2025 ACF Nationals - Buzzpoints

Joseph Chambers
Virginia

Round	Question #	Category	Answer	Position	Value
1	4	Fine Arts - Classical Music	short	119	10
1	5	Literature - British Literature	bone	135	10
1	7	Literature - European Literature	“Nevsky Prospect”	130	10
1	9	Science - Physics	attenuation	143	0
1	10	History - American History	Long	96	-5
1	12	Religion	being Jewish	94	10
1	16	History - European History	Denmark	133	10
1	17	Literature - World Literature	Sumerian	42	10
1	18	Science - Chemistry	thioesters	124	-5
1	19	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	Die Meister·singer* von Nürnberg*	108	10
1	20	Mythology	Minamoto Clan	145	0
2	1	Science - Other Science	Ordovician Period	26	-5
2	3	Social Science	corporations	50	10
2	5	History - World History	1940s	135	10
2	8	Literature - British Literature	dejection	137	0
2	13	Science - Chemistry	pyridine	132	0
2	14	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	*Dracula*	148	10
2	19	Philosophy	*Truth and Method*	117	-5
3	3	Fine Arts - Painting & Sculpture	Joan Miró	144	10
3	7	History - American History	Greek American	96	10
3	10	Current Events	National Labor Relations Board	87	-5
3	11	Literature - American Literature	slave catchers	144	10
3	12	History - European History	poisoning	94	-5
3	13	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	fipple flute	117	10
3	14	Science - Physics	population inversion	106	10
3	15	Philosophy	innateness	131	0
3	16	Science - Chemistry	organic	118	10
3	17	History - World History	Warring States period	137	10
3	18	Other Academic	wine tasting	86	10
3	19	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8	132	10
4	4	Literature - World Literature	house servants	143	-5
4	5	Current Events	Nayib Bukele	86	10
4	8	Religion	sleep	91	10
4	9	Literature - British Literature	“Politics and the English Language”	57	-5
4	14	Science - Physics	paramagnetism	121	10
4	19	Social Science	gambling	43	10
5	1	Science - Biology	gastropods	76	10
5	2	History - World History	Kamehameha I	123	-5
5	6	History - European History	Poland	113	10
5	8	Fine Arts - Painting & Sculpture	Correggio	97	10
5	9	Literature - British Literature	Thomas Hardy	133	10
5	11	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	New York City Ballet	95	10
5	12	History - Any History	breastfeeding	106	10
5	16	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Guillaume de Machaut	141	10
5	17	Literature - World Literature	concubines	142	10
5	18	History - American History	land	133	10
5	20	Social Science	Republic of Haiti	85	-5
6	1	Philosophy	wood	62	10
6	2	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	Iceland	109	-5
6	5	History - European History	Irish	145	10
6	6	Current Events	Tennessee	136	10
6	9	Literature - European Literature	magicians	148	0
6	10	History - World History	rice	102	10
6	11	Science - Biology	biomagnification	98	10
6	12	Mythology	prophecy	96	10
6	14	Literature - World Literature	Jun’ichiro Tanizaki	78	10
6	16	Literature - British Literature	The Way of the World	147	10
6	18	Social Science	bank runs	93	10
8	1	Science - Chemistry	Debye–Hückel theory	129	0
8	3	Other Academic	palm trees	118	-5
8	4	Fine Arts - Painting & Sculpture	red	155	10
8	6	Science - Biology	cadherins	127	0
8	7	Religion	Thích Nhất Hạnh	137	0
8	8	Current Events	Bangladesh	98	10
8	15	Science - Other Science	cooperativity	112	-5
8	17	Science - Physics	displacement	133	10
8	19	History - American History	John Birch Society	114	10
8	20	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	Calvin Klein	106	10
9	1	Literature - American Literature	The Emperor Jones	131	10
9	2	History - World History	Spear of the Nation	145	0
9	3	Philosophy	Sir Isaac Newton	117	10
9	4	Fine Arts - Classical Music	waltz	133	10
9	6	Other Academic	screenwriting	97	10
9	7	Literature - British Literature	market	117	10
9	9	Science - Chemistry	quantum dots	126	10
9	10	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	speak	137	-5
9	11	Literature - World Literature	cane	52	-5
9	13	Science - Other Science	capital omega	133	0
9	14	History - European History	impeachment of Warren Hastings	129	0
9	16	History - American History	FCC	64	-5
9	17	Literature - European Literature	Leo Tolstoy	126	10
9	19	Current Events	Tim Walz	56	10
9	20	Science - Biology	nitrogen fixation	95	10
10	1	Science - Chemistry	transition states	126	-5
10	2	Social Science	networks	66	-5
10	3	History - American History	Mississippi River	140	10
10	4	Literature - British Literature	Helen of Troy	105	10
10	5	Fine Arts - Classical Music	organ	83	10
10	6	Literature - American Literature	dreams	143	0
10	8	Science - Biology	transmembrane proteins	125	10
10	9	Philosophy	Korean	88	10
10	11	Literature - European Literature	Charles Baudelaire	144	10
10	12	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	mental hospitals	81	10
10	13	Mythology	fables	69	10
10	14	Science - Physics	water waves	124	10
10	15	History - World History	Khmer Empire	136	10
10	16	Science - Other Science	integration	126	10
10	18	History - European History	*Wehrmacht*	80	10
10	19	Literature - World Literature	*Soul Mountain*	148	10
10	20	Fine Arts - Painting & Sculpture	Belgium	131	10
11	2	History - American History	Chicago	89	10
11	4	Mythology	Kraken	113	10
11	5	Fine Arts - Classical Music	polonaises by Frédéric Chopin	126	-5
11	6	Philosophy	*Protagoras*	91	-5
11	9	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	kabuki performances	135	10
11	11	Social Science	standard errors	76	10
11	13	Science - Physics	collisions	101	10
11	15	Fine Arts - Painting & Sculpture	Paul Cézanne	114	-5
11	19	Literature - American Literature	bullfighting	147	10
11	20	Religion	Varanasi	147	10
12	2	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	United Kingdom	95	-5
12	3	Literature - World Literature	seasons	120	10
12	7	History - Any History	funerals	129	10
12	9	Fine Arts - Painting & Sculpture	Marisol	129	-5
12	10	Literature - British Literature	*Mrs. Warren’s Profession*	42	10
12	11	Science - Other Science	metamorphic grade	129	10
12	13	Current Events	Mapuche people	132	10
12	14	Literature - American Literature	watchman	98	10
12	16	Literature - European Literature	Guy de Maupassant	85	10
12	17	Fine Arts - Classical Music	perfect	115	10
12	18	History - World History	Kenya	107	10
12	20	Philosophy	*I and Thou*	102	-5
13	1	Other Academic	the American Dream	95	10
13	4	History - European History	France	59	10
13	5	Literature - European Literature	*Hamlet*	113	10
13	7	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Edward Elgar	148	-5
13	10	Social Science	implicit	109	-5
13	13	Philosophy	language games	101	-5
13	14	Fine Arts - Painting & Sculpture	Diego Velázquez	128	10
13	16	Literature - American Literature	fire	143	0
13	17	Science - Physics	Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei	139	10
14	1	Literature - European Literature	the country	146	10
14	2	History - European History	Kingdom of Sweden	115	10
14	5	Fine Arts - Painting & Sculpture	Orphism	97	10
14	6	Social Science	the future	114	-5
14	7	History - American History	Bayard Rustin	76	-5
14	10	Literature - British Literature	Jez Butterworth	119	10
14	13	Other Academic	humor	127	10
14	14	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Joseph Haydn’s “Paris” Symphonies	120	-5
14	18	Current Events	maternal mortality	66	10
14	19	Philosophy	Arthur Schopenhauer	118	-5
15	1	Social Science	voters	79	10
15	2	Literature - European Literature	the Sphinx	124	-5
15	4	Science - Chemistry	elution	128	0
15	5	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	Bill Evans	131	10
15	7	Science - Biology	sunlight	113	10
15	9	Literature - British Literature	George Herbert	126	-5
15	11	Science - Physics	accelerometers	98	-5
15	14	Other Academic	slow	95	10
15	17	History - American History	Astor family	69	10
15	19	Geography	Rājasthān	147	10
15	20	Literature - American Literature	Henry James	92	10
16	4	Science - Other Science	floods	112	10
16	5	Literature - British Literature	*Mansfield Park*	133	-5
16	7	History - European History	nuclear accidents	120	-5
16	8	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	Christoph Willibald Gluck	73	10
16	11	Fine Arts - Classical Music	hammers	132	10
16	13	History - Any History	jars	114	10
16	14	Religion	grace	48	10
16	15	Science - Physics	particle number	99	10
16	16	Literature - World Literature	Damascus	154	10
16	17	Science - Biology	5-prime cap	111	-5
16	18	Fine Arts - Painting & Sculpture	Germany	153	10
16	19	History - American History	Tom	65	10
16	20	Philosophy	being	82	-5
17	1	Fine Arts - Classical Music	*Trout Quintet*	100	10
17	2	Social Science	water	97	10
17	5	Science - Chemistry	denticity	110	-5
17	9	History - American History	Colorado	137	10
17	11	Science - Biology	inbreeding	109	0
17	14	Fine Arts - Painting & Sculpture	parks	148	10
17	15	History - Any History	Robert Caro	30	10
17	16	Literature - World Literature	masnavi	153	10
17	17	History - European History	German Peasants’ War	113	10
17	18	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	Weegee	140	0
17	19	Philosophy	intellect	138	10
18	1	History - Any History	Nigeria	131	10
18	2	Fine Arts - Painting & Sculpture	mothers AND children	107	10
18	3	Social Science	risk	110	10
18	4	Literature - European Literature	Fernando Pessoa	142	10
18	5	Science - Physics	integrable	131	10
18	6	Religion	Krishna	56	10
18	8	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	*Cinderella*, Opus 87	132	10
18	10	Literature - World Literature	Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o	148	10
18	11	Science - Other Science	hyperbolic	142	10
18	13	Literature - American Literature	swimming pools	145	10
18	16	Science - Biology	chlamydia	114	10
18	17	Philosophy	Bernard Williams	134	10
18	18	Geography	Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	85	10
18	19	Literature - British Literature	towers	158	10
18	20	History - European History	newspapers	116	10

Joseph ChambersVirginia

Joseph Chambers
Virginia