2026 ACF Nationals - Buzzpoints

Christopher Sims
Northwestern A

Round	Packet	#	Category	Answer	Buzzpoint	Value	First	Top 3	Rank	Rebound
1	1	1	Fine Arts - Other	Ma Rainey	147	10			10
1	1	12	Other Academic	Huxley	71	10			7
1	1	19	Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture	journalists	136	0
1	1	20	History - World	Durrani	135	10			15
3	3	4	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Brahms’s Violin Concerto	91	10			6
3	3	6	Fine Arts - Other	*Doctor Atomic*	125	10			5
3	3	8	History - World	Mamlūk Sultanate	124	10			15
3	3	12	Current Events	Romanians	108	10			8
4	4	1	Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture	Giorgio Vasari	92	10		✓	3
4	4	4	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Frédéric Chopin	43	10		✓	2
4	4	5	Literature - American	beaches	152	0
4	4	6	Religion	Zoroaster	127	10			12	✓
4	4	7	Philosophy	University of Edinburgh	85	-5
4	4	9	Literature - World	mystery fiction	87	10			6
4	4	15	History - European	Christian	111	10			8	✓
4	4	16	Literature - European	Byzantine Empire	137	10			6
4	4	17	History - World	Taira clan	151	10			13	✓
5	5	2	Literature - World	London	148	10			8	✓
5	5	4	History - European	Belgium	64	10		✓	3
5	5	9	Geography	Belarusian	107	-5
5	5	16	Fine Arts - Classical Music	preludes by Sergei Rachmaninoff	68	-5
5	5	18	History - World	mummies	87	10			5
6	6	3	Current Events	LDP	60	10		✓	2
6	6	5	Social Science	being in a romantic relationship	76	-5
6	6	9	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Muzio Clementi	106	-5
6	6	17	History - American	dot-com crash	126	10			9	✓
6	6	19	Other Academic	Heimat	121	10		✓	2
7	7	3	Social Science	Democratic Republic of the Congo	140	0
7	7	4	Other Academic	anatomy	91	10			6
7	7	5	Literature - European	*Dictionary of the Khazars*	136	10			9
7	7	6	History - European	Miklós Horthy	133	0
7	7	10	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Dmitri Shostakovich	55	10		✓	3
7	7	14	Literature - British	Petrarch	139	-5
7	7	15	Fine Arts - Other	Maria Tallchief	113	10			9
7	7	17	History - World	Julius Nyerere	105	10			7
7	7	18	Religion	Ulrich Zwingli	72	10		✓	3
8	8	8	Science - Physics	entropy	81	-5
8	8	9	History - World	trek	131	10			11	✓
8	8	10	Geography	St. Louis	113	10			16
8	8	16	Social Science	federalism	81	10			4
8	8	17	History - American	Meriwether Lewis	110	10			6
10	1	1	Religion	Nāgārjuna	25	10	✓	✓	1
10	1	2	Fine Arts - Classical Music	George Frederic Handel	98	10		✓	3
10	1	7	Literature - American	interpretation	135	10			13
10	1	11	Fine Arts - Other	Marx Brothers	162	10		✓	3
10	1	14	History - American	Niagara River	107	-5
10	1	15	Geography	Belgrade	133	10			10
10	1	19	Other Academic	Navajo	130	10			8
10	1	20	Philosophy	Spain	93	10			12
11	2	5	History - European	Haiti	130	10			16	✓
11	2	11	Religion	Basil	160	10			11	✓
11	2	17	Current Events	scams	65	-5
12	3	2	Literature - World	Central Asia	164	10			10
12	3	3	Geography	Simón Bolívar	115	10			9
12	3	4	Literature - European	*Letters* of Abelard and Heloise	115	10			10
12	3	5	History - World	princely states	68	10		✓	3
12	3	6	Other Academic	mythology	98	10		✓	3
12	3	7	Social Science	universal grammar hypothesis	95	10	✓	✓	1
12	3	13	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Riccardo	52	10		✓	3
12	3	16	Religion	centurions	112	10			9
13	4	2	Current Events	Hezbollah	134	10			16	✓
13	4	4	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Mannheim	100	10			4
13	4	11	Social Science	slavery	25	10		✓	2
13	4	19	Fine Arts - Other	Chile	82	10			5
14	5	1	Fine Arts - Classical Music	banning polyphony in the liturgy/mass	89	10		✓	2
14	5	6	Religion	Bali	140	10			9	✓
14	5	12	Social Science	economic surplus	96	-5
14	5	16	Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture	British Museum	59	10		✓	3
15	6	4	Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture	white	125	10			4
15	6	12	History - American	shells	82	10			8
15	6	17	Mythology	rivers	127	10			6
15	6	18	Fine Arts - Classical Music	*Romeo and Juliet*	74	10		✓	2
15	6	20	History - Other	Genesis	108	10			10
16	7	1	Social Science	seasonality	72	-5
16	7	2	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Mendelssohn’s Octet	110	-5
16	7	5	History - American	Fort McHenry	121	10			14
16	7	19	Philosophy	Leo Strauss	131	10			11
17	8	10	Literature - British	World War I	105	10		✓	2
17	8	11	History - Other	Australia	93	10			7
17	8	12	Current Events	blackouts	97	10		✓	3
17	8	14	Literature - American	Tracy Letts	65	-5
17	8	20	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Leonard Bernstein	118	10			12	✓
18	9	2	Religion	Chief Rabbi of Israel	128	-5
18	9	3	History - European	Cologne	81	10			4
18	9	8	Literature - British	*Peter Pan*	95	10			7
18	9	12	Philosophy	strong	55	10	✓	✓	1
18	9	15	Geography	honey	70	10			5
19	10	7	Fine Arts - Other	United States	60	10	✓	✓	1
19	10	16	History - World	Jahangir	144	10			10
19	10	20	Fine Arts - Classical Music	*Rosamunde*	111	-5

Christopher SimsNorthwestern A

Christopher Sims
Northwestern A