John - 2025 ACF Nationals

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This first name is given to ginger plants in the South that are chewed and spit on courtroom floors to wish for luck in legal matters. (10[1])“Bunkshanty” stories about a figure with this first name describe how he saved money by not crossing T’s or dotting I’s. (10[1]-5[1])Zora Neale Hurston recorded how a figure with this name (10[1]-5[1])returned to Africa, but could be summoned through a testicle-shaped plant found in mojo bags. Jalap (“JAL-up”) root is sometimes named (10[1])for a Hoodoo king with this name (10[2])and the epithet “the Conqueror.” (10[1])An (10[1])accountant with this first name used a hose to spray ink as a companion of Paul Bunyan. In a folk ballad, a figure with (10[1])this first name proclaims “I will die with a (10[1])hammer (10[3])in my hand” (10[6])in a (10[1])race (10[1])against a steam (10[1])drill. For 10 points, give this first name of a “steel-driving man” with the surname Henry. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: John [accept Johnny or Jack; accept John Henry; accept John the Conqueror or High John de Conqueror or John the Conqueroo; accept John the Conqueror root; accept Chewing John or Little John or Low John; accept Johnny Inkslinger]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Annabelle Yang	WUSTL A	Illinois A	25	10
Rohan Dalal	Georgia Tech	Harvard	46	-5
Sinecio Morales	Johns Hopkins	MIT	46	10
Joel Miles	Minnesota	Cornell A	56	10
Bryce Cruise	Texas	Virginia Tech	56	-5
Ryan Rosenberg	NYU	Yale	76	10
Jakob Myers	Indiana	Stanford	83	10
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford	North Carolina A	Toronto A	83	10
Henry Bon	Winona State	Virginia	88	10
Chris Sims	Northwestern	UC Berkeley A	89	10
Shourjo Ganguli	Ohio State	Illinois B	113	10
Ned Tagtmeier	Chicago A	Waterloo A	122	10
Yared Tadesse	Cornell B	RIT	123	10
Isaac Mammel	Maryland	Michigan	123	10
Amogh Kulkarni	Georgia State	Waterloo B	123	10
Mitch McCullar	Penn State	British Columbia	126	10
Liam Starnes	Chicago B	Toronto B	126	10
Conor Thompson	Iowa State	Toronto C	126	10
Cooper Roh	Columbia A	Rutgers	126	10
Vinu Harihar	UC Berkeley B	Florida	126	10
Adrian Wong	Ottawa	WUSTL B	126	10
Stefan Stealey-Euchner	Arizona State	LSE	128	10
Truman Hill	Vanderbilt	North Carolina B	129	10
William Groger	Columbia B	UCF	132	10
James McCurley	Harvard	Georgia Tech	149	10
Orion Keller	Virginia Tech	Texas	149	10

Summary

Tournament	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 ACF Nationals	Yes	24	100%	0%	8%	108.04