Packet 2: Tossup 15

A town along this river called Albadarr is home to the “Never Again” statue, which faces an island renamed from James Island to honour an American (15[1])TV character. (15[1])Navigation (15[1])of this river (15[3])is troubled by the Barra (15[1])Kunda Falls. The source of this river is just a few (15[1])kilometers from the source of the Komba River in the northern part of the Fouta Djallon. (-5[1])This river (-5[3])makes up (-5[1])the (-5[1])eastern (-5[2])border (-5[1])of a (-5[1])region home to the (*) Jola people. (-5[3])Apocryphally, (-5[1])a pair of national borders (10[1])were established by the range (-5[1])of cannon fire (10[2])from British ships (10[2])sailing (-5[1])on this river. (10[1])The northern border (10[1])of the (10[1])Casamance (10[1])region is found just (-5[2])south (10[1])of this river, which names an English-speaking country (10[1]-5[1])located south (-5[1])of the lands (-5[1])of the Wolof. (10[1])For 10 points, the city of Banjul (-5[1])is at the mouth (-5[1])of what river, which names a country surrounded by Senegal? (10[1])■END■ (10[18]0[3])

ANSWER: Gambia River [or the Fleuve Gambie or Rio Gâmbia; accept the River Gambra] (The island is now called Kunte Kinteh Island.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Jakob MyersIndiana1000000 Delinquents2515
Cooper RohShipping Down from BallstonHabitat 672715
Spencer Manning[Redacted]The Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade Deals2815
William HoustonChicago !AInvective Against Swans3115
Conor ThompsonSurrealist Subcommandante Marcos be like Esto no es una pipaThe Fire Neg Time3115
Adil HaiderWilliam of Baskerville attempts to investigate John P. Robarts, gets turned away for not having a student cardI'm just here (being trivia club president) so I won't get fined3115
Cole HartungRosslyn Academic TeamMike and Psmith3615
Kevin WangCapital One in the Twenty-First CenturyMiddlesex County Fetty Wap Fan Club4715
Ved MuthusamyNorthwesternThe tram is not in service; please use the moving walkway.63-5
Daniel MaNoah Sheidlower Untitled by Alexander McQueen by Premeditated Chaos by Alexander McQueen by Percival Everett65-5
Alvan HossainLexW&L+Friend65-5
Allan LeeStanford BBerkeley B65-5
Vivian MaloufBerkeley AStanford A67-5
Joseph CollinsDour StraitsNo Country for Old Quizzers68-5
Kai MadgwickDielectrical MaterialismH Charlson's Washed Up Scrubs69-5
Neil GurramConstans Constantius and Constantine Jr.Team 769-5
Malcolm McIntyreSt. MarxMaybe Ever70-5
Max Linfour high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian BWashU72-5
Eric ChenNot Old! (Old)Team 878-5
Paul KasińskiLicence to C. Wright MillGuelph Cloze78-5
Justin QianAbbas I founded the AbbasidsUBC A78-5
Brendan BethlehemVacuous TortoiseThe Third Time when she was Given to Answer the Hard and the Easy, and Answered Only the Easy79-5
Tejas RajeBHSUMuscle Mass Extinction Event8410
Andrew WangExecute Order 6 7(give me an) ANSWER: die for baseball89-5
Isaac MammelMunir Siddiqui Fan ClubContessa Dora9210
Joseph KrolA Neg of Beauty is a Joy ForeverC R A B S9210
Gareth ThorlaksonStrange Case of Dr. Joker and Mr. PennywiseThe lion does not concern itself with negging teammates out of their own categories9510
Michael DuYou Don't Have the CardsI fear not the man who has reviewed 10000 cards once, but I fear the man who has reviewed one card 10000 times9510
Chris RayMaryland F♯ A♯ ∞UNC Charity96-5
Jason Honghttps://i.imgur.com/C6nN2FE.pngPenn State9910
Emerson PatmoreSay It Ain't ZhouThe Umayyad Caliphate be like REPEAL NAPHTHA10210
Dmitri Anh-Minh TranW&L+FriendLex10410
Joel MilesQuebecois Olga Tokarczuk be like 'freins de jacob interdits'In the Mood for Transportation Equipment10510
Ryan RosenbergNYU ASix Quizbowlers in Search of Owen Minmo109-5
Kevin ThomasPolish Orthographers Posting Their ŁsDavid Foster Gromit109-5
Robert WangNegged Five Times in a Yellow Cab Against the Gottis and GambinosNYU B or not NYU B (that is the question)11010
Sean HigginsThe tram is not in service; please use the moving walkway.Northwestern11810
Dillon GeorgeCatholic University AJHU118-5
Tai BelkeThe Unbearable Heaviness of History PlayersUBC B120-5
Darren KellisGeorgia Tech 𓂈𓆉𓃡Tennessee A123-5
Sasha FillbrandtMaybe EverSt. Marx12610
Jacob EgolCopán SeetheIt's something unpredictable/that in the end is right/please refrain from e-mailing my wife133-5
Chris ScheriThe "C" TeamUntitled Keyal Team137-5
Thomas Gioiaconsumption smoothing by borrowing future big law incomeThe Saint-Straw that Broke the Camille's Back14710
Naveed Chowdhury(give me an) ANSWER: die for baseballExecute Order 6 714810
Owen MimnoSix Quizbowlers in Search of Owen MinmoNYU A14810
Eric BobrowUntitled by Alexander McQueen by Premeditated Chaos by Alexander McQueen by Percival EverettNoah Sheidlower 14810
Rahul KeyalUntitled Keyal TeamThe "C" Team14810
David BassJHUCatholic University A14810
Diego AlmarazUNC CharityMaryland F♯ A♯ ∞14810
John John GrogerWashUfour high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian B14810
Ewan MacAulayH Charlson's Washed Up ScrubsDielectrical Materialism14810
Justin LeeNo Country for Old QuizzersDour Straits1480
Ben Russell JonesThe Third Time when she was Given to Answer the Hard and the Easy, and Answered Only the EasyVacuous Tortoise14810
Matt WeinerIt's something unpredictable/that in the end is right/please refrain from e-mailing my wifeCopán Seethe14810
Noah ChinDavid Foster GromitPolish Orthographers Posting Their Łs14810
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordStanford ABerkeley A14810
Stephen LiuTeam 8Not Old! (Old)14810
Vinu HariharBerkeley BStanford B14810
Parikshit ChauhanTeam 7Constans Constantius and Constantine Jr.14810
Eva MandelbaumGuelph ClozeLicence to C. Wright Mill14810
Matthew WangUBC AAbbas I founded the Abbasids14810
John ChenUBC BThe Unbearable Heaviness of History Players14810
Gavin MarkoffAna Pauker? I hardly know her!Girls who Just Want to Have Fun + Liam1480
Alina MooreTennessee AGeorgia Tech 𓂈𓆉𓃡1480

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/20264100%0%100%148.00
2026 NAFTA at UBC01/17/20262100%0%100%148.00
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/20264100%25%75%101.50
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/2026333%0%33%102.00
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/20254100%25%25%92.25
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/20255100%20%40%104.60
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/20253100%67%0%75.00
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/2025475%0%75%129.33
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/20256100%33%33%85.17
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/20255100%20%60%116.20
2025 NAFTA at Richmond12/20/20252100%0%100%148.00