slums - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet J: Tossup 2

A rebellious type of “act” named for these places is the focus of a 2022 book by Veena Das. A portmanteau merging these places with an occupation is often applied to Peter Rachman, who inspired the term “Rachmanism.” (10[2])A book about one of these places chronicles a garbage sorter accused of arson and is titled for a tile ad on an airport wall. (10[1])The growth of (10[1])these places is the subject of a Mike Davis book titled (10[1])for a “Planet of” (10[1]-5[1])them. (10[2]-5[2])One of these places called Annawadi (10[1])is the focus (10[1])of Katherine Boo’s (10[2])Behind (-5[1])the Beautiful (10[1])Forevers. Dharavi, (10[1])the (10[1])largest (10[5])of these (10[3])places, (10[7])is (10[1])a setting of Vikas (10[4])Swarup’s (10[1])novel Q & (10[1])A, (10[2])which Danny Boyle adapted into a movie (10[1])partly (10[2])titled (10[1])for these places (10[2])about (10[1])a poor (10[1])game show contestant. (10[8])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[7])favelas (10[4])exemplify what (10[2])poor, (10[4])densely (10[1])populated (10[2])urban areas? (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: slums [accept Slum Acts or slumlords or Slumdog Millionaire; accept undercity or undercities; prompt on city or cities or urban areas or neighborhoods] (Rachman is a widely-cited slumlord.)

<TM, Other Academic> | Packet J - Southampton A, Indiana A, Illinois B, Edinburgh A

= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Ryan Rosenberg	NYU A	Maryland A	37	10
Gus Vanskike	Maryland C	Rutgers A	37	10
Andrew Zeng	Stanford A	Stanford B	62	10
Alvin Guo	Chicago A	Chicago E	65	10
John Chen	UBC A	Waterloo A	76	10
Vivian Malouf	Berkeley A	Berkeley B	80	10
Cole Hartung	Georgetown	Swarthmore	80	-5
Jaskaran Singh	UCLA B	Arizona State	81	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD C	81	-5
Joshua Iyo	North Carolina B	Liberty A	81	10
Stephen Walsh	Northwestern B	Indiana B	81	-5
Jerry Vinokurov	John Jay	Johns Hopkins B	87	10
Hiten Umarnani	Imperial C	Oxford A	90	10
Karthik Jayaram	UCLA A	UC Irvine	93	10
Robert Wang	Columbia A	Johns Hopkins A	93	10
Faraz Foroughi	NC State A	Liberty B	94	-5
Franklin Wu	Toronto C	Simon Fraser	96	10
S. A. Shenoy	Georgia Tech D	Tennessee A	98	10
Sumukh Murthy	UCSD A	UCSD B	99	10
John Augustyn	Notre Dame B	Purdue A	100	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis B	Harvard B	100	10
Rohan Ganeshan	Harvard A	Southern Connecticut State	100	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Cambridge C	100	10
Ted Warner	Bristol	Edinburgh B	100	10
Aditya Rajesh	Northwestern C	Notre Dame A	102	10
Zach Foster	City St. George's	Cambridge B	102	10
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt	NYU B	Columbia B	102	10
Rishabh Dave	Berkeley D	Berkeley C	103	10
Joey Sun	Toronto B	Ottawa	103	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Central Florida A	103	10
Annewsa Ghosh	Indiana C	Illinois C	103	10
Akshay Seetharam	Claremont	Washington B	103	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas B	Texas A	103	10
Olivia Kiser	Kentucky	WashU B	103	10
Prahalad Rao	Ohio State B	Michigan A	104	10
Eva Mandelbaum	Guelph	Toronto E	108	10
Rohan Dalal	Georgia Tech A	Minnesota A	108	10
Shreyas Rajagopal	Texas A&M A	Murray State A	108	10
Arhith Dharanendra	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech C	108	10
Galen Mueller	McGill A	Waterloo B	109	10
Yash Modi	Western B	Western A	112	10
Jacob Schildkraut	William and Mary	VCU	113	10
Ani Perumalla	Penn State	RIT	113	10
Jay Misuk	Western C	Toronto G	120	10
Arjun Kala	Illinois A	Chicago B	121	10
Arthur Bellamy	Oxford B	Durham	121	10
Thomas Tibbetts	Central Florida C	Florida B	122	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis A	Dartmouth A	125	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Vanderbilt B	125	10
Oscar O'Flanagan	Imperial A	UCL	126	10
Khanh Nguyen	Florida C	Central Florida B	128	10
Milan Fernandez	Brock	McGill B	131	10
Andrew McCowan	Queen's	McMaster A	131	10
Tai Belke	UBC B	Carleton University	131	10
Carter Pisocky	Michigan C	CWRU A	131	10
Evan Gniadek	Purdue B	Chicago C	131	10
Yrwin Batan	MIT	Yale	131	10
John John Groger	WashU A	Bruin	131	10
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Alabama A	131	10
Chauncey Lo	Columbia C	Rutgers B	133	10
Ishan Joshi	Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto D	134	10
Yusuf Baig	McMaster B	Toronto F	134	10
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State	Michigan B	134	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	CWRU B	134	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Virginia Tech B	134	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia	James Madison A	134	10
Isaac Studley	Carleton College	Missouri B	134	10
Simon Zimmerman	Ohio State A	Ohio State C	135	10
Nick Smemoe	North Carolina A	Duke	135	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Brown	135	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland B	Catholic	135	10
Pranaav Senthilkumar	Cornell B	Cornell A	137	10
Killian Simonson	Rochester	Cornell C	137	10
Gavin Rittgers	South Carolina B	James Madison B	138	10
Suyesh Paraju	NC State B	Wake Forest	138	10
Alana Dickey	Indiana B	Northwestern B	138	10
Violet Page	Binghamton B	Binghamton A	138	10
Orion Keller	Virginia Tech A	North Carolina C	139	10
Mats Miller	Chicago D	Northwestern D	140	10
Towery McNeil	Mississipi State	Alabama B	140	10
Eli Young	Vassar	NYU C	142	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD C	UC Santa Barbara	143	10
Emily Snider	Liberty B	NC State A	143	10
Riley Bruce	Tennessee B	Sewanee	143	10
Ben Hellman	Swarthmore	Georgetown	143	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	100%	0%	81.67
California (South)	Main Site	✓	4	100%	25%	104.00
Canada	Main Site	✓	12	100%	0%	115.42
Florida	Main Site	✓	3	100%	0%	117.67
Great Lakes	Main Site	✓	5	100%	0%	127.60
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	100%	11%	128.33
Midwest	Main Site	✓	8	100%	13%	112.50
Northeast	Main Site	✓	5	100%	0%	118.20
Overflow	Main Site	✓	3	100%	0%	115.00
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	100%	0%	105.50
Southeast	Main Site	✓	8	100%	0%	122.38
UK	Main Site	✓	6	100%	0%	106.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	100%	11%	101.00
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	4	100%	0%	131.25