2025 ACF Nationals - Buzzpoints

Conor Thompson
Iowa State

Round	Question #	Category	Answer	Position	Value
1	1	Science - Biology	insomnia	97	10
1	2	Philosophy	Robert Nozick	141	10
1	3	History - Any History	k’uhul ajaw	137	10
1	6	Social Science	comparative	42	10
1	8	Fine Arts - Painting & Sculpture	Charles	160	0
1	9	Science - Physics	attenuation	143	0
1	11	Geography	Húběi province	124	10
1	12	Religion	being Jewish	50	10
1	13	Science - Other Science	fixed points	119	10
1	14	History - World History	Shivājī I	44	10
1	16	History - European History	Denmark	41	10
1	18	Science - Chemistry	thioesters	133	10
2	1	Science - Other Science	Ordovician Period	130	0
2	6	Geography	South Dakota	79	10
2	9	History - Any History	Australia	67	10
2	18	Literature - American Literature	Ursula K. Le Guin	70	10
2	20	History - European History	Pomerania	137	10
3	1	Science - Other Science	sparse	115	10
3	4	Religion	jubilees	62	10
3	5	History - Any History	University of Cambridge	110	10
3	7	History - American History	Greek American	55	10
3	8	Literature - World Literature	Vālmīki	126	-5
3	9	Science - Biology	acetylation	126	0
3	12	History - European History	poisoning	104	10
3	13	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	fipple flute	103	10
3	15	Philosophy	innateness	131	0
3	16	Science - Chemistry	organic	119	10
4	1	Mythology	slings	139	10
4	2	History - American History	Wisconsin	140	10
4	8	Religion	sleep	83	10
4	9	Literature - British Literature	“Politics and the English Language”	101	-5
4	17	History - European History	Battle of Königgrätz	127	0
4	19	Social Science	gambling	135	10
5	2	History - World History	Kamehameha I	123	10
5	3	Literature - American Literature	Mark Twain	114	10
5	4	Mythology	skin	91	10
5	5	Geography	Yucatán peninsula	117	10
5	6	History - European History	Poland	133	10
5	7	Religion	Gurū Nānak	127	-5
5	12	History - Any History	breastfeeding	109	-5
5	13	Science - Physics	light cones	136	10
5	14	Literature - European Literature	We	136	10
5	15	Philosophy	quantifiers	111	-5
5	18	History - American History	land	133	10
5	20	Social Science	Republic of Haiti	81	-5
7	1	Other Academic	crosswalks	112	10
7	3	History - Any History	mutineers on the HMS *Bounty*	123	10
7	8	Geography	New Guinea	60	10
7	9	Science - Physics	reflection	143	10
7	12	History - American History	Navajo	75	10
7	16	Science - Chemistry	photoresist	121	0
7	18	Religion	*adhān*	52	10
8	3	Other Academic	palm trees	66	10
8	7	Religion	Thích Nhất Hạnh	137	0
8	8	Current Events	Bangladesh	88	10
8	11	Social Science	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	143	10
8	14	History - European History	inquisitors	122	10
8	15	Science - Other Science	cooperativity	119	-5
8	19	History - American History	John Birch Society	85	10
9	3	Philosophy	Sir Isaac Newton	136	10
9	9	Science - Chemistry	quantum dots	126	0
9	10	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	speak	154	0
9	12	Religion	Sophia	127	10
9	13	Science - Other Science	capital omega	133	0
9	14	History - European History	impeachment of Warren Hastings	129	0
9	17	Literature - European Literature	Leo Tolstoy	65	10
9	18	Social Science	minimalist	97	-5
9	19	Current Events	Tim Walz	74	10
10	1	Science - Chemistry	transition states	115	-5
10	2	Social Science	networks	114	10
10	8	Science - Biology	transmembrane proteins	126	10
10	10	Geography	Islamic Republic of Iran	64	10
10	14	Science - Physics	water waves	121	-5
10	16	Science - Other Science	integration	83	10
10	18	History - European History	*Wehrmacht*	80	10
11	8	Science - Biology	nails	83	10
11	11	Social Science	standard errors	119	-5
11	14	History - European History	Urbino	141	10
12	1	History - American History	Natchez	122	10
12	5	Mythology	John	126	10
12	11	Science - Other Science	metamorphic grade	132	10
12	12	Religion	thieves	133	10
12	13	Current Events	Mapuche people	131	10
12	14	Literature - American Literature	watchman	141	10
12	15	History - European History	Leo	142	0
12	17	Fine Arts - Classical Music	perfect	108	10
12	18	History - World History	Kenya	97	10
12	19	Science - Chemistry	electrolysis	125	10
12	20	Philosophy	*I and Thou*	133	0
13	1	Other Academic	the American Dream	105	10
13	2	Science - Biology	cell lysis	97	10
13	3	Geography	Namibia	94	10
13	4	History - European History	France	129	10
13	6	History - World History	Kim	144	10
13	9	Science - Other Science	Thomas Bayes	106	10
13	10	Social Science	implicit	106	10
13	12	History - American History	James Monroe	133	10
13	15	Science - Chemistry	glycosylation	130	10
13	17	Science - Physics	Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei	135	10
13	20	Religion	Hillel the Elder	102	10
14	4	Religion	The Ten Commandments	98	10
14	6	Social Science	the future	117	10
14	7	History - American History	Bayard Rustin	128	10
14	8	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	ceramic tiles	99	10
14	11	Science - Other Science	algebraic	50	10
14	12	History - Any History	Nazca culture	109	-5
14	18	Current Events	maternal mortality	144	10
15	1	Social Science	voters	91	10
15	2	Literature - European Literature	the Sphinx	145	10
15	6	History - Any History	refrigeration	86	10
15	8	Religion	companions	45	10
15	11	Science - Physics	accelerometers	120	10
15	14	Other Academic	slow	117	10
15	15	History - World History	Red Guards	100	-5
15	17	History - American History	Astor family	116	10
15	18	Science - Other Science	brown dwarf stars	133	10
16	1	History - World History	Ba’ath Party	79	10
16	2	Social Science	tourists	125	10
16	3	Current Events	pro-Ukraine	115	10
16	7	History - European History	nuclear accidents	125	10
16	8	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	Christoph Willibald Gluck	96	10
16	13	History - Any History	jars	117	10
16	14	Religion	grace	142	10
16	16	Literature - World Literature	Damascus	154	10
16	19	History - American History	Tom	140	10
17	5	Science - Chemistry	denticity	107	10
17	6	Religion	Husayn ibn Ali	72	10
17	7	Geography	Channel Islands of California	109	10
17	13	Mythology	bogatyrs	139	10
17	14	Fine Arts - Painting & Sculpture	parks	148	10
17	16	Literature - World Literature	masnavi	153	10
17	20	Science - Other Science	video games	109	10
18	1	History - Any History	Nigeria	75	10
18	11	Science - Other Science	hyperbolic	81	10
18	12	History - American History	pacifism	115	10
18	16	Science - Biology	chlamydia	120	10
18	18	Geography	Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	143	10
18	20	History - European History	newspapers	88	10

Conor ThompsonIowa State

Conor Thompson
Iowa State