10
Blake Johnson	BC A	Yale B	127	10
Lucas Guan	Brown B	Brandeis Lloyd George	128	10
Alvin Guo	Chicago A	Notre Dame D	130	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge C	Lancaster A	130	10
Sean Yang	Waterloo	Guelph B	131	10
Sean Gao	Toronto K	McGill B	131	10
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto J	Toronto Metropolitan	131	10
Max Bendsen	VCU A	George Mason B	131	10
Ryan Gameng	George Washington B	Maryland C	131	0
Roy Yang	WashU B	Truman State	131	10
Niki Ilia	BC B	Bowdoin B	131	10
Young Fenimore Lee	Ohio	Arizona State B	131	10
Amiya Zope	UTD B	Tulsa	131	10
Isabel Dent	Sewanee A	Huntsville B	131	0
Oliver Rothnie	Durham B	Imperial C	131	10
Arthur Bellamy	Oxford B	Durham A	131	10
Jake Wingfield	Bristol B	Imperial B	131	0
Anirudh Terdal	LSE B	Manchester B	131	10
Ian Costigan	Sheffield C	Southampton A	131	10
Rayhana Amjad	Edinburgh A	LSE A	131	10
Hamish Campbell	Durham A	Oxford B	131	0

2025 ACF Nationals

2025-08-09

93%

29%

106.23

North

Main

90%

20%

73.33

Overflow

Main

100%

33%

94.00

Pacific Northwest

Main

100%

10%

76.70

Florida

Main

100%

17%

98.25

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

38%

102.25

Upstate NY

Main

88%

25%

83.86

Southeast

Main

100%

27%

88.18

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Andrew Massaro

Catholic University

George Washington A

Donal Ryan

Truman State

WashU B

-5

Uday Bhardwaj

McGill B

Toronto K

-5

Aneesh Shrotriya

Purdue B

Michigan A

Rajiv Pujara

Dartmouth

Cornell-UG

Margaret Withers

George Mason B

VCU A

-5

Cole Hartung

Georgetown A

Penn B

Ethan Burks

Huntsville B

Sewanee A

-5

Anirudh Bharadwaj

Penn A

George Mason A

Truman Hill

Vanderbilt A

Georgia Tech D

Ian Theysmeyer

Queen's A

McMaster C

Joey Sun

Toronto B

Toronto A

Stefan Vlad

Ottawa

Toronto D

Aryan Desarapu

Michigan B

Indiana B

Ethan Young

Williams

Yale A

-5

Anne Fjeld

Alberta B

Northwestern A

-5

Sawyer Smith

Mississippi State A

UAB A

Justin Drees

Notre Dame D

Chicago A

-5

Orion Brey

Louisville A

Illinois C

Tyler Turnpaugh

Georgetown B

Maryland B

Matthew He

Texas A

Arizona State A

Mason Evans

Tulsa

UTD B

-5

Agnijo Banerjee

Cambridge A

Edinburgh B

Owen Arneson

Missouri A

SIUE

Kelvin Ni

NYU B

Notre Dame E

Patrick Torre

Maryland A

Johns Hopkins A

Jonah Hubert

Notre Dame A

Chicago D

Will McCurley

Auburn A

Bruin A

Olivia Kiser

Kentucky

Michigan D

Ishan Joshi

Toronto Metropolitan

Toronto J

-5

Dennis Reppen

Imperial A

Birmingham A

Adam Hermann

Notre Dame B

Purdue C

Elliot Cosnett

Oxford A

Manchester A

Andrew Fisher

Sheffield A

Warwick A

Asher Lyons

Maryland D

Johns Hopkins B

Daniel Ju

Harvard

Brown A

Yrwin Batan

MIT A

Amherst A

Carter Herron

Chicago B

Michigan C

Jonathan Schnipper

Brandeis Wilson

Brandeis Orlando

Michael Sun

Brandeis Lloyd George

Brown B

-5

Sam Kemeny

Brandeis Clemenceau

Brown C

Emerson Patmore

Georgia Tech C

Georgia Tech A

Kevin Le

Carleton

Toronto H

Thomas Newill

Tufts A

Tufts B

Malvin Tsetse

MIT B

Collin Leck

UCO

Northwestern B

Akshar Goyal

Illinois A

Louisville B

Yixi Yang

Yale A

Williams

Jeremy Mau

Northwestern C

Rose State

Britton Webster

Alabama A

Alabama B

Theodor Martin

WashU D

William Woods

Ben Spirtas

Maryland C

George Washington B

-5

Yusuf Baig

McMaster A

Toronto C

Jaz the Mononymous

Southampton B

Cambridge D

Mohammad Khan

UTD A

Iowa

101

Darren Kellis

Vanderbilt B

Georgia Tech B

101

-5

Nicholas Kwan

Western Ontario

Toronto E

104

Loukas Juritsch

Toronto I

McGill C

104

Nathan Long

Imperial B

Bristol B

104

-5

William Gillard

Warwick B

Bristol A

104

Phillip Jordan

Imperial C

Durham B

104

-5

Justin Hawkins

Indiana A

UIC

107

James Wadsley

McGill D

Texas B

107

David Worley

LSE A

Edinburgh A

107

-5

Sarah Khan

Queen's B

McMaster B

108

Alexander Mayans

Arizona State B

Ohio

115

-5

Michael Wu

Southampton A

Sheffield C

120

-5

Zachary Foster

City St George's A

Sheffield B

120

Aaryan Tomar

Georgia Tech B

Vanderbilt B

121

Sayan Chandaroy

UMBC A

Johns Hopkins C

123

Ved Muthusamy

Northwestern A

Alberta B

123

Felix Garrett Johnston

Huntsville A

Auburn B

123

Graham Lucas

Bowdoin B

BC B

125

-5

Galen Mueller

McGill A

Guelph A

126

Blake Johnson

BC A

Yale B

127

Lucas Guan

Brown B

Brandeis Lloyd George

128

Alvin Guo

Chicago A

Notre Dame D

130

Daniel Hobba

Cambridge C

Lancaster A

130

Sean Yang

Waterloo

Guelph B

131

Sean Gao

Toronto K

McGill B

131

Zaire Gibbons

Toronto J

Toronto Metropolitan

131

Max Bendsen

VCU A

George Mason B

131

Ryan Gameng

George Washington B

Maryland C

131

Roy Yang

WashU B

Truman State

131

Niki Ilia

BC B

Bowdoin B

131

Young Fenimore Lee

Ohio

Arizona State B

131

Amiya Zope

UTD B

Tulsa

131

Isabel Dent

Sewanee A

Huntsville B

131

Oliver Rothnie

Durham B

Imperial C

131

Arthur Bellamy

Oxford B

Durham A

131

Jake Wingfield

Bristol B

Imperial B

131

Anirudh Terdal

LSE B

Manchester B

131

Ian Costigan

Sheffield C

Southampton A

131

Rayhana Amjad

Edinburgh A

LSE A

131

Hamish Campbell

Durham A

Oxford B

131