rice - 2025 ACF Winter - Buzzpoints App

Question

Insertion of a XA21 pattern recognition receptor into this organism prevents disease by Xoo. R. solani is a fungal pathogen of this plant (-5[1])that causes sheath blight. (-5[1])Increased lodging resistance conferred by the sd1 gene was a characteristic of the IR8 strain of this plant. (10[1]-5[1])Low amylose content (10[1])characterizes some varieties of this plant, (10[1])resulting (10[1])in strong (10[1])molecular adhesion between starch molecules. (10[3]-5[4])A variety (-5[3])of this (-5[1])plant that can synthesize (10[1])vitamin A (10[5]-5[2])precursors (10[9])is notable (10[4]-5[1])for (10[1])its (10[1])golden (10[3])colour. (10[22]-5[7])This crop (10[3]-5[1])that contains (10[1])no (10[1])gluten (10[1]-5[1])can be divided into (10[1])short (10[1])and long (10[2])grain varieties. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[2])what staple crop (10[1])with varieties like (10[1])basmati (10[4])is grown in paddies? (10[1])■END■ (10[13])

ANSWER: rice [or Oryza]

<Editors, Biology>

= Average correct buzz position

Summary


2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	87.50
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	100%	0%	29%	82.50
Florida	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	17%	83.17
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	17%	88.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	71.71
Midwest	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	77.25
California	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	40%	85.00
Northeast	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	84.00
Overflow	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	82.50
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	25%	84.00
North	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	64%	86.82
Canada	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	33%	81.00

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Ted Warner	Bristol A	Cambridge C	22	-5
Harris Beckner	Alabama A	UAB A	26	-5
Lesley Kwarteng	Johns Hopkins C	Penn B	44	-5
Ryan Rosenberg	NYU A	Penn A	44	10
Ariel Faeder	Pitt A	MSU A	47	10
Katia Gerchava	CWRU D	Pitt C	53	10
Rohan Navaneetha	OSU B	OSU A	54	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia A	Clemson B	56	10
Abby Smith	Berkeley B	Berkeley A	61	10
Vivienne Ruemmler	USC	UCLA D	61	-5
Winston Zuo	UCSB	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	61	10
Franklin Wu	Toronto C	Toronto H	61	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh A	Rowan A	61	-5
Braden Booth	Missouri A	WashU B	61	-5
Zosia Mikołajczuk	Southampton A	Oxford A	61	-5
Thomas Wu	Berkeley E	Stanford A	63	-5
Karthik Jayaram	UCLA A	Claremont Scripps	63	-5
Taaj Rai	George Washington A	Georgetown B	63	-5
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU A	FSU	65	-5
Albert Nyang	LSE A	Manchester A	69	10
Allan Lee	Stanford B	Berkeley D	71	-5
James Xiao	Toronto E	McMaster C	71	10
Wyatt Johnson	CWRU B	CWRU A	71	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	Johns Hopkins A	71	10
Aditya Shivaswamy	Johns Hopkins A	VCU A	71	-5
June Yin	WashU A	Missouri B	71	10
Alex Thomas	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt A	71	10
Sarah Khan	Queen's B	McGill C	72	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU B	Maryland D	72	10
Evan Schleck	Georgetown A	Maryland C	72	10
Matthew Sumanen	Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt B	72	10
Charlie Lowman	Imperial A	Birmingham A	72	10
Rachel Bentham	Manchester B	Bristol B	72	10
Alex Baker	Cambridge B	Durham A	72	10
Phillip Jordan	Imperial C	Cambridge D	72	10
Eloise Wood	Imperial B	City St George's A	72	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	Claremont Pitzer	74	10
Ian Theysmeyer	Queen's A	Toronto I	74	10
Jeevan Iyadurai	UF E	UCF B	74	10
Annabelle Brett	Sheffield C	Lancaster A	74	-5
Pranaav Senthilkumar	Cornell-DII	RIT B	74	10
Swapnil Garg	Berkeley C	Stanford C	75	10
Agnijo Banerjee	Cambridge A	Edinburgh A	76	10
Jason Zhang	Toronto B	Toronto K	77	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	James Madison	77	10
Jack Lewis	Bruin A	Auburn B	77	10
Vinu Harihar	Berkeley F	UCSC	78	10
Advai Srinivasan	UCI	UCSD Vices and Virtues	78	10
Stephen Pace	Guelph B	Carleton	78	-5
Kunaal Chandrashekar	Toronto A	McGill B	78	10
Theodore Lam	Toronto G	Toronto J	78	-5
Athan Juritsch	Toronto D	Waterloo	78	10
Matthew Andersen	UF A	FIU	78	10
Tiffany Zhou	OSU C	OSU D	78	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	South Carolina A	78	10
Abbott Sherwin	NC State	Virginia Tech B	78	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia B	Tennessee B	78	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech A	Roanoke	78	10
Andrew Massaro	Catholic University	George Mason A	78	-5
Andy Yu	Maryland A	George Mason B	78	-5
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland B	Johns Hopkins B	78	10
Zachary Joseph	Columbia A	Lehigh B	78	10
Patrick Rivas-Giorgi	Columbia B	Swarthmore A	78	10
Carter McLean	Princeton A	Columbia C	78	10
Alexander Wong	Rutgers B	Rutgers C	78	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods	WashU C	78	10
Donal Ryan	Truman State	WashU D	78	10
Zach Tseng	Georgia Tech B	Alabama B	78	10
Ben Tibbles	Sewanee A	Huntsville A	78	-5
Samir Sarma	Georgia Tech D	Huntsville B	78	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick B	Edinburgh B	78	10
Andrew Fisher	Sheffield A	Warwick A	78	10
Laura Bullock	Sheffield B	Oxford B	78	10
Jack Didsbury	Durham B	Southampton B	78	-5
Emilie Moore	RIT A	Binghamton A	78	-5
Malachi Ledford	Tusculum	South Carolina B	80	10
Sayan Chandaroy	UMBC A	Notre Dame E	80	-5
Tate Osborne	Auburn A	Mississippi State A	80	10
Caitlyn Begosa	Syracuse	Binghamton B	80	10
Annika Larson	Claremont Scripps	UCLA A	82	10
March Delfin	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCLA C	83	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Ottawa	84	10
Aidan Ross	George Washington B	George Mason C	84	-5
Gregory Stone	ESF	Rochester	88	10
Juan Landaeta	FSU	ERAU A	89	10
Monica Wang	Guelph A	Western Ontario	91	10
Addison Wiggins	USF	ERAU B	91	10
Niru Shakya	Melbourne A	UF D	93	10
Josh Schmidt	Liberty A	Liberty C	93	10
Meggy Mani	Georgetown B	George Washington A	93	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton B	Durham B	93	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Toronto Metropolitan	96	10
Simone Green	Kenyon B	Kenyon A	96	10
Jun Chen	George Mason C	George Washington B	99	10
Leonard Castine	Penn B	Johns Hopkins C	102	10
Aaryan Sumesh	Berkeley D	Stanford B	103	10
Anna Barker	UCF A	UF B	103	10
Arjun Saulnier	CWRU C	MSU B	103	10
Roy Yang	WashU B	Missouri A	103	10
Elliot Cosnett	Oxford A	Southampton A	107	10
Michał Gerasimiuk	Stanford A	Berkeley E	108	10
Terrence Han	UCLA D	USC	108	10
Stuart Chandler-Baas	Carleton	Guelph B	108	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto J	Toronto G	108	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Maryland A	108	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Catholic University	108	10
Max Kolda	Notre Dame E	UMBC A	108	10
Rahul Rao-Pothuraju	Rowan A	Lehigh A	108	10
Swapneel Mandal	UAB A	Alabama A	108	10
Kad Daniels	Huntsville A	Sewanee A	108	10
Eoin Neale	Lancaster A	Sheffield C	108	10
Henry Wong Tok Shing	Cambridge C	Bristol A	108	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	RIT A	108	10

2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley

04/19/2025

100%

25%

87.50

2025 ACF Nationals

2025-08-09

100%

29%

82.50

Florida

Main

100%

17%

83.17

Great Lakes

Main

100%

17%

88.00

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

71.71

Midwest

Main

100%

77.25

California

Main

100%

40%

85.00

Northeast

Main

100%

20%

84.00

Overflow

Main

100%

25%

82.50

Upstate NY

Main

100%

25%

84.00

North

Main

100%

64%

86.82

Canada

Main

100%

33%

81.00

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Ted Warner

Bristol A

Cambridge C

-5

Harris Beckner

Alabama A

UAB A

-5

Lesley Kwarteng

Johns Hopkins C

Penn B

-5

Ryan Rosenberg

NYU A

Penn A

Ariel Faeder

Pitt A

MSU A

Katia Gerchava

CWRU D

Pitt C

Rohan Navaneetha

OSU B

OSU A

Joseph Chambers

Virginia A

Clemson B

Abby Smith

Berkeley B

Berkeley A

Vivienne Ruemmler

USC

UCLA D

-5

Winston Zuo

UCSB

UCSD What Hath God Wrought

Franklin Wu

Toronto C

Toronto H

Nicholas Ryan

Lehigh A

Rowan A

-5

Braden Booth

Missouri A

WashU B

-5

Zosia Mikołajczuk

Southampton A

Oxford A

-5

Thomas Wu

Berkeley E

Stanford A

-5

Karthik Jayaram

UCLA A

Claremont Scripps

-5

Taaj Rai

George Washington A

Georgetown B

-5

Yishak Kelkay

ERAU A

FSU

-5

Albert Nyang

LSE A

Manchester A

Allan Lee

Stanford B

Berkeley D

-5

James Xiao

Toronto E

McMaster C

Wyatt Johnson

CWRU B

CWRU A

Fern Fang

VCU A

Johns Hopkins A

Aditya Shivaswamy

Johns Hopkins A

VCU A

-5

June Yin

WashU A

Missouri B

Alex Thomas

Georgia Tech C

Vanderbilt A

Sarah Khan

Queen's B

McGill C

Kelvin Ni

NYU B

Maryland D

Evan Schleck

Georgetown A

Maryland C

Matthew Sumanen

Georgia Tech A

Vanderbilt B

Charlie Lowman

Imperial A

Birmingham A

Rachel Bentham

Manchester B

Bristol B

Alex Baker

Cambridge B

Durham A

Phillip Jordan

Imperial C

Cambridge D

Eloise Wood

Imperial B

City St George's A

Andrew Nucci

UCLA B

Claremont Pitzer

Ian Theysmeyer

Queen's A

Toronto I

Jeevan Iyadurai

UF E

UCF B

Annabelle Brett

Sheffield C

Lancaster A

-5

Pranaav Senthilkumar

Cornell-DII

RIT B

Swapnil Garg

Berkeley C

Stanford C

Agnijo Banerjee

Cambridge A

Edinburgh A

Jason Zhang

Toronto B

Toronto K

Ben Lanahan

Clemson A

James Madison

Jack Lewis

Bruin A

Auburn B

Vinu Harihar

Berkeley F

UCSC

Advai Srinivasan

UCI

UCSD Vices and Virtues

Stephen Pace

Guelph B

Carleton

-5

Kunaal Chandrashekar

Toronto A

McGill B

Theodore Lam

Toronto G

Toronto J

-5

Athan Juritsch

Toronto D

Waterloo

Matthew Andersen

UF A

FIU

Tiffany Zhou

OSU C

OSU D

Jackson Slaughter

Tennessee A

South Carolina A

Abbott Sherwin

NC State

Virginia Tech B

Jonathan Sung

Virginia B

Tennessee B

Charlie Weaver

Virginia Tech A

Roanoke

Andrew Massaro

Catholic University

George Mason A

-5

Andy Yu

Maryland A

George Mason B

-5

Xavier Bornhorst

Maryland B

Johns Hopkins B

Zachary Joseph

Columbia A

Lehigh B

Patrick Rivas-Giorgi

Columbia B

Swarthmore A

Carter McLean

Princeton A

Columbia C

Alexander Wong

Rutgers B

Rutgers C

Alex Dzurick

William Woods

WashU C

Donal Ryan

Truman State

WashU D

Zach Tseng

Georgia Tech B

Alabama B

Ben Tibbles

Sewanee A

Huntsville A

-5

Samir Sarma

Georgia Tech D

Huntsville B

Jolie Yeh

Warwick B

Edinburgh B

Andrew Fisher

Sheffield A

Warwick A

Laura Bullock

Sheffield B

Oxford B

Jack Didsbury

Durham B

Southampton B

-5

Emilie Moore

RIT A

Binghamton A

-5

Malachi Ledford

Tusculum

South Carolina B

Sayan Chandaroy

UMBC A

Notre Dame E

-5

Tate Osborne

Auburn A

Mississippi State A

Caitlyn Begosa

Syracuse

Binghamton B

Annika Larson

Claremont Scripps

UCLA A

March Delfin

UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms

UCLA C

Seth Allen

McMaster A

Ottawa

Aidan Ross

George Washington B

George Mason C

-5

Gregory Stone

ESF

Rochester

Juan Landaeta

FSU

ERAU A

Monica Wang

Guelph A

Western Ontario

Addison Wiggins

USF

ERAU B

Niru Shakya

Melbourne A

UF D

Josh Schmidt

Liberty A

Liberty C

Meggy Mani

Georgetown B

George Washington A

Tevin Francis

Southampton B

Durham B

Samuel Zheng

Toronto F

Toronto Metropolitan

Simone Green

Kenyon B

Kenyon A

Jun Chen

George Mason C

George Washington B

Leonard Castine

Penn B

Johns Hopkins C

102

Aaryan Sumesh

Berkeley D

Stanford B

103

Anna Barker

UCF A

UF B

103

Arjun Saulnier

CWRU C

MSU B

103

Roy Yang

WashU B

Missouri A

103

Elliot Cosnett

Oxford A

Southampton A

107

Michał Gerasimiuk

Stanford A

Berkeley E

108

Terrence Han

UCLA D

USC

108

Stuart Chandler-Baas

Carleton

Guelph B

108

Nathaniel Godfrey

Toronto J

Toronto G

108

Margaret Withers

George Mason B

Maryland A

108

Matthew Bucek

George Mason A

Catholic University

108

Max Kolda

Notre Dame E

UMBC A

108

Rahul Rao-Pothuraju

Rowan A

Lehigh A

108

Swapneel Mandal

UAB A

Alabama A

108

Kad Daniels

Huntsville A

Sewanee A

108

Eoin Neale

Lancaster A

Sheffield C

108

Henry Wong Tok Shing

Cambridge C

Bristol A

108

Andrew Miller

Binghamton A

RIT A

108