Poyais - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

The originator of the scheme centered on this place had earlier declared an independent “Republic of the Floridas” and claimed to have been named “cazique” (“ka-ZEEK”) by the Miskito king George Frederic Augustus. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this fictional country in Central America to which the general Gregor MacGregor attracted unsuspecting emigrants. The financial fallout from investments for settling this place contributed to the Panic of 1825.

ANSWER: Poyais

[10e] The Austrian conman Victor Lustig became famous for selling this landmark twice. Lustig convinced buyers that this landmark, which had been built for the 1889 Paris World’s Fair, was being sold for scrap.

ANSWER: Eiffel Tower [or Tour Eiffel]

[10m] In a 1785 “affair,” Marie Antoinette’s reputation was tarnished by forged letters stating her intent to buy one of these things, leading to accusations that the queen was refusing to pay for an extravagant purchase.

ANSWER: diamond necklace [accept Affair of the Diamond Necklace]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	20.00	67%	100%	33%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Canada	Main Site	Y	11	17.27	100%	73%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	14.44	100%	44%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	18.75	100%	63%	25%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	8	17.50	88%	75%	13%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%

Data


Berkeley C	Berkeley A	10	0	10	20
Stanford B	Berkeley D	0	10	10	20
Stanford A	Berkeley B	0	10	10	20
UC Irvine	Arizona State	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	10	20
UCSD C	UCSD A	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCSD B	10	10	10	30
Brock	Toronto C	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Ottawa	0	10	10	20
Western A	McGill B	0	10	0	10
Toronto D	McMaster B	0	10	10	20
Queen's	Western B	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
Toronto B	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	10	20
UBC A	Western C	0	10	0	10
UBC B	Waterloo A	0	10	10	20
Carleton University	Simon Fraser	0	10	10	20
Florida A	Florida C	10	10	10	30
Central Florida A	Central Florida C	0	10	10	20
Florida B	Central Florida B	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	CWRU B	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Michigan State	Ohio State B	0	10	0	10
Pittsburgh	Ohio State A	0	10	10	20
CWRU A	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
Guelph	Toronto F	0	10	10	20
Virginia	Liberty A	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	South Carolina B	0	10	0	10
North Carolina A	James Madison B	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	NC State B	0	10	10	20
NC State A	VCU	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Duke	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech B	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
North Carolina B	Wake Forest	0	10	0	10
William and Mary	North Carolina C	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	Illinois C	0	10	10	20
Chicago D	Illinois B	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Chicago A	10	10	10	30
Indiana C	Northwestern D	0	10	0	10
Northwestern C	Chicago C	0	10	10	20
Chicago E	Notre Dame A	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Purdue A	10	10	10	30
Northwestern B	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Bowdoin A	Bowdoin B	0	10	0	10
Brown	Brandeis A	0	10	10	20
Brandeis B	Dartmouth A	0	10	0	10
MIT	Dartmouth B	0	10	0	10
Harvard A	Harvard B	10	10	10	30
Yale	Southern Connecticut State	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Georgia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Missouri A	Missouri B	0	10	10	20
Washington A	Washington B	0	10	10	20
Texas A	Texas A&M A	10	10	10	30
Murray State A	Texas B	0	10	0	10
Carleton College	Minnesota A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Alabama A	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	Alabama B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	Bruin	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	WashU A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Louisville B	0	10	0	10
Kentucky	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Mississipi State	0	10	0	10
WashU B	Sewanee	0	0	10	10
Imperial A	Manchester	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh B	Birmingham	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	Bristol	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh A	Cambridge B	10	10	10	30
Southampton A	Durham	0	10	0	10
Cardiff	Oxford B	0	10	0	10
Imperial C	Oxford C	0	10	10	20
Southampton B	City St. George's	0	10	0	10
Warwick B	Cambridge C	0	10	10	20
Penn State	Binghamton A	0	10	10	20
Rochester	RIT	0	10	0	10
UCL	Imperial B	0	10	10	20
Binghamton B	Cornell C	0	10	0	10
Cornell B	Cornell A	0	10	10	20
LSE	Montpellier	0	10	10	20
Cambridge A	Oxford A	10	10	10	30