Great Northern War - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet B: Tossup 7

Refugees displaced by this conflict spread an outbreak of plague that coincided with the most extreme of the Great Frosts. A plot by the ambassadors Erik Sparre (“spar”) and Karl Gyllenborg led to British intervention in this conflict. Hundreds of civilians (-5[1])were massacred during this conflict’s (-5[1])Murder Friday, part of the devastation of one province in the Great Wrath. (10[6])A (10[1])treaty signed during this (-5[1])conflict (10[1])mandated the extradition of Johann (10[1])Reinhold (10[2])Patkul (10[2]-5[2])and the withdrawal (10[1])of (10[1])Augustus the Strong. (10[8]-5[2])The (10[1])losing (10[1]-5[2])side (10[2])in this conflict (10[2]-5[1])lost (10[1])its exemption from the Sound Dues (10[1]-5[1])and the provinces (10[1])of Ingria and Livonia. (10[5])A Cossack (10[3])defection (10[2])did not prevent one ruler (10[1])from losing this conflict’s (10[3])Battle (10[1])of Poltava. (10[8])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[2])name this war in which Peter the Great led a coalition (10[1]-5[1])against Charles (10[1])XII’s Sweden. ■END■ (10[10]0[4])

ANSWER: Great Northern War [accept Second Northern War; prompt on Northern Wars]

<Queen’s A, European History> | Packet B - Queens A, UCLA B, Edinburgh B, St. Georges A

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Davin Sivertson	Alabama B	Vanderbilt B	39	-5
Ethan Bosita	Stanford B	Berkeley D	44	-5
Nathaniel Hull	Berkeley C	Berkeley A	57	10
Varun Sathyajeeth	Ohio State C	Michigan C	57	10
Yaj Jhajhria	Washington A	Georgia Tech A	57	10
Cole Hartung	Georgetown	Catholic	57	10
Robert Wang	Columbia A	NYU A	57	10
Olin Bose	Columbia B	Swarthmore	57	10
Shreyas Sinha	Texas B	Texas A	58	10
Kevin Peng	Cornell A	Penn State	62	-5
Franklin Wu	Toronto C	Waterloo A	63	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Tennessee B	68	10
Khanh Nguyen	Florida C	Florida A	69	10
Jack Lewis	Bruin	Georgia Tech B	69	10
Andrew Zeng	Stanford A	Berkeley B	70	-5
Aditya Sharma	Duke	North Carolina C	70	10
William Houston	Chicago B	Illinois B	70	-5
Michael Kearney	Harvard A	Yale	70	10
Omer Keskin	Edinburgh A	Birmingham	73	10
Vikshar Athreya	Rutgers A	Columbia C	74	10
Anuttam Ramji	Berkeley B	Stanford A	77	10
Nabhaan Farooqi	McGill A	McMaster B	77	10
Sriram Susarla	UBC B	Toronto D	77	10
Aryan Desarapu	Michigan B	CWRU A	77	10
Prahalad Rao	Ohio State B	Pittsburgh	77	10
Sam Konkel	Chicago C	Indiana A	77	10
Chris Dech	Brandeis A	Bowdoin B	77	10
Yrwin Batan	MIT	Dartmouth A	77	-5
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Kentucky	77	10
Derek Li	Cornell C	RIT	77	-5
Kai Madgwick	Manchester	Cambridge A	78	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Virginia	79	10
Mats Miller	Chicago D	Indiana C	79	-5
Mattias Ehatamm	Maryland A	Maryland B	79	-5
Kevin Le	Carleton University	Toronto E	80	10
Aaryan Tomar	Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	80	10
Joey Sun	Toronto B	Toronto G	83	10
Noah Chin	Virginia Tech A	James Madison B	83	10
Sam McNamee	Notre Dame A	Chicago A	83	-5
Braxton Davis	Missouri A	Washington B	84	10
Dexter Hine	Simon Fraser	Toronto Metropolitan	90	-5
Zoe Wang	Carleton College	Claremont	90	10
Megan Wang	Brown	Bowdoin A	93	10
Adil Haider	McMaster A	McGill B	97	10
John Chen	UBC A	Guelph	97	10
Joshua Koch	Michigan A	Michigan State	97	10
Aditya Rajesh	Northwestern C	Indiana B	97	10
Nolan Jones	Purdue A	Northwestern D	97	10
Bailey Lacefield	Toronto F	Western C	99	10
John John Groger	WashU A	Georgia Tech C	99	10
William Gillard	Warwick B	Imperial B	99	10
Dwight Solano	Texas A&M A	Murray State A	100	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins A	John Jay	100	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Central Florida B	105	10
Mari Montoya	Waterloo B	Western A	109	10
Diego Almaraz	North Carolina B	Liberty C	109	10
Tommy Donelon	Missouri B	Minnesota A	109	10
Simon Zimmerman	Ohio State A	CWRU B	110	10
Max Bendsen	VCU	North Carolina A	112	10
Raymond Ha	Chicago E	Northwestern B	112	10
John Augustyn	Notre Dame B	Illinois C	112	10
Sawyer Smith	Mississipi State	WashU B	112	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Warwick A	112	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland C	Vassar	112	10
Brian Hoff	Cornell B	Binghamton A	112	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT	Cornell C	112	10
Chris Yoo	William and Mary	Liberty B	113	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	NC State B	114	10
Alexander Nicholas	Central Florida A	Central Florida C	115	10
Jesse Mindel	NC State A	South Carolina B	115	10
Aiden Bang	Johns Hopkins B	Rutgers B	126	-5
Killian Simonson	Rochester	Binghamton B	126	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	MIT	128	10
Tyler Zhao	Berkeley D	Stanford B	131	10
Ishan Joshi	Toronto Metropolitan	Simon Fraser	131	10
Mason Lambert	James Madison A	Wake Forest	131	0
Winston Fugate	Wake Forest	James Madison A	131	10
Jisoo Park	Illinois B	Chicago B	131	10
Tobias Cortes	Indiana C	Chicago D	131	10
Nikolas Polsinelli	Chicago A	Notre Dame A	131	10
Krishna Girish	Montpellier	Southampton B	131	0
Zosia Mikolajczuk	Southampton B	Montpellier	131	10
Julian Sung	Oxford C	Southampton A	131	0
Christian Sherrington	Southampton A	Oxford C	131	0
Gannon Smith	Maryland B	Maryland A	131	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers B	Johns Hopkins B	131	10
Teigue Kelly	Penn State	Cornell A	131	10
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Brandeis B	134	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	100%	67%	88.33
Canada	Main Site	✓	10	100%	10%	91.30
Florida	Main Site	✓	3	100%	0%	96.33
Great Lakes	Main Site	✓	5	100%	0%	83.60
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	100%	0%	102.89
Midwest	Main Site	✓	8	100%	38%	111.00
Northeast	Main Site	✓	5	80%	20%	92.00
Overflow	Main Site	✓	4	100%	0%	85.00
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	100%	0%	79.00
Southeast	Main Site	✓	7	86%	14%	84.17
UK	Main Site	✓	6	83%	0%	98.60
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	8	100%	25%	89.88
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	4	100%	50%	120.25