Arrow of God - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet B: Tossup 8

The protagonist of this novel fears that his worsening eyesight might necessitate an assistant after viewing the moon from the specially constructed back entrance of his hut. A group of laborers in this novel are whipped amidst their growing resentment over working on a road for free after losing the arbitration of a conflict in this novel. A character in this novel betrays his father by locking up a royal python in a box to die of asphyxiation. (10[1]-5[3])A character in this novel refuses to call the New Yam Feast (10[2]-5[5])after being (10[1]-5[2])sent (-5[1])to prison (-5[4])for refusing to (10[1])become (-5[2])the “white (10[1]-5[1])man’s chief.” (-5[2])The rotting (-5[2])yams (-5[3])and the death of (-5[1])Obika (-5[7])cause (-5[1])villagers (-5[5])in this novel (-5[2])to abandon the god (-5[1])Ulu (-5[1])and (-5[1])accept (10[1]-5[1])the “immunity” of the Christian god (-5[1])offered by John Goodcountry. (-5[2])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this Chinua (-5[1])Achebe (-5[2])novel (-5[2])titled (10[1]-5[2])for an Igbo (-5[1])proverb that depicts the downfall (-5[1])of the priest (-5[1])Ezeulu. (10[3]0[1]-5[1])■END■ (10[17]0[34])

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<JF, World Literature> | Packet B - Queens A, UCLA B, Edinburgh B, St. Georges A

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Anuttam Ramji	Berkeley B	Stanford A	77	-5
Yashwanth Bajji	Michigan A	Michigan State	77	-5
Parker McCoig	Tennessee A	Kentucky	77	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Cornell B	77	-5
Rachel Fanous	Michigan B	CWRU A	89	-5
Yrwin Batan	MIT	Dartmouth A	89	10
William Orr	Yale	Harvard A	89	-5
Charles Hang	WashU A	Georgia Tech C	89	-5
Antoni Kluzowski	Warwick A	Cardiff	89	10
Eshan Pant	NYU A	Columbia A	89	-5
Sinecio Morales	Johns Hopkins A	John Jay	89	-5
Yusuf Baig	McMaster B	McGill A	91	-5
Yihong Chen	Toronto C	Waterloo A	91	10
Michael Durrant	Ohio State C	Michigan C	91	-5
William Gillard	Warwick B	Imperial B	92	-5
James Watson	Wake Forest	James Madison A	94	-5
Jakob Meyers	Indiana A	Chicago C	94	-5
Stephen Walsh	Northwestern B	Chicago E	94	-5
Kevin Wang	Georgia Tech A	Washington A	94	-5
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Brandeis B	97	10
Khanh Nguyen	Florida C	Florida A	98	-5
Davin Sivertson	Alabama B	Vanderbilt B	98	-5
Braden Booth	Missouri A	Washington B	100	10
William Day	Murray State A	Texas A&M A	100	-5
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech B	Bruin	102	-5
Rishi Pendyala	Cornell C	RIT	102	-5
Matthew Vidal	Northwestern D	Purdue A	104	-5
Monish Jampala	Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	104	-5
Micah Williams	VCU	North Carolina A	105	-5
Bryce Cruise	Texas A	Texas B	105	-5
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Tennessee B	105	-5
Jarman Taylor	Johns Hopkins B	Rutgers B	109	-5
Ishan Joshi	Toronto Metropolitan	Simon Fraser	110	-5
Summer Solis	James Madison B	Virginia Tech A	110	-5
Meredie Cohen	William and Mary	Liberty B	110	-5
William Houston	Chicago B	Illinois B	110	-5
Annika Larson	Claremont	Carleton College	110	-5
Camden Walker	WashU B	Mississipi State	110	-5
Andrei Hui	Cambridge A	Manchester	110	-5
Charlotte Bauer	McGill B	McMaster A	111	-5
Nathaniel Hull	Berkeley C	Berkeley A	112	-5
Amir Dolansky	Toronto E	Carleton University	112	-5
Aditya Sharma	Duke	North Carolina C	112	-5
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Northwestern C	112	-5
Joel Miles	Minnesota A	Missouri B	112	-5
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	NC State B	115	-5
Noah McRedmond	Notre Dame B	Illinois C	115	-5
Cole Hennessy	Central Florida A	Central Florida C	119	-5
Ariel Faeder	Pittsburgh	Ohio State B	120	-5
Mitch McCullar	Penn State	Cornell A	121	-5
Ben Wismath	Toronto B	Toronto G	122	10
Benedykt Chodzko-Zajko	Southampton A	Oxford C	122	-5
Tai Belke	UBC B	Toronto D	128	-5
Jacob Finley	Notre Dame A	Chicago A	132	-5
Omkar Marathe	Columbia B	Swarthmore	132	-5
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Virginia	135	-5
Vikshar Athreya	Rutgers A	Columbia C	138	-5
Rishabh Dave	Berkeley D	Stanford B	139	-5
Peyton Legg	Central Florida B	Florida B	139	-5
Cameron Liu	Toronto F	Western C	140	-5
John Chen	UBC A	Guelph	140	-5
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	North Carolina B	141	-5
Joshua Iyo	North Carolina B	Liberty C	141	10
Kabir Zaman	South Carolina B	NC State A	141	-5
Joseph Xu	Bowdoin B	Brandeis A	144	-5
Eli Young	Vassar	Maryland C	149	-5
Dillon George	Catholic	Georgetown	152	-5
Andrew Zeng	Stanford A	Berkeley B	153	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State	Michigan A	153	10
Patrick Torre	Maryland A	Maryland B	153	-5
Eric Zhu	Cornell B	Binghamton A	153	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT	Cornell C	153	0
Vivian Malouf	Berkeley A	Berkeley C	154	0
Carter Yott	McMaster A	McGill B	154	0
Galen Mueller	McGill A	McMaster B	154	0
Kevin Ye	Simon Fraser	Toronto Metropolitan	154	0
Alden Thompson	Carleton University	Toronto E	154	10
Rayton Lin	Waterloo B	Western A	154	10
Thomas Tibbetts	Central Florida C	Central Florida A	154	10
Alex Olson	Florida B	Central Florida B	154	0
Andrew Amygdalos	CWRU A	Michigan B	154	0
Simon Zimmerman	Ohio State A	CWRU B	154	0
Angelo Pan	CWRU B	Ohio State A	154	10
Rohan Navaneetha Raj	Ohio State B	Pittsburgh	154	10
Carter Pisocky	Michigan C	Ohio State C	154	0
Jeffery Austin	North Carolina C	Duke	154	0
Graham Troy	North Carolina A	VCU	154	10
John Gamble	NC State A	South Carolina B	154	0
Noah Chin	Virginia Tech A	James Madison B	154	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia	South Carolina A	154	0
Kevin Yang	Illinois B	Chicago B	154	10
Coby Tran	Chicago C	Indiana A	154	0
Tobias Cortes	Indiana C	Chicago D	154	0
Mats Miller	Chicago D	Indiana C	154	0
Max Averbach	Northwestern C	Indiana B	154	0
Beckett Pursey	Purdue A	Northwestern D	154	0
Alvin Guo	Chicago A	Notre Dame A	154	10
Dash Rumble	Bowdoin A	Brown	154	0
Philip Yao	Brown	Bowdoin A	154	10
Chris Dech	Brandeis A	Bowdoin B	154	0
Joy An	Harvard A	Yale	154	0
Aaron Marchand	Carleton College	Claremont	154	10
Lucas Barnes	Missouri B	Minnesota A	154	0
George Matsumura	Washington A	Georgia Tech A	154	10
Dwight Solano	Texas A&M A	Murray State A	154	0
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas B	Texas A	154	0
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Georgia Tech D	154	0
Jack Lewis	Bruin	Georgia Tech B	154	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	WashU A	154	0
Riley Bruce	Tennessee B	Louisville A	154	0
Towery McNeil	Mississipi State	WashU B	154	10
Katie Farthing	Vanderbilt B	Alabama B	154	0
Nathan Easow	Manchester	Cambridge A	154	0
Zosia Mikolajczuk	Southampton B	Montpellier	154	0
Evan Schleck	Georgetown	Catholic	154	0
Moses Kitakule	Columbia A	NYU A	154	10
Ben Hellman	Swarthmore	Columbia B	154	0
Brandon Weiss	Columbia C	Rutgers A	154	0
Gannon Smith	Maryland B	Maryland A	154	0
Jason Lee	Rutgers B	Johns Hopkins B	154	10
Gus Vanskike	Maryland C	Vassar	154	10
Kevin Peng	Cornell A	Penn State	154	0
Robert Chen	Rochester	Binghamton B	154	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	33%	100%	153.00
Canada	Main Site	✓	10	40%	70%	130.25
Florida	Main Site	✓	3	33%	100%	154.00
Great Lakes	Main Site	✓	5	60%	80%	153.67
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	33%	100%	149.67
Midwest	Main Site	✓	8	25%	88%	154.00
Northeast	Main Site	✓	5	60%	40%	113.33
Overflow	Main Site	✓	4	75%	75%	136.00
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	0%	100%
Southeast	Main Site	✓	7	43%	86%	128.33
UK	Main Site	✓	6	17%	50%	89.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	8	38%	100%	154.00
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	4	25%	75%	153.00