2026 ACF Nationals - Buzzpoints

Ryan Rosenberg
NYU A

Round	Packet	#	Category	Answer	Buzzpoint	Value	First	Top 3	Rank	Rebound
1	1	1	Fine Arts - Other	Ma Rainey	34	-5
1	1	2	Literature - American	Barbara Kingsolver	121	10			13
1	1	3	Science - Biology	lifespan	127	10			11	✓
1	1	13	History - European	the Fronde	105	-5
1	1	14	Science - Chemistry	Hermann Kolbe	125	0
1	1	15	Literature - British	Samuel Taylor Coleridge	67	10		✓	3
1	1	17	Literature - World	Somalia	113	10			6
1	1	18	Philosophy	Max	122	10			8
1	1	20	History - World	Durrani	66	10		✓	3
2	2	2	Science - Biology	reservoirs	102	-5
2	2	5	History - World	Trinidad and Tobago	135	10			12	✓
2	2	9	Literature - World	Canada	47	10		✓	2
2	2	12	Philosophy	Ethiopia	92	10		✓	3
2	2	14	Religion	Great Disappointment	152	0
2	2	16	Social Science	commuting	95	10			7
2	2	17	Science - Other	polygons	105	10		✓	3
2	2	19	Literature - American	Mary Oliver	116	10			4
3	3	1	Social Science	factor analysis	82	10	✓	✓	1
3	3	3	Literature - American	fire	73	10			8
3	3	7	Science - Physics	gamma matrices	120	10		✓	3
3	3	12	Current Events	Romanians	106	10			6
3	3	14	Philosophy	Gayatri Spivak	79	10			5
3	3	15	Mythology	the man in the moon	139	10			14
3	3	18	Science - Biology	Golgi apparatus	79	10		✓	2
4	4	2	History - American	sugar industry	124	-5
4	4	3	Science - Physics	electronic correlation	118	10			5
4	4	11	Social Science	Peru	59	10		✓	2
4	4	12	Science - Chemistry	diatomic molecules	129	10			11
4	4	17	History - World	Taira clan	87	10		✓	3
4	4	18	Geography	Middle East	115	10			10
4	4	19	Science - Biology	fluorescent proteins	96	10			5
5	5	1	Science - Physics	Newtonian gravity	133	10			5	✓
5	5	2	Literature - World	London	148	10			8	✓
5	5	7	Fine Arts - Other	South Africa	52	10	✓	✓	1
5	5	8	Mythology	uncle	88	10		✓	3
5	5	14	Science - Biology	*Pseudomonas*	108	10			4
5	5	15	Literature - British	John Berger	101	10		✓	3
5	5	19	Literature - American	*True West*	15	10	✓	✓	1
6	6	1	Science - Chemistry	hydrogen sulfide	74	10			4
6	6	4	Science - Biology	capsaicin	81	-5
6	6	7	History - World	Norodom Sihanouk	57	10		✓	3
6	6	8	Literature - British	Houyhnhnms	135	10			10	✓
6	6	13	History - Other	Jean Chrétien	48	10			9
6	6	20	Science - Physics	CP violation	129	10			11
7	7	1	Literature - American	William Dean Howells	133	10			6
7	7	5	Literature - European	*Dictionary of the Khazars*	111	10			4
7	7	6	History - European	Miklós Horthy	89	10			7
7	7	7	Science - Physics	traps	105	10			8
7	7	9	Current Events	“From the river to the sea”	96	10			5
7	7	11	Science - Chemistry	proteins	99	10			8
7	7	20	Philosophy	mereology	105	10			5
10	1	1	Religion	Nāgārjuna	130	10			10
10	1	6	Science - Other	gamma-ray bursts	74	10			7
10	1	8	Science - Chemistry	electrolytes	117	10			8
10	1	10	History - World	mines	70	10		✓	3
10	1	12	Science - Biology	ribozymes	70	10	✓	✓	1
10	1	13	Literature - World	*Men of Maize*	97	10			4
10	1	15	Geography	Belgrade	132	10			9
10	1	17	Science - Physics	instabilities	82	10			8
10	1	19	Other Academic	Navajo	132	10			10
11	2	2	History - Other	Oxus River	112	10			8
11	2	5	History - European	Haiti	87	10			6
11	2	8	Social Science	David Graeber	88	10			4
11	2	12	History - World	dogs	66	10		✓	2
11	2	19	Philosophy	law of excluded middle	51	10			5
12	3	2	Literature - World	Central Asia	145	10			8
12	3	5	History - World	princely states	99	10			12
12	3	18	Philosophy	*Minima Moralia*: Reflections from Damaged Life	99	10		✓	3
13	4	9	Religion	swearing oaths	135	10			12	✓
13	4	10	Science - Biology	niches	59	-5
14	5	11	Science - Chemistry	hydrazine	103	10			4
14	5	13	Geography	Hạ Long Bay	144	10			9
15	6	2	History - World	Mexican Revolution	92	10			9
15	6	6	Science - Biology	antipsychotics	72	10		✓	3
15	6	13	Philosophy	Ernst Mach	109	10			9
15	6	15	Current Events	cholera	108	10			8
16	7	1	Social Science	seasonality	81	-5
16	7	6	Science - Biology	measles	138	10			13	✓
16	7	7	Literature - American	transcendentalism	110	10			4
16	7	8	Geography	Switzerland	43	10		✓	2
16	7	11	History - European	Greeks	74	-5
16	7	20	Other Academic	mancala	93	10		✓	2
17	8	1	Science - Biology	Purkinje cells	106	-5
17	8	6	History - American	Arizona	71	10	✓	✓	1	✓
17	8	9	Social Science	presidents	43	-5
17	8	12	Current Events	blackouts	132	10			13	✓
17	8	14	Literature - American	Tracy Letts	127	10			10
18	9	2	Religion	Chief Rabbi of Israel	136	10			10	✓
18	9	9	Science - Chemistry	diamonds	96	10			10
18	9	13	Other Academic	genealogy	97	10			7
18	9	14	History - American	Apollo 11 mission	105	10			7
18	9	18	Science - Other	bootstrapping	67	-5
18	9	19	History - Other	hairstyling	110	10			7
18	9	20	Science - Biology	GLP-1	113	10			7
19	10	3	Social Science	Paul Gilroy	64	10	✓	✓	1
19	10	4	Literature - British	The Sea, The Sea	144	0
19	10	6	Literature - American	Toni	106	10			12
19	10	16	History - World	Jahangir	40	10		✓	3
19	10	18	Science - Other	Wolf–Rayet stars	134	10			8
19	10	19	Current Events	Bad Bunny	112	10			5

Ryan RosenbergNYU A

Ryan Rosenberg
NYU A