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Question

A novel about a character with this occupation includes a set of “Commendatory Verses” by fictional characters, including Urganda the Unknown. A character with this occupation changes his nickname (10[1])to be “of the Lions” instead of (10[1])one about having (10[1])a “Sorrowful Face.” (10[2])A man with this occupation is described with the epithet Innamorato (10[2])in the (10[1])title (10[3])of (10[1])a poem (10[1])by Matteo (10[2])Boiardo. (10[1])In a novel (10[1])about a character with this occupation, (10[1])the romance Amadis of Gaul (10[1])is among (10[1])the books (10[1]-5[1])taken (10[2])out (10[1])of (10[1])a (-5[1])library to be (10[2])burned (10[5])by (10[1])a barber (10[5]-5[1])and priest. (10[7])That novel contains references (10[1])to an epic poem (10[1])about a man with this occupation (10[3])titled (10[2]-5[1])Orlando (10[2])Furioso. (10[5])A character who names (10[1])his horse (10[3])Rocinante (10[13])aspires (10[3])to hold this occupation (10[1])and (10[1])recruits (10[2])the laborer Sancho (10[1])Panza. For 10 (10[1])points, name this chivalric profession held by (10[1])Don Quixote. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: knight [or knight-errant; or caballero; or caballero andante; accept “Knight of the Lions” or “Knight of the Sorrowful Face”]

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= Average correct buzz position

Summary


2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	92.50
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	100%	0%	0%	88.64
Florida	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	8%	94.33
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	104.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	103.29
Midwest	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	92.13
California	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	84.00
Northeast	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	97.40
Overflow	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	93.00
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	91.63
North	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	18%	96.45
Canada	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	102.67

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Mateo Acosta	FIU	UF A	28	10
Oscar O'Flanagan	Imperial A	Birmingham A	35	10
Christopher Pawul	Columbia C	Princeton A	38	10
Victor Xu	Toronto H	Toronto C	41	10
Ben LaFond	Cambridge A	Edinburgh A	41	10
Gavin Markoff	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech C	52	10
Carlos Gonzalez	Syracuse	Binghamton B	52	10
Michał Gerasimiuk	Stanford A	Berkeley E	54	10
Josh Schmidt	Liberty A	Liberty C	55	10
Mattias Ehatamm	Maryland A	George Mason B	55	10
Albert Nyang	LSE A	Manchester A	55	10
Braden Booth	Missouri A	WashU B	56	10
Tony Chen	Toronto A	McGill B	58	10
Kevin Le	Carleton	Guelph B	60	10
Ryan Rosenberg	NYU A	Penn A	60	10
Odysseas Gabrielatos	Warwick B	Edinburgh B	61	10
Jack Doyle	Catholic University	George Mason A	64	10
Abdelrahman Elsisi	Sheffield A	Warwick A	70	10
Henry Bylinowski	Auburn A	Mississippi State A	75	10
Karthik Krishnamurthy	USC	UCLA D	77	10
Simon Zimmerman	OSU A	OSU B	79	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU B	Maryland D	79	-5
Nathaniel Hull	Berkeley B	Berkeley A	80	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Ottawa	80	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech A	Roanoke	81	10
John John Groger	WashU A	Missouri B	82	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland C	Georgetown A	83	-5
Raymond Chen	Toronto B	Toronto K	86	10
Elle Lee	Virginia A	Clemson B	86	10
Ryan Sun	Berkeley D	Stanford B	87	10
Ishan Joshi	Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto F	87	10
Malachi Ledford	Tusculum	South Carolina B	87	10
Ben Hellman	Swarthmore A	Columbia B	87	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT B	Cornell-DII	87	10
Travis Johnson	Pitt A	MSU A	88	10
Kaiwen Xiao	UCLA B	Claremont Pitzer	90	10
Shourjo Ganguli	OSU C	OSU D	90	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Tennessee A	90	10
Aditya Shivaswamy	Johns Hopkins A	VCU A	90	10
Omkar Marathe	Columbia A	Lehigh B	90	-5
Jack Lewis	Bruin A	Auburn B	90	10
Aatreyo Bhattacharyya	Berkeley C	Stanford C	92	10
Kevin Herro	George Washington A	Georgetown B	92	10
Gus Vanskike	Maryland B	Johns Hopkins B	92	10
Samir Sarma	Georgia Tech D	Huntsville B	92	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt B	92	10
James Wong	Cambridge B	Durham A	92	10
Elliot Cosnett	Oxford A	Southampton A	92	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA A	Claremont Scripps	96	10
Theodore Lam	Toronto G	Toronto J	100	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	James Madison	106	10
Aidan Ross	George Washington B	George Mason C	106	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge C	Bristol A	106	10
Lorie Au Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley F	107	10
Ella Tang	McGill C	Queen's B	107	-5
Chase Barrick	Lehigh A	Rowan A	107	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU A	CWRU B	108	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	UAB A	108	10
Shiva Tegulla	UCF A	UF B	109	10
Jarman Taylor	Johns Hopkins C	Penn B	109	10
Davin Sivertson	Alabama B	Georgia Tech B	109	10
Rachel Bentham	Manchester B	Bristol B	109	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	RIT A	109	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Waterloo	113	10
Emmanuel Alayande	UF D	Melbourne A	115	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanee A	Huntsville A	115	10
CT Tang	Sheffield B	Oxford B	115	10
Rahul Jogadhenu	UCLA C	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	116	10
Winston Zuo	UCSB	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	116	10
Yash Modi	Western Ontario	Guelph A	116	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF B	UF E	116	10
Ella Mankowski	Pitt C	CWRU D	116	10
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	MSU B	116	10
Abbott Sherwin	NC State	Virginia Tech B	116	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia B	Tennessee B	116	10
Sayan Chandaroy	UMBC A	Notre Dame E	116	10
Alexander Wong	Rutgers B	Rutgers C	116	10
Eoin Neale	Lancaster A	Sheffield C	116	10
Gus Redding	Imperial B	City St George's A	116	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham B	Southampton B	116	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU C	William Woods	117	10
Jack Fox	Truman State	WashU D	117	10
Yasmin Campbell	Cambridge D	Imperial C	117	10
Nolan Dannels	UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCI	121	10
Robert Chen	Rochester	ESF	122	10
Michael Xu	McMaster C	Toronto E	123	10
Juan Landaeta	FSU	ERAU A	123	10
Ethan White	Kenyon A	Kenyon B	126	10
Ian Theysmeyer	Queen's A	Toronto I	129	10
Kathleen Perez	ERAU B	USF	136	10
Ian Parsons	Maryland D	NYU B	138	10
Sarah Khan	Queen's B	McGill C	139	10
Vayun Krishna	Georgetown A	Maryland C	139	10
Jack Stuhlman	Lehigh B	Columbia A	139	10

2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley

04/19/2025

100%

92.50

2025 ACF Nationals

2025-08-09

100%

88.64

Florida

Main

100%

94.33

Great Lakes

Main

100%

104.50

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

103.29

Midwest

Main

100%

92.13

California

Main

100%

84.00

Northeast

Main

100%

20%

97.40

Overflow

Main

100%

93.00

Upstate NY

Main

100%

91.63

North

Main

100%

18%

96.45

Canada

Main

100%

102.67

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Mateo Acosta

FIU

UF A

Oscar O'Flanagan

Imperial A

Birmingham A

Christopher Pawul

Columbia C

Princeton A

Victor Xu

Toronto H

Toronto C

Ben LaFond

Cambridge A

Edinburgh A

Gavin Markoff

Vanderbilt A

Georgia Tech C

Carlos Gonzalez

Syracuse

Binghamton B

Michał Gerasimiuk

Stanford A

Berkeley E

Josh Schmidt

Liberty A

Liberty C

Mattias Ehatamm

Maryland A

George Mason B

Albert Nyang

LSE A

Manchester A

Braden Booth

Missouri A

WashU B

Tony Chen

Toronto A

McGill B

Kevin Le

Carleton

Guelph B

Ryan Rosenberg

NYU A

Penn A

Odysseas Gabrielatos

Warwick B

Edinburgh B

Jack Doyle

Catholic University

George Mason A

Abdelrahman Elsisi

Sheffield A

Warwick A

Henry Bylinowski

Auburn A

Mississippi State A

Karthik Krishnamurthy

USC

UCLA D

Simon Zimmerman

OSU A

OSU B

Kelvin Ni

NYU B

Maryland D

-5

Nathaniel Hull

Berkeley B

Berkeley A

Seth Allen

McMaster A

Ottawa

Emily Kadolph

Virginia Tech A

Roanoke

John John Groger

WashU A

Missouri B

Gannon Smith

Maryland C

Georgetown A

-5

Raymond Chen

Toronto B

Toronto K

Elle Lee

Virginia A

Clemson B

Ryan Sun

Berkeley D

Stanford B

Ishan Joshi

Toronto Metropolitan

Toronto F

Malachi Ledford

Tusculum

South Carolina B

Ben Hellman

Swarthmore A

Columbia B

Cade Reinberger

RIT B

Cornell-DII

Travis Johnson

Pitt A

MSU A

Kaiwen Xiao

UCLA B

Claremont Pitzer

Shourjo Ganguli

OSU C

OSU D

Trey Lewis

South Carolina A

Tennessee A

Aditya Shivaswamy

Johns Hopkins A

VCU A

Omkar Marathe

Columbia A

Lehigh B

-5

Jack Lewis

Bruin A

Auburn B

Aatreyo Bhattacharyya

Berkeley C

Stanford C

Kevin Herro

George Washington A

Georgetown B

Gus Vanskike

Maryland B

Johns Hopkins B

Samir Sarma

Georgia Tech D

Huntsville B

Pranav Jothi

Georgia Tech A

Vanderbilt B

James Wong

Cambridge B

Durham A

Elliot Cosnett

Oxford A

Southampton A

Nikola Wu

UCLA A

Claremont Scripps

Theodore Lam

Toronto G

Toronto J

100

Ben Lanahan

Clemson A

James Madison

106

Aidan Ross

George Washington B

George Mason C

106

Daniel Hobba

Cambridge C

Bristol A

106

Lorie Au Yeung

UCSC

Berkeley F

107

Ella Tang

McGill C

Queen's B

107

-5

Chase Barrick

Lehigh A

Rowan A

107

Meredith Wiper

CWRU A

CWRU B

108

Britton Webster

Alabama A

UAB A

108

Shiva Tegulla

UCF A

UF B

109

Jarman Taylor

Johns Hopkins C

Penn B

109

Davin Sivertson

Alabama B

Georgia Tech B

109

Rachel Bentham

Manchester B

Bristol B

109

Andrew Miller

Binghamton A

RIT A

109

Henry Siegler

Toronto D

Waterloo

113

Emmanuel Alayande

UF D

Melbourne A

115

Nelson Adams-Riley

Sewanee A

Huntsville A

115

CT Tang

Sheffield B

Oxford B

115

Rahul Jogadhenu

UCLA C

UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms

116

Winston Zuo

UCSB

UCSD What Hath God Wrought

116

Yash Modi

Western Ontario

Guelph A

116

Cole Hennessy

UCF B

UF E

116

Ella Mankowski

Pitt C

CWRU D

116

Henry Nonnemaker

CWRU C

MSU B

116

Abbott Sherwin

NC State

Virginia Tech B

116

Jonathan Sung

Virginia B

Tennessee B

116

Sayan Chandaroy

UMBC A

Notre Dame E

116

Alexander Wong

Rutgers B

Rutgers C

116

Eoin Neale

Lancaster A

Sheffield C

116

Gus Redding

Imperial B

City St George's A

116

Rufus Gladwell

Durham B

Southampton B

116

Conner Yamnitz

WashU C

William Woods

117

Jack Fox

Truman State

WashU D

117

Yasmin Campbell

Cambridge D

Imperial C

117

Nolan Dannels

UCSD Vices and Virtues

UCI

121

Robert Chen

Rochester

ESF

122

Michael Xu

McMaster C

Toronto E

123

Juan Landaeta

FSU

ERAU A

123

Ethan White

Kenyon A

Kenyon B

126

Ian Theysmeyer

Queen's A

Toronto I

129

Kathleen Perez

ERAU B

USF

136

Ian Parsons

Maryland D

NYU B

138

Sarah Khan

Queen's B

McGill C

139

Vayun Krishna

Georgetown A

Maryland C

139

Jack Stuhlman

Lehigh B

Columbia A

139