war veterans - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Louis Nelson used sandblasting to depict these people in an artwork surrounded by a group of 19 stainless steel sculptures titled The Column. James E. Connell III was the model for a depiction of one of these people in a sculpture that was deliberately placed across a “sea of sacrifice.” In response to controversy over a 21-year-old student winning (10[2])a 1981 (10[2])contest, (10[9])Frederick (10[1])Hart (10[2])created (10[1])a (10[1])bronze sculpture (10[2])of three (10[1])of these (10[2])people (10[9]-5[2])that (10[1])included (10[5])the first (10[2])depiction of an (10[1])African American (10[1])on the (10[1])National Mall. (10[4])Two (10[1])large (10[1])black (10[1])granite slabs (10[6])arranged in a V-shape (10[4]-5[1])make (10[3])up (10[1])a (10[1])monument (10[3])dedicated (10[1]-5[1])to these (10[2])people (10[5])by (10[2])Maya (10[3])Lin. (10[4]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[3])name (10[1])these people (10[2])whose (10[1])names (10[1])are etched onto the (10[1])walls (10[1])of the Vietnam Memorial. ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: war veterans [or soldiers; accept equivalents like servicepeople or troops; accept Army people or Navy people or Air Force people; accept Vietnam Veterans Memorial; accept Korean War Veterans Memorial; accept Three Soldiers or Three Servicemen; prompt on fighters or combatants; prompt on dead people]

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= Average correct buzz position

Summary


2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	106.00
Canada	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	85.00
Florida	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	17%	92.08
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	105.86
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	0%	86.57
Midwest	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	20%	93.90
North	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	0%	80.45
California	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	75.60
Overflow	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	72.75
South Central	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	83.80
Southeast	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	0%	83.92
UK	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	94.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	83.13
Northeast	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	70.60

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Tiffany Zhou	OSU C	OSU B	58	10
Ryan Rosenberg	NYU A	Maryland C	58	10
Ryan Sun	Berkeley D	Berkeley E	60	10
Ava Butler	McGill A	Toronto D	60	10
Vivian Malouf	Berkeley A	Stanford B	61	10
Benjamin Chapman	Toronto A	Toronto G	61	10
Gus Vanskike	Maryland B	George Washington B	61	10
Aditya Shivaswamy	Johns Hopkins A	George Mason B	61	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers B	Rowan A	61	10
Ethan Skolnick	WashU A	Missouri B	61	10
Anuk Dias	Minnesota B	Macalester A	61	10
Lucas Guan	Brown B	BC A	61	10
Matthew He	Texas A	Arizona State B	61	10
Matthew Forster	Dartmouth	Amherst A	62	10
Amir Dolansky	Toronto H	McGill C	63	10
Stephen Walsh	Northwestern B	Northwestern C	63	10
Zachary Joseph	Columbia A	Rutgers C	64	10
AJ Wu	Brown C	MIT B	65	10
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto J	Toronto C	67	10
Noah McRedmond	Notre Dame E	Catholic University	67	10
Austin Guo	Princeton A	Lehigh A	69	10
Aatreyo Bhattacharyya	Berkeley C	Berkeley B	71	10
Andrew Amygdalos	CWRU A	Pitt A	71	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont Scripps	UCLA D	72	10
Eva Mandelbaum	Guelph A	Carleton	72	10
Simone Green	Kenyon B	Pitt B	72	10
Erin Williams	James Madison	Clemson B	72	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia B	Virginia Tech B	72	-5
Malachi Ledford	Tusculum	Roanoke	72	-5
Max Bendsen	VCU A	Maryland A	72	10
Braden Booth	Missouri A	WashU C	72	10
Milo Scanlon	Macalester B	Wisconsin	72	10
Matthew Kohn	Williams	Harvard	72	10
Sam Kemeny	Brandeis Clemenceau	BU	72	10
Sophie Lyman	WashU D	SIUE	73	10
Nolan Dannels	UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCSB	74	10
Isaac Millians	USC	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	74	10
Evan Schleck	Georgetown A	Penn A	74	10
Ben Hellman	Swarthmore A	Vassar A	74	10
Sasha Fillbrandt	Washington A	British Columbia B	74	10
Conner Khan	NC State	Tennessee B	76	10
John Cha	Tufts A	Brandeis Orlando	76	10
Jacob Puthipiroj	Northwestern A	UTD B	79	10
Meggy Mani	Georgetown B	Maryland D	81	10
Thomas Watkins	South Carolina A	Virginia Tech A	83	10
Alexandra Duan	Columbia B	Columbia C	85	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods	WashU B	85	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta B	Arizona State A	85	10
Akshansh Chauhan	UTD A	Tulsa	85	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Tennessee A	86	10
Brendan Baumer	UCF A	UF A	87	10
Michał Gerasimiuk	Stanford A	Stanford C	88	10
March Delfin	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCI	90	10
Peter Zeng	OSU D	MSU A	90	10
Joseph Cole	North Carolina B	North Carolina A	90	10
Puna Ekka	Minnesota A	Minnesota C	90	10
Michael Sun	Brandeis Lloyd George	Brandeis Wilson	90	10
Atharv Chowdhary	Brown A	Cornell-UG	90	10
Stefan Vlad	Ottawa	Toronto Metropolitan	94	10
Elle Lee	Virginia A	Liberty A	94	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Yale A	94	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT B	Binghamton A	94	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Rochester	94	-5
Karthik Jayaram	UCLA A	UCLA B	95	10
Zoe Wang	Carleton	St. Thomas	95	10
Brody Sadler	UCO	Rose State	95	10
Ben Wismath	Toronto B	Guelph B	96	10
Tai Belke	British Columbia A	Simon Fraser	97	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley F	98	10
Derrick Liu	Johns Hopkins B	Penn B	98	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas B	Ohio	98	10
Sarah Khan	Queen's B	Waterloo	99	-5
Brielle Rach	Iowa	McGill D	99	10
Juan Landaeta	FSU	UF C	101	10
Robert Szot	Nebraska	Iowa State	101	10
Roxanne Tang	OSU A	CWRU B	102	10
Abby Keith	Liberty B	Liberty C	102	10
Tosca Zhang	NYU B	George Washington A	102	10
Russell Nip	British Columbia D	Alberta	102	10
Daniel Griffaton	Syracuse	ESF	102	10
Jeevan Iyadurai	UF E	FIU	103	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	UMBC A	103	10
Will Massey	Melbourne B	ERAU A	104	10
Kara Braun	MSU B	Pitt C	104	10
Peter Nelson	Yale B	BC B	104	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont Pitzer	UCLA C	105	10
Yusuf Baig	McMaster A	Queen's A	105	-5
Benny Shtutman	South Carolina B	North Carolina C	105	10
Alan Fan	Washington B	British Columbia C	105	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell-DII	105	10
Aleks Kozlowski	Roanoke	Tusculum	108	10
Jarman Taylor	Johns Hopkins C	George Mason C	108	10
Graham Lucas	Bowdoin B	Amherst B	108	10
Wren Davis	CWRU D	CWRU C	109	10
Shaynee Ruffle	Toronto I	Western Ontario	111	10
Alex Olson	UF D	USF	111	10
June Miller	UF B	UCF B	112	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Bowdoin A	113	10
Michael Xu	McMaster C	McGill B	117	10
Sean Gao	Toronto K	McMaster B	118	10
Ian Theysmeyer	Queen's A	McMaster A	123	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo	Queen's B	123	10
Dominic Heffron	Melbourne A	ERAU B	123	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech B	Virginia B	123	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Binghamton B	123	10

2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley

04/19/2025

100%

25%

106.00

Canada

Main

100%

85.00

Florida

Main

100%

17%

92.08

Great Lakes

Main

100%

105.86

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

86.57

Midwest

Main

100%

20%

93.90

North

Main

100%

80.45

California

Main

100%

75.60

Overflow

Main

100%

72.75

South Central

Main

100%

83.80

Southeast

Main

100%

83.92

Main

100%

94.50

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

83.13

Northeast

Main

100%

70.60

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Tiffany Zhou

OSU C

OSU B

Ryan Rosenberg

NYU A

Maryland C

Ryan Sun

Berkeley D

Berkeley E

Ava Butler

McGill A

Toronto D

Vivian Malouf

Berkeley A

Stanford B

Benjamin Chapman

Toronto A

Toronto G

Gus Vanskike

Maryland B

George Washington B

Aditya Shivaswamy

Johns Hopkins A

George Mason B

Jason Lee

Rutgers B

Rowan A

Ethan Skolnick

WashU A

Missouri B

Anuk Dias

Minnesota B

Macalester A

Lucas Guan

Brown B

BC A

Matthew He

Texas A

Arizona State B

Matthew Forster

Dartmouth

Amherst A

Amir Dolansky

Toronto H

McGill C

Stephen Walsh

Northwestern B

Northwestern C

Zachary Joseph

Columbia A

Rutgers C

AJ Wu

Brown C

MIT B

Zaire Gibbons

Toronto J

Toronto C

Noah McRedmond

Notre Dame E

Catholic University

Austin Guo

Princeton A

Lehigh A

Aatreyo Bhattacharyya

Berkeley C

Berkeley B

Andrew Amygdalos

CWRU A

Pitt A

Scarlet Rutter

Claremont Scripps

UCLA D

Eva Mandelbaum

Guelph A

Carleton

Simone Green

Kenyon B

Pitt B

Erin Williams

James Madison

Clemson B

Jonathan Sung

Virginia B

Virginia Tech B

-5

Malachi Ledford

Tusculum

Roanoke

-5

Max Bendsen

VCU A

Maryland A

Braden Booth

Missouri A

WashU C

Milo Scanlon

Macalester B

Wisconsin

Matthew Kohn

Williams

Harvard

Sam Kemeny

Brandeis Clemenceau

Sophie Lyman

WashU D

SIUE

Nolan Dannels

UCSD Vices and Virtues

UCSB

Isaac Millians

USC

UCSD What Hath God Wrought

Evan Schleck

Georgetown A

Penn A

Ben Hellman

Swarthmore A

Vassar A

Sasha Fillbrandt

Washington A

British Columbia B

Conner Khan

NC State

Tennessee B

John Cha

Tufts A

Brandeis Orlando

Jacob Puthipiroj

Northwestern A

UTD B

Meggy Mani

Georgetown B

Maryland D

Thomas Watkins

South Carolina A

Virginia Tech A

Alexandra Duan

Columbia B

Columbia C

Alex Dzurick

William Woods

WashU B

Anne Fjeld

Alberta B

Arizona State A

Akshansh Chauhan

UTD A

Tulsa

Wesley Stine

Clemson A

Tennessee A

Brendan Baumer

UCF A

UF A

Michał Gerasimiuk

Stanford A

Stanford C

March Delfin

UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms

UCI

Peter Zeng

OSU D

MSU A

Joseph Cole

North Carolina B

North Carolina A

Puna Ekka

Minnesota A

Minnesota C

Michael Sun

Brandeis Lloyd George

Brandeis Wilson

Atharv Chowdhary

Brown A

Cornell-UG

Stefan Vlad

Ottawa

Toronto Metropolitan

Elle Lee

Virginia A

Liberty A

Surya Dinesh

MIT A

Yale A

Cade Reinberger

RIT B

Binghamton A

Ariyan Miah

Binghamton B

Rochester

-5

Karthik Jayaram

UCLA A

UCLA B

Zoe Wang

Carleton

St. Thomas

Brody Sadler

UCO

Rose State

Ben Wismath

Toronto B

Guelph B

Tai Belke

British Columbia A

Simon Fraser

Huy Lai

UCSC

Berkeley F

Derrick Liu

Johns Hopkins B

Penn B

Keerthana Krishnan

Texas B

Ohio

Sarah Khan

Queen's B

Waterloo

-5

Brielle Rach

Iowa

McGill D

Juan Landaeta

FSU

UF C

101

Robert Szot

Nebraska

Iowa State

101

Roxanne Tang

OSU A

CWRU B

102

Abby Keith

Liberty B

Liberty C

102

Tosca Zhang

NYU B

George Washington A

102

Russell Nip

British Columbia D

Alberta

102

Daniel Griffaton

Syracuse

ESF

102

Jeevan Iyadurai

UF E

FIU

103

Matthew Bucek

George Mason A

UMBC A

103

Will Massey

Melbourne B

ERAU A

104

Kara Braun

MSU B

Pitt C

104

Peter Nelson

Yale B

BC B

104

Jackson Crickard

Claremont Pitzer

UCLA C

105

Yusuf Baig

McMaster A

Queen's A

105

-5

Benny Shtutman

South Carolina B

North Carolina C

105

Alan Fan

Washington B

British Columbia C

105

Will Hoover

RIT A

Cornell-DII

105

Aleks Kozlowski

Roanoke

Tusculum

108

Jarman Taylor

Johns Hopkins C

George Mason C

108

Graham Lucas

Bowdoin B

Amherst B

108

Wren Davis

CWRU D

CWRU C

109

Shaynee Ruffle

Toronto I

Western Ontario

111

Alex Olson

UF D

USF

111

June Miller

UF B

UCF B

112

Dylan Tanouye

Tufts B

Bowdoin A

113

Michael Xu

McMaster C

McGill B

117

Sean Gao

Toronto K

McMaster B

118

Ian Theysmeyer

Queen's A

McMaster A

123

Gavin Ge

Waterloo

Queen's B

123

Dominic Heffron

Melbourne A

ERAU B

123

Ilyas Choukri

Virginia Tech B

Virginia B

123

Aidan Keenan

Rochester

Binghamton B

123