2026 ACF Nationals - Buzzpoints

Simon Zimmerman
Ohio State

Round	Packet	#	Category	Answer	Buzzpoint	Value	First	Top 3	Rank	Rebound
1	1	2	Literature - American	Barbara Kingsolver	120	10			12
1	1	4	Social Science	aspect	114	-5
1	1	12	Other Academic	Huxley	105	-5
1	1	16	Current Events	military families	102	10			5
1	1	19	Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture	journalists	136	10			8	✓
1	1	20	History - World	Durrani	120	10			11
2	2	11	History - European	Battle of Kulikovo	136	0
2	2	14	Religion	Great Disappointment	125	10			4
2	2	18	History - American	ships	94	10			9
3	3	3	Literature - American	fire	68	10			6
3	3	8	History - World	Mamlūk Sultanate	98	10			5
3	3	12	Current Events	Romanians	107	10			7
3	3	14	Philosophy	Gayatri Spivak	118	10			10
4	4	6	Religion	Zoroaster	110	10			6
4	4	10	History - Other	hoplites	126	10			13	✓
4	4	11	Social Science	Peru	129	10			9	✓
4	4	13	Literature - British	William Wycherley	140	10			8
4	4	14	Mythology	giants	137	10			11	✓
4	4	16	Literature - European	Byzantine Empire	118	10			4
4	4	17	History - World	Taira clan	151	10			13
5	5	2	Literature - World	London	148	10			8	✓
5	5	3	Religion	Korean Confucianism	104	10			9
5	5	4	History - European	Belgium	115	10			11
5	5	8	Mythology	uncle	123	-5
5	5	9	Geography	Belarusian	123	-5
5	5	10	History - Other	the Hyksos period	137	10			9	✓
5	5	12	Science - Other	ice sheets	100	10		✓	3
5	5	18	History - World	mummies	81	10			4
5	5	20	History - American	Iowa	104	10			5
7	7	1	Literature - American	William Dean Howells	153	10			12	✓
7	7	3	Social Science	Democratic Republic of the Congo	140	0
7	7	5	Literature - European	*Dictionary of the Khazars*	114	10			6
7	7	8	History - Other	temples	105	-5
7	7	9	Current Events	“From the river to the sea”	89	10		✓	2
7	7	17	History - World	Julius Nyerere	119	10			13
7	7	18	Religion	Ulrich Zwingli	125	10			15
8	8	1	Literature - British	Vienna	116	10			4
8	8	7	Other Academic	Luce	140	10			17	✓
8	8	10	Geography	St. Louis	45	10	✓	✓	1
8	8	15	History - Other	Tarim Basin	126	-5
8	8	17	History - American	Meriwether Lewis	65	10	✓	✓	1
10	1	4	Social Science	crowds	144	10			16	✓
10	1	9	Literature - European	*Woe from Wit*	96	10		✓	3
10	1	11	Fine Arts - Other	Marx Brothers	163	-5
10	1	14	History - American	Niagara River	94	10		✓	3
10	1	18	History - European	Hundred Years’ War	130	10			15	✓
10	1	19	Other Academic	Navajo	117	10			6
11	2	2	History - Other	Oxus River	104	-5
11	2	4	Science - Biology	fear	115	10			11	✓
11	2	5	History - European	Haiti	102	10			11
11	2	8	Social Science	David Graeber	121	10			9
11	2	12	History - World	dogs	93	-5
11	2	18	Fine Arts - Other	Pisa	117	-5
12	3	6	Other Academic	mythology	126	10			8
12	3	9	History - American	Martin Van Buren	105	10			11
12	3	12	History - Other	Tyre	105	10			4
12	3	17	History - European	szlachta	107	10			7
13	4	2	Current Events	Hezbollah	128	10			14
13	4	6	Philosophy	simulation hypothesis	142	10			14	✓
13	4	11	Social Science	slavery	49	10		✓	3
13	4	19	Fine Arts - Other	Chile	139	10			17	✓
14	5	6	Religion	Bali	127	10			6
14	5	7	History - European	Kingdom of Kent	141	0
14	5	8	Literature - American	captivity narrative	142	0
14	5	10	History - World	Cameroon	112	10			7
14	5	13	Geography	Hạ Long Bay	144	10			9
14	5	15	History - American	slave catching	66	10			5
14	5	16	Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture	British Museum	81	10			9
14	5	20	History - Other	Helena Augusta	144	10			10	✓
15	6	2	History - World	Mexican Revolution	72	10			5
15	6	3	Literature - European	Raymond Queneau	128	10			15
15	6	20	History - Other	Genesis	100	10			7
16	7	1	Social Science	seasonality	144	10			11	✓
16	7	3	History - World	Kingdom of Pagan	108	-5
16	7	5	History - American	Fort McHenry	101	10			7
16	7	7	Literature - American	transcendentalism	139	10			14	✓
16	7	8	Geography	Switzerland	40	10	✓	✓	1
16	7	11	History - European	Greeks	132	10			12	✓
16	7	17	Science - Other	vehicle speed	133	10			9
16	7	19	Philosophy	Leo Strauss	61	10	✓	✓	1
17	8	4	History - World	Osman I	90	10			5
17	8	6	History - American	Arizona	100	10			7
17	8	9	Social Science	presidents	85	-5
17	8	11	History - Other	Australia	86	10	✓	✓	1
17	8	12	Current Events	blackouts	112	10			11
17	8	13	History - European	oprichnina	145	0
17	8	15	Philosophy	Voltaire	140	0
18	9	2	Religion	Chief Rabbi of Israel	111	10			5
18	9	8	Literature - British	*Peter Pan*	66	10		✓	2
18	9	14	History - American	Apollo 11 mission	89	-5
18	9	19	History - Other	hairstyling	110	10			7
19	10	3	Social Science	Paul Gilroy	135	0
19	10	4	Literature - British	The Sea, The Sea	144	10			6
19	10	5	Religion	baptism	142	10			16	✓
19	10	8	History - American	bank robbers	127	10			10
19	10	13	History - Other	Zapotec civilization	123	10			13	✓
19	10	15	Philosophy	consolatio	97	10			5
19	10	16	History - World	Jahangir	104	-5
19	10	19	Current Events	Bad Bunny	142	10			14	✓

Simon ZimmermanOhio State

Simon Zimmerman
Ohio State