2025 ACF Regionals - Buzzpoints

Stan Melkumian
Purdue

Round	Question #	Category	Answer	Position	Value
1	1	Science - Biology	adrenal glands	60	10
1	2	Literature - World Literature	Havana	54	10
1	5	Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture	space	119	10
1	6	Literature - European Literature	*In Search of Lost Time*	114	10
1	7	Philosophy	G. E. M. Anscombe	136	10
1	8	Science - Chemistry	Wittig reaction	70	10
1	11	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Ralph Vaughan Williams	59	10
1	14	Science - Physics	diffusion	49	-5
1	16	Literature - American Literature	T. S. Eliot	129	10
1	18	Science - Other Science	elevation	54	-5
2	4	Science - Chemistry	ultraviolet spectroscopy	40	10
2	7	Literature - World Literature	Jorge Luis Borges	103	10
2	9	Science - Other Science	threads	81	-5
2	11	Science - Biology	plant carnivory	83	10
2	14	Philosophy	hard problem of consciousness	87	10
2	16	Literature - American Literature	Ohio	98	10
3	4	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3	72	10
3	5	Science - Biology	genomes	71	10
3	10	History - Other History	Quiet Revolution	94	10
3	11	Literature - European Literature	dinner parties	148	10
3	13	Science - Physics	moments	73	10
4	4	Literature - European Literature	Occitan	109	-5
4	7	History - Other History	Nubia	138	10
4	8	Science - Chemistry	Karl Barry Sharpless	56	10
4	10	Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture	*Isenheim* Altarpiece	49	10
4	11	Literature - World Literature	Indonesia	79	10
4	16	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Richard Strauss	54	10
4	17	Science - Other Science	singularities	23	10
4	18	Literature - British Literature	Noël Coward	138	10
5	2	Literature - European Literature	Il Canzoniere	84	10
5	3	Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture	Cuba	100	10
5	7	Science - Biology	cyclic AMP	59	10
5	8	Fine Arts - Classical Music	flute	39	10
5	14	Science - Physics	interferometers	52	-5
5	15	Literature - British Literature	Sun	155	10
5	20	Literature - World Literature	Senegal	103	10
6	3	Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture	Claude Monet	74	10
6	4	Literature - American Literature	Plath family	123	10
6	5	Science - Physics	eddy currents	30	10
6	7	Philosophy	geometry	36	10
6	10	Fine Arts - Classical Music	A minor	110	10
6	11	Science - Other Science	perovskite	48	10
6	13	Literature - European Literature	Zweig	140	10
6	14	History - Other History	Amun	139	10
6	16	Social Science	attention	82	-5
6	20	Science - Biology	autophagy	33	10
7	2	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Franz Schubert	108	10
7	3	Literature - World Literature	musical instruments	74	10
7	4	Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts	I. M. Pei	90	10
7	10	Literature - European Literature	Polish	53	10
7	11	Science - Other Science	polynomials	57	10
7	15	Literature - American Literature	Theodore Dreiser	94	10
8	2	Social Science	Kenneth Arrow	76	10
8	5	Mythology	Amazon rainforest	122	10
8	6	Literature - World Literature	Haiti	102	-5
8	9	Science - Biology	starfish	97	10
8	10	Literature - European Literature	Mikhail Bulgakov	120	10
8	13	Science - Chemistry	square planar	25	-5
8	16	Philosophy	*Anarchy, State, and Utopia*	101	10
9	2	Fine Arts - Classical Music	Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky	51	10
9	5	Science - Chemistry	voltammetry	71	10
9	6	Science - Physics	memory	101	10
9	12	Science - Biology	photosystems	43	10
9	20	Philosophy	machines	100	10
10	3	Science - Physics	Johannes Rydberg	49	10
10	11	Science - Biology	mitochondria	59	10
11	8	Philosophy	Karl Marx	89	10
11	17	Fine Arts - Classical Music	piano trio	83	10
11	18	Science - Physics	n-body problem	55	10
12	1	Literature - American Literature	*Daisy Miller*	106	10
12	4	Fine Arts - Classical Music	madrigal	52	10
12	6	Science - Chemistry	chemical reactions	82	10
12	10	Philosophy	Hannah Arendt	89	10
12	12	Science - Biology	breast cancer	30	10
12	15	Literature - World Literature	written vernacular Chinese	78	10
12	16	Social Science	sociological imagination	64	-5
12	19	Literature - European Literature	Italy	97	10
12	20	Science - Physics	noise	87	10

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Stan Melkumian
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