Question

One of these animals named “Old Abe” served as the 8th (10[1])Wisconsin Infantry Regiment’s mascot in the Civil War. A World War I-era Alaskan bounty on these animals was repealed in 1953 despite a 1940 Protection Act named for them. Along with a golden (-5[1])variety, (-5[1])objects from these animals (-5[1])were the largest to be used in the making of Native American war bonnets. (-5[1])Benjamin (10[1])Franklin allegedly preferred the (-5[1])wild turkey to (10[1])this animal, disliking its thieving behavior. (10[1])For 10 points, name this national symbol (10[1])depicted clutching an olive branch and thirteen arrows in the Great Seal of the United States. (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: bald eagle [or Haliaeetus leucocephalus; prompt on bird; prompt on eagle; reject “golden eagle”]
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY10100%0%10%66.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%25%79.75
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%0%76.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%58%75.42
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY978%0%67%83.71
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%40%65.40
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%63%75.00
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%67%86.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rico-Ian Banting (UG)NYU BPenn A (DII)1010
Zachary Leblang (DII)Penn B (DII)Bard A (UG)43-5
Andrew YangColumbia BMaryland A (DII)44-5
Rishi Swaminathan (DII)NYU A (UG)Lehigh B (DII)48-5
Wade Rogers (DII)Fordham AColumbia A (UG)62-5
Ben Spirtas (DII)Maryland B (DII)Princeton A (UG)6310
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BLehigh A (UG)67-5
Alex Wong (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Columbia J (DII)7010
Jack Stuhlman (DII)Lehigh B (DII)NYU A (UG)7610
Nishna Makala (DII)Maryland A (DII)Columbia B8310
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Fordham A9910
Ezra Greenhill (DII)Bard A (UG)Penn B (DII)9910
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Rutgers B10010