Maxim Gorky - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet C: Tossup 20

In a story by this author, the origins of a mysterious moving shadow and blueish sparks are explained in stories by the title very old woman. In another story by this author, a group of bakers turn against their favorite customer after she (10[1])is seduced (10[5])by a soldier. (10[6]-5[2])A father (10[1])only worries (10[1])about the impact on his political prospects after his daughter’s suicide attempt in this author’s debut play (-5[1])The Philistines. (10[1])In a play by this author, (10[1])a character reading Fatal Love is hit (10[1])on the head (10[1])with a book (10[1])and called (10[1])a fool. An actor in that (10[1])play (-5[1])by this author (10[2])is inspired to seek help in a sanatorium but hangs himself when (10[2])Luka (10[2])disappears. For 10 points, (10[1]-5[2])name this author (10[1]-5[1])who followed the lives of a group living in a shelter (10[1])near (10[1])the Volga (10[1])in The Lower (10[1])Depths. (10[5])■END■ (10[24]0[18])

ANSWER: Maxim Gorky [or Alexei Maximovich Peshkov]

<UBC A, European Literature> | Packet C - Virginia Tech A, Waterloo A, UCSD A, UBC A

= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Andrew Wang	Illinois A	Chicago D	42	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	CWRU B	44	10
William Orr	Yale	Brandeis A	44	10
Jack Lewis	Bruin	Georgia Tech D	44	10
Rayhana Amjad	Edinburgh A	Oxford C	44	10
Imran Abdul Rahman	UCL	Cambridge B	44	10
Vivian Malouf	Berkeley A	Stanford B	47	10
Travis Johnson	Pittsburgh	Ohio State C	47	10
Coby Tran	Chicago C	Northwestern B	47	10
Justin Hawkins	Indiana A	Northwestern C	47	10
Kevin Wang	Georgia Tech A	Claremont	47	10
Braden Booth	Missouri A	Carleton College	47	10
Daniel Kim	Maryland B	John Jay	47	-5
Vayun Krishna	Georgetown	Maryland C	47	-5
Mitch McCullar	Penn State	Rochester	49	10
Andrew Amygdalos	CWRU A	Ohio State A	51	10
Kevin Le	Carleton University	Toronto G	68	-5
Raymond Chen	Toronto B	Toronto E	70	10
Teddy Fogel	Birmingham	Warwick A	76	10
Rohan Ganeshan	Harvard A	Dartmouth B	83	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue A	Chicago B	86	10
Yrwin Batan	MIT	Southern Connecticut State	89	10
Philip Yao	Brown	Harvard B	91	10
Albert Nyang	LSE	Edinburgh B	97	10
Omkar Marathe	Columbia B	Johns Hopkins A	98	-5
Tanay Bodducherla	Berkeley B	Berkeley C	101	10
Jisoo Yoo	Texas A	Murray State A	101	10
Tai Belke	UBC B	Toronto C	113	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	113	10
Moses Kitakule	Columbia A	Vassar	114	10
Brandon Weiss	Columbia C	Maryland A	114	10
Milan Fernandez	Brock	McGill A	118	10
Logan Mathis	WashU A	Tennessee A	118	-5
William Gillard	Warwick B	Cambridge A	118	-5
Kevin Ye	Simon Fraser	Western B	121	10
Yiwei Jiang	NYU C	Swarthmore	121	-5
Rachel Fanous	Michigan B	Ohio State B	132	10
Alvin Guo	Chicago A	Purdue B	133	10
Andrew Zeng	Stanford A	Berkeley D	135	10
Ryan Rosenberg	NYU A	Johns Hopkins B	138	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph	Western A	139	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Western C	139	10
Michael Wu	Southampton A	Cardiff	139	10
Zach Foster	City St. George's	Oxford B	139	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU B	Catholic	139	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto G	Carleton University	140	10
Rayton Lin	Waterloo B	McGill B	140	10
Jesse Chusing	Ottawa	McMaster B	140	10
Andrew McCowan	Queen's	Toronto Metropolitan	140	10
Cole Hennessy	Central Florida A	Central Florida B	140	10
Thomas Tibbetts	Central Florida C	Florida A	140	10
Khanh Nguyen	Florida C	Florida B	140	0
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida C	140	0
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State	Michigan C	140	0
Carter Pisocky	Michigan C	Michigan State	140	10
Jack Casey	Illinois B	Illinois C	140	10
Noah McRedmond	Notre Dame B	Indiana C	140	10
Jacob Finley	Notre Dame A	Indiana B	140	10
Dash Rumble	Bowdoin A	Dartmouth A	140	0
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Bowdoin A	140	0
Joseph Xu	Bowdoin B	Brandeis B	140	0
Jack Granahan	Brandeis B	Bowdoin B	140	0
James Horsley	Iowa State	Washington B	140	0
Alan Fan	Washington B	Iowa State	140	0
Sasha Fillbrandt	Washington A	Missouri B	140	10
Dwight Solano	Texas A&M A	Texas B	140	0
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas B	Texas A&M A	140	0
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Alabama B	140	0
Davin Sivertson	Alabama B	Georgia Tech C	140	0
Towery McNeil	Mississipi State	Tennessee B	140	10
Beckett Gillmore	Louisville B	Sewanee	140	10
Parker McCoig	Tennessee A	WashU A	140	10
Olivia Kiser	Kentucky	Vanderbilt B	140	10
Mehmet Tatoglu	Oxford A	Bristol	140	10
Matteo Fronduti	Durham	Imperial A	140	10
Krishna Girish	Montpellier	Manchester	140	0
Kai Madgwick	Manchester	Montpellier	140	10
Gus Redding	Imperial B	Southampton B	140	10
Andrei Hui	Cambridge A	Warwick B	140	0
Jerry Vinokurov	John Jay	Maryland B	140	10
Sinecio Morales	Johns Hopkins A	Columbia B	140	10
Gus Vanskike	Maryland C	Georgetown	140	0
Ben Hellman	Swarthmore	NYU C	140	10
Jackie Xu	Cornell A	Binghamton B	140	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Cornell C	140	0
Derek Li	Cornell C	Binghamton A	140	0
Cade Reinberger	RIT	Cornell B	140	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	100%	0%	94.33
Canada	Main Site	✓	10	100%	10%	126.00
Florida	Main Site	✓	3	67%	0%	140.00
Great Lakes	Main Site	✓	5	100%	0%	82.80
Midwest	Main Site	✓	8	100%	0%	96.88
Northeast	Main Site	✓	6	67%	0%	76.75
Overflow	Main Site	✓	4	75%	0%	78.00
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	50%	0%	101.00
Southeast	Main Site	✓	7	86%	14%	119.50
UK	Main Site	✓	12	83%	8%	109.90
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	8	88%	50%	132.14
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	4	75%	0%	109.67