thieves - 2025 ACF Nationals

Tossup

When confronted by Pharisees who claim he is working through Beelzebub, Jesus asks how one of these people could overcome a strong man. Before comparing himself to the good shepherd in John 10 (“chapter 10”), Jesus compares himself to a door or gate that these people do not travel through. In Matthew 21 (“chapter 21”), Jesus begins healing the blind in the Temple after comparing its inhabitants to these people. (10[1])1 Thessalonians (10[1]-5[1])(“first Thessalonians”) repeats a quote from Matthew (10[1])that Judgment Day will arrive like one of these people (10[3])in the night. (10[7])In Luke (10[3])23:43 (10[1])(“chapter 23, verse 43”), one of these people sometimes (10[1])canonized as Saint Dismas (10[1])is told “you will be with me (10[1])in Paradise” after proving to be penitent. The Good Samaritan helps a man attacked by these people. (10[2])For (10[1])10 points, Jesus was crucified alongside two of what people? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: thieves [or robbers or cutpurses or burglars or bandits or muggers or pickpockets or bandits or pillagers or brigands or cutpurses or footpads or highwaymen or swindlers or stealers; prompt on criminals by asking “what crime?”; prompt on crucifixion victims or other answers indicating someone as crucified by asking “what general type of person are they?”]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Todd Maslyk	Michigan	Maryland	65	10
Marcus Forbes-Green	Toronto C	Iowa State	67	-5
Amogh Kulkarni	Georgia State	Waterloo B	67	10
Puna Ekka	Minnesota	Cornell A	72	10
Charles Hang	WUSTL A	Illinois A	82	10
Orion Keller	Virginia Tech	Texas	82	10
Henry Bon	Winona State	Virginia	82	10
Mitch McCullar	Penn State	British Columbia	85	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT	Cornell B	85	10
James McCurley	Harvard	Georgia Tech	85	10
Sinecio Morales	Johns Hopkins	MIT	85	10
Aum Mundhe	Rutgers	Columbia A	85	10
Truman Hill	Vanderbilt	North Carolina B	85	10
Ned Tagtmeier	Chicago A	Waterloo A	85	10
Stefan Stealey-Euchner	Arizona State	LSE	87	10
Jakob Myers	Indiana	Stanford	87	10
Collin Nadarajah	WUSTL B	Ottawa	87	10
William Groger	Columbia B	UCF	88	10
Jim Fan	North Carolina A	Toronto A	93	10
Chris Sims	Northwestern	UC Berkeley A	97	10
Simon Zimmerman	Ohio State	Illinois B	104	10
Biniam Alaro	Florida	UC Berkeley B	121	10
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt	NYU	Yale	121	10
Alvin Guo	Chicago B	Toronto B	122	10
Conor Thompson	Iowa State	Toronto C	133	10

Summary

Tournament	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 ACF Nationals	Yes	24	100%	0%	4%	91.04