Herschel - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

A member of this family who supposedly discovered bat-men during the Great Moon Hoax coined the term “photography” (-5[2])and invented the cyanotype used to make blueprints. An annual fifty pounds salary from George III made a woman in this family the first woman to be paid as a (10[1])scientist. (10[3])A man from this Hanover-originated (10[1])family (10[1])was organist of the Octagon Chapel (-5[1])in Bath before building a 40-foot (-5[1])telescope (10[1])in Slough. (10[5])John Dreyer (10[1])compiled (10[3])observations done by this family (10[1])into the New General Catalogue. (10[4]-5[1])A member of this (-5[1])family (10[1])named Caroline (10[4])assisted her (10[1])brother, (10[2]-5[1])who (10[1])discovered (10[2])Titania (-5[1])and (10[1])Oberon (10[1])as well (10[1]-5[1])as the (10[1])body (10[1])they orbit. (10[5]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name this (10[1])family (10[1]-5[1])of (10[1])astronomer (10[1])William, (10[1])the discoverer (10[5])of (10[1])Uranus. (10[2])■END■ (10[12]0[10])

ANSWER: Herschel [accept William Herschel or Caroline Herschel or John Herschel]

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Summary


2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	93%	0%	14%	79.46
North	Main	Y	10	80%	0%	10%	94.38
Overflow	Main	Y	3	100%	0%	33%	108.33
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	10%	103.10
Florida	Main	Y	13	92%	0%	8%	99.33
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	75%	0%	38%	95.67
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	88%	0%	13%	85.71
Southeast	Main	Y	11	91%	0%	9%	101.40

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Hari Veginati	UIC	Indiana A	17	-5
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State A	Texas A	17	-5
Oscar O'Flanagan	Imperial A	Birmingham A	47	10
Eoin Neale	Lancaster A	Cambridge C	48	10
Jacob Price	Cambridge A	Edinburgh B	48	10
James Byrne	Bristol A	Warwick B	48	10
Sharath Narayan	Northwestern A	Alberta B	53	10
Lucas Guan	Brown B	Brandeis Lloyd George	54	10
Elliot Cosnett	Oxford A	Manchester A	60	-5
Taaj Rai	George Washington A	Catholic University	66	-5
Benjamin Chapman	Toronto A	Toronto B	67	10
Kevin Le	Carleton	Toronto H	69	10
Evan Schleck	Georgetown A	Penn B	69	10
Felix Garrett Johnston	Huntsville A	Auburn B	69	10
Ethan Burks	Huntsville B	Sewanee A	69	10
Antoni Kluzowski	Warwick A	Sheffield A	69	10
Henry Jameson	LSE A	Edinburgh A	71	10
Anirudh Bharadwaj	Penn A	George Mason A	72	10
Tyler Turnpaugh	Georgetown B	Maryland B	72	10
Sam Kemeny	Brandeis Clemenceau	Brown C	72	10
Jack Lewis	Bruin A	Auburn A	77	10
S. A. Shenoy	Georgia Tech B	Vanderbilt B	82	10
Oliver Rothnie	Durham B	Imperial C	82	10
Arthur Bellamy	Oxford B	Durham A	82	-5
Alec Csukai	Manchester B	LSE B	82	10
Zachary Foster	City St George's A	Sheffield B	82	10
Tyler Thurman	SIUE	Missouri A	86	-5
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Purdue B	87	10
Thomas Thatcher	Truman State	WashU B	89	10
Nermeen Rahman	Indiana B	Michigan B	89	10
Yrwin Batan	MIT A	Amherst A	89	10
Alex Thomas	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	89	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Illinois C	91	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto C	92	10
Shardul Parthasarathy	Illinois A	Louisville B	92	10
Samir Sarma	Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt A	92	-5
Jonathan Lau	Maryland A	Johns Hopkins A	93	10
Olivia Kiser	Kentucky	Michigan D	94	10
James Wadsley	McGill D	Texas B	94	10
Stephen Walsh	Northwestern B	UCO	95	-5
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Alabama B	96	10
Alec Riso	Cornell-UG	Dartmouth	97	10
Eva Mandelbaum	Guelph A	McGill A	99	10
Rohan Vittal	Brown A	Harvard	99	-5
Matthew Vidal	Northwestern C	Rose State	101	10
Carter Yott	McMaster C	Queen's A	102	10
Sarah Khan	Queen's B	McMaster B	104	10
Shaynee Ruffle	Toronto I	McGill C	104	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto D	Ottawa	104	10
Young Fenimore Lee	Ohio	Arizona State B	104	10
Akshansh Chauhan	UTD A	Iowa	104	-5
Jarrod Curl	Tulsa	UTD B	104	10
Nabhaan Farooqi	McGill B	Toronto K	105	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	George Washington B	107	10
Jake Wingfield	Bristol B	Imperial B	109	10
Stephen Pace	Guelph B	Waterloo	110	-5
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto J	Toronto Metropolitan	110	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	George Mason B	111	10
William Houston	Chicago A	Notre Dame D	112	10
Asher Lyons	Maryland D	Johns Hopkins B	113	10
Samarth Ram	Chicago B	Michigan C	115	10
Nikhil Nair	BU	MIT B	115	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Orlando	Brandeis Wilson	115	10
James Carrick-Lawson	Southampton B	Cambridge D	115	10
Joel Dicker	Southampton A	Sheffield C	115	10
Eric Lipsutz	Chicago D	Notre Dame A	116	10
Adam Hermann	Notre Dame B	Purdue C	117	10
Nathan Easow	Manchester A	Oxford A	117	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo	Guelph B	118	0
Yash Modi	Western Ontario	Toronto E	118	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto F	Toronto G	118	10
Zaid Asif	NYU B	Notre Dame E	118	0
Jarman Taylor	Johns Hopkins C	UMBC A	118	0
Max Kolda	Notre Dame E	NYU B	118	0
Andrew Massaro	Catholic University	George Washington A	118	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods	WashU D	118	10
Braden Booth	Missouri A	SIUE	118	10
Alex Akridge	Indiana A	UIC	118	10
Riley Roessler	Bowdoin B	BC B	118	0
Ethan Erickson	BC B	Bowdoin B	118	0
Peter Nelson	Yale B	BC A	118	10
Jon Suh	Harvard	Brown A	118	10
Will Zhang	Tufts A	Tufts B	118	10
Spencer Thomas	Yale A	Williams	118	10
Matthew He	Texas A	Arizona State A	118	10
Grace Early	Iowa	UTD A	118	0
Gavin Markoff	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech D	118	10
Swapneel Mandal	UAB A	Mississippi State A	118	0
Sawyer Smith	Mississippi State A	UAB A	118	0
Hamish Campbell	Durham A	Oxford B	118	0

2025 ACF Nationals

2025-08-09

93%

14%

79.46

North

Main

80%

10%

94.38

Overflow

Main

100%

33%

108.33

Pacific Northwest

Main

100%

10%

103.10

Florida

Main

92%

99.33

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

75%

38%

95.67

Upstate NY

Main

88%

13%

85.71

Southeast

Main

91%

101.40

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Hari Veginati

UIC

Indiana A

-5

Skand Parvatikar

Arizona State A

Texas A

-5

Oscar O'Flanagan

Imperial A

Birmingham A

Eoin Neale

Lancaster A

Cambridge C

Jacob Price

Cambridge A

Edinburgh B

James Byrne

Bristol A

Warwick B

Sharath Narayan

Northwestern A

Alberta B

Lucas Guan

Brown B

Brandeis Lloyd George

Elliot Cosnett

Oxford A

Manchester A

-5

Taaj Rai

George Washington A

Catholic University

-5

Benjamin Chapman

Toronto A

Toronto B

Kevin Le

Carleton

Toronto H

Evan Schleck

Georgetown A

Penn B

Felix Garrett Johnston

Huntsville A

Auburn B

Ethan Burks

Huntsville B

Sewanee A

Antoni Kluzowski

Warwick A

Sheffield A

Henry Jameson

LSE A

Edinburgh A

Anirudh Bharadwaj

Penn A

George Mason A

Tyler Turnpaugh

Georgetown B

Maryland B

Sam Kemeny

Brandeis Clemenceau

Brown C

Jack Lewis

Bruin A

Auburn A

S. A. Shenoy

Georgia Tech B

Vanderbilt B

Oliver Rothnie

Durham B

Imperial C

Arthur Bellamy

Oxford B

Durham A

-5

Alec Csukai

Manchester B

LSE B

Zachary Foster

City St George's A

Sheffield B

Tyler Thurman

SIUE

Missouri A

-5

Kevin Zheng

Michigan A

Purdue B

Thomas Thatcher

Truman State

WashU B

Nermeen Rahman

Indiana B

Michigan B

Yrwin Batan

MIT A

Amherst A

Alex Thomas

Georgia Tech C

Georgia Tech A

Snehan Saroch

Louisville A

Illinois C

Christian Humeniuk

McMaster A

Toronto C

Shardul Parthasarathy

Illinois A

Louisville B

Samir Sarma

Georgia Tech D

Vanderbilt A

-5

Jonathan Lau

Maryland A

Johns Hopkins A

Olivia Kiser

Kentucky

Michigan D

James Wadsley

McGill D

Texas B

Stephen Walsh

Northwestern B

UCO

-5

Britton Webster

Alabama A

Alabama B

Alec Riso

Cornell-UG

Dartmouth

Eva Mandelbaum

Guelph A

McGill A

Rohan Vittal

Brown A

Harvard

-5

Matthew Vidal

Northwestern C

Rose State

101

Carter Yott

McMaster C

Queen's A

102

Sarah Khan

Queen's B

McMaster B

104

Shaynee Ruffle

Toronto I

McGill C

104

Ethen Sun

Toronto D

Ottawa

104

Young Fenimore Lee

Ohio

Arizona State B

104

Akshansh Chauhan

UTD A

Iowa

104

-5

Jarrod Curl

Tulsa

UTD B

104

Nabhaan Farooqi

McGill B

Toronto K

105

Ben Spirtas

Maryland C

George Washington B

107

Jake Wingfield

Bristol B

Imperial B

109

Stephen Pace

Guelph B

Waterloo

110

-5

Nathaniel Godfrey

Toronto J

Toronto Metropolitan

110

Fern Fang

VCU A

George Mason B

111

William Houston

Chicago A

Notre Dame D

112

Asher Lyons

Maryland D

Johns Hopkins B

113

Samarth Ram

Chicago B

Michigan C

115

Nikhil Nair

MIT B

115

Jack Granahan

Brandeis Orlando

Brandeis Wilson

115

James Carrick-Lawson

Southampton B

Cambridge D

115

Joel Dicker

Southampton A

Sheffield C

115

Eric Lipsutz

Chicago D

Notre Dame A

116

Adam Hermann

Notre Dame B

Purdue C

117

Nathan Easow

Manchester A

Oxford A

117

Gavin Ge

Waterloo

Guelph B

118

Yash Modi

Western Ontario

Toronto E

118

Platon Gorokhov

Toronto F

Toronto G

118

Zaid Asif

NYU B

Notre Dame E

118

Jarman Taylor

Johns Hopkins C

UMBC A

118

Max Kolda

Notre Dame E

NYU B

118

Andrew Massaro

Catholic University

George Washington A

118

Alex Dzurick

William Woods

WashU D

118

Braden Booth

Missouri A

SIUE

118

Alex Akridge

Indiana A

UIC

118

Riley Roessler

Bowdoin B

BC B

118

Ethan Erickson

BC B

Bowdoin B

118

Peter Nelson

Yale B

BC A

118

Jon Suh

Harvard

Brown A

118

Will Zhang

Tufts A

Tufts B

118

Spencer Thomas

Yale A

Williams

118

Matthew He

Texas A

Arizona State A

118

Grace Early

Iowa

UTD A

118

Gavin Markoff

Vanderbilt A

Georgia Tech D

118

Swapneel Mandal

UAB A

Mississippi State A

118

Sawyer Smith

Mississippi State A

UAB A

118

Hamish Campbell

Durham A

Oxford B

118