2026 ACF Nationals - Buzzpoints

Calvin Bostleman
Ohio State

Round	Packet	#	Category	Answer	Buzzpoint	Value	Top 3	Rank	Rebound
1	1	3	Science - Biology	lifespan	127	10		11	✓
1	1	6	Science - Physics	Lars Onsager	103	10		7
2	2	4	Science - Chemistry	desorption	97	-5
3	3	7	Science - Physics	gamma matrices	64	-5
3	3	18	Science - Biology	Golgi apparatus	129	10		15	✓
4	4	3	Science - Physics	electronic correlation	101	10	✓	3
4	4	8	Science - Other	gravitational contraction	134	10	✓	3
4	4	12	Science - Chemistry	diatomic molecules	106	10	✓	2
4	4	19	Science - Biology	fluorescent proteins	128	10		12
5	5	1	Science - Physics	Newtonian gravity	123	-5
7	7	2	Science - Other	Bessel functions	79	10	✓	2
7	7	7	Science - Physics	traps	115	10		11
7	7	16	Science - Biology	cycads	124	0
10	1	2	Fine Arts - Classical Music	George Frederic Handel	126	10		7
10	1	6	Science - Other	gamma-ray bursts	88	-5
10	1	8	Science - Chemistry	electrolytes	118	10		9
11	2	13	Science - Physics	phase space	116	10		11
11	2	15	Science - Chemistry	fluorination	92	10		9
13	4	8	Science - Physics	number of protons AND number of neutrons	136	10		9	✓
13	4	10	Science - Biology	niches	94	10		9
13	4	12	Science - Chemistry	cyclopentadiene	60	-5
14	5	1	Fine Arts - Classical Music	banning polyphony in the liturgy/mass	138	0
14	5	11	Science - Chemistry	hydrazine	115	10		8
14	5	17	Science - Physics	bending	126	10		11
15	6	1	Science - Chemistry	kinetic isotope effect	85	10		4
15	6	16	Science - Physics	coherence	77	10		6
15	6	19	Science - Other	function approximation	114	-5
16	7	2	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Mendelssohn’s Octet	137	10		8
16	7	6	Science - Biology	measles	133	-5
16	7	10	Science - Physics	thermodynamic limit	101	-5
17	8	3	Science - Chemistry	transesterifications	124	10		9
17	8	17	Science - Other	open	128	10		7	✓
17	8	19	Science - Physics	free electron model	91	10	✓	2
19	10	9	Science - Physics	stress–energy tensor	128	0
19	10	11	Science - Chemistry	beryllium	126	10		17	✓
19	10	18	Science - Other	Wolf–Rayet stars	134	0

Calvin BostlemanOhio State

Calvin Bostleman
Ohio State