Invective Against Swans (2025 NAFTA at Chicago)
Rachel Fanous | Dennis Yang | Adhit Ranjan | Adam Monusko

CategoryOpponentEasyMediumHardTotalParts
BeliefsNorthwesternImmaculate Conception(2)✓Saint Augustine of Hippo(1)✕Barlaam(3)✕10E
BeliefsIn the Mood for Transportation EquipmentPure Lands(2)✓niànfó(1)✓contemplation(3)✕20EM
BeliefsIn the Mood for Transportation Equipmentcreating humanity(1)✓Ahmad ibn Hanbal(3)✕jugular vein(2)✕10E
Beliefs1000000 Delinquentsfeathers(2)✓smoking ceremonies(1)✕fancy dance(3)✕10E
Beliefs1000000 DelinquentsMusa(2)✓Dhu al-Qarnayn(3)✕Surah Al-Kahf(1)✕10E
Fine Arts - Auditory1000000 Delinquents“Summertime”(1)✓jubilee(3)✓a motherless child(2)✕20EM
Fine Arts - AuditoryNorthwesternthe ear(1)✓fixed-do AND movable-do(2)✓NBC(3)✓30EMH
Fine Arts - AuditoryIn the Mood for Transportation EquipmentDmitri Shostakovich(2)✓Masquerade(3)✕Dmitry Kabalevsky(1)✕10E
Fine Arts - VisualNorthwesternTheosophy(3)✕Chartres Cathedral(2)✕František Kupka(1)✕0
Fine Arts - Visual1000000 DelinquentsMoMA(2)✓Willem de Kooning(3)✕Frank O’Hara(1)✕10E
GeographyNorthwesternBangkok(2)✓Phuket(3)✓Chiang Mai(1)✓30EMH
Geography1000000 DelinquentsOrange County(2)✓Santa Ana(3)✓Los Angeles(1)✕20EM
GeographyIn the Mood for Transportation EquipmentRed Sea(2)✓Hijaz Mountains(1)✕Taif(3)✕10E
History - AmericanNorthwesternautomotive(3)✓Michigan(2)✕Vincent Chin(1)✕10E
History - American1000000 DelinquentsGeorge W. Bush(1)✓Ted Kennedy(2)✓he forgot Poland(3)✓30EMH
History - EuropeanIn the Mood for Transportation EquipmentKnights Templar(2)✕Cistercians(1)✕Cîteaux Abbey(3)✕0
History - EuropeanNorthwesternCopenhagen(2)✓Amsterdam(3)✕Freetown Christiania(1)✕10E
History - European1000000 DelinquentsSolidarity(2)✓Wojciech Jaruzelski(3)✓dwarves(1)✕20EM
History - OtherNorthwesternapartheid(2)✓South African national rugby union team(1)✕Norman Kirk(3)✕10E
History - Other1000000 DelinquentsVedas(1)✓cattle raids(3)✕Kuru Kingdom(2)✕10E
History - OtherIn the Mood for Transportation EquipmentIroquois Confederacy(1)✓stadtholder of the Netherlands(2)✕the Lycian League(3)✕10E
History - WorldNorthwesternJacobo Árbenz(2)✓10 years(3)✓Jorge Ubico Castañeda(1)✕20EM
History - World1000000 Delinquentssugarcane(2)✓Trinidad(1)✕apprenticeship(3)✕10E
History - WorldIn the Mood for Transportation EquipmentMay(3)✕century of humiliation(2)✓Draft History of Qīng(1)✕10M
Literature - AmericanNorthwesterngold(2)✕monks(3)✕Philadelphia(1)✕0
Literature - American1000000 DelinquentsWilliam Faulkner(1)✓pocket watch(2)✕The Wild Palms(3)✕10E
Literature - BritishNorthwesternWinnie-the-Pooh(2)✓philology(3)✕“Oo, Those Awful Orcs”(1)✕10E
Literature - BritishIn the Mood for Transportation EquipmentFinnegans Wake(3)✓O’Brien(1)✕Steven Moore(2)✓20EH
Literature - EuropeanNorthwesternclown(3)✓The Dog in the Manger(1)✕cloak and sword(2)✕10E
Literature - EuropeanIn the Mood for Transportation EquipmentOdysseus(1)✓“Catalogue of Ships”(3)✓carry an oar inland(2)✓30EMH
Literature - European1000000 Delinquentsshield of Achilles(3)✓Battle of Thermopylae(2)✓ut pictura poesis(1)✕20EM
Literature - WorldNorthwesternMahmoud Darwish(2)✓rain(3)✕Hiroshima(1)✕10E
Literature - World1000000 DelinquentsThe Tragedy of Julius Caesar(1)✓John Kani(2)✓Sol Plaatje(3)✕20EM
Literature - WorldIn the Mood for Transportation EquipmentTamil(2)✓sangams(3)✕Madurai(1)✕10E
Modern WorldIn the Mood for Transportation EquipmentMombasa(2)✓wind farm(3)✕Kenya(1)✕10E
Other AcademicNorthwesternFibonacci sequence(1)✓coastline of Great Britain(3)✓D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson(2)✕20EM
Other Academic1000000 Delinquentspostage stamps(2)✓‘pataphysics(3)✓coffeepot(1)✕20EM
Other AcademicIn the Mood for Transportation Equipmenteconomics(2)✓Edsger W. Dijkstra(3)✕melancholy science(1)✕10E
Other Auditory Fine ArtsNorthwesternOscar Hammerstein II(3)✓Jerome Kern(1)✕P. G. Wodehouse(2)✕10E
Other Auditory Fine Arts1000000 DelinquentsSpain(3)✓Chick Corea(1)✓Gary Burton(2)✕20EM
Other Science (Astronomy)In the Mood for Transportation EquipmentN-body problem(2)✓density(3)✓cold dark matter(1)✕20EM
Other Science (Math)Northwesternfunction composition(3)✓Jacobian determinant(2)✓pullback AND pushforward(1)✕20EM
Other Science (Math)1000000 Delinquentsintegers(2)✕Banach-Tarski paradox(3)✓free product(1)✕10M
Other Visual Fine ArtsNorthwesternSpain(2)✓Sinan(3)✕ablaq(1)✕10E
Other Visual Fine Arts1000000 Delinquentsnegative(2)✓Julia Margaret Cameron(3)✓calotype(1)✓30EMH
Other Visual Fine ArtsIn the Mood for Transportation Equipmentsuspense(1)✓fireman(2)✕Abel Gance(3)✕10E
Philosophy1000000 Delinquentshumors(2)✓al-Kindī(1)✕Brethren of Purity(3)✕10E
PhilosophyIn the Mood for Transportation Equipmentcausation(2)✕intentions(1)✕drinking a toxin(3)✕0
PhilosophyNorthwesternGottfried Leibniz(3)✓Cambridge Platonists(2)✕nature(1)✕10E
Science - BiologyNorthwesterncactuses(2)✓bird beaks(1)✕Wahlund effect(3)✕10E
Science - Biology1000000 Delinquentsphylogenetic trees(1)✓transversions or transitions(3)✕Jukes–Cantor model(2)✕10E
Science - BiologyIn the Mood for Transportation Equipmentobesity(1)✓laparoscopes(3)✓Roux-en-Y gastric bypass(2)✕20EM
Science - ChemistryNorthwesternconjugation(3)✕polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(1)✕Erich Clar(2)✕0
Science - Chemistry1000000 Delinquentsamines(1)✓tautomerization(3)✕oximes(2)✕10E
Science - ChemistryIn the Mood for Transportation Equipmentammonia(2)✓cryptands(3)✕Zintl phases(1)✕10E
Science - Physics1000000 Delinquentstorus(2)✓dynamos(1)✓ambipolar diffusion(3)✕20EM
Social ScienceNorthwesternhuman capital(2)✓Gary Becker(1)✓Marilyn Waring(3)✕20EM
Social Science1000000 Delinquentslabor(3)✓capital asset pricing model(2)✕generalized method of moments(1)✕10E