Traverse City Central A (Rube Goldberg XIX)
Nate Brewer | Arthur Lijewski-Lee | Henry Sullivan | Dawson Payne

RoundCategoryOpponentEasyMediumHardTotalParts
1GeographyHoltpapyrus(2)✓Lake Chad(1)✓Natron(3)✕20EM
1Literature - Long FictionHoltJames Bond(3)✓book publishing(1)✓R. F. Kuang(2)✕20EM
1Science - PhysicsHoltHans Geiger(1)✓Ernest Rutherford, Baron Rutherford of Nelson(2)✕alpha particles(3)✕10E
1Science - ChemistryHoltphosphorus(1)✓white phosphorus(2)✓two-dimensional(3)✕20EM
1Literature - PoetryHoltbirds(2)✓dreams(3)✕Pablo Neruda(1)✓20EH
1Fine Arts - AuditoryHolt1812 Overture(1)✓“Sleigh Ride”(2)✓John Williams(3)✕20EM
1Science - BiologyHoltsperm(1)✓mitochondria(3)✓vas deferens(2)✓30EMH
1ReligionHoltnirvana(3)✓Mahayana Buddhism(2)✓Lotus Sutra(1)✕20EM
1Pop CultureHoltCharli XCX(3)✓Wisconsin(2)✓Bon Iver(1)✕20EM
1Fine Arts - OtherHoltSeattle, Washington(3)✓Pritzker Prize(2)✕Robert Venturi(1)✕10E
1History - OtherHoltPersian Empire(2)✓Ionia(3)✓Anabasis of Xenophon(1)✕20EM
1Fine Arts - VisualHoltmirrors(3)✓ambassador(2)✕Le Brun(1)✕10E
2Pop CultureWhite Cloud A“Get Ready with Me”(1)✓Kylie Jenner(3)✓Alix Earle(2)✕20EM
2Science - BiologyWhite Cloud Aoxygen(3)✓tardigrades(1)✓parthenogenesis(2)✕20EM
2Literature - Long FictionWhite Cloud ASalman Rushdie(2)✓Siddhartha(3)✕The God of Small Things(1)✕10E
3Literature - DramaTaylorHenrik Ibsen(2)✓Nora Helmer(1)✕avalanche(3)✕10E
3History - WorldTaylorapartheid(3)✓Idi Amin(1)✓Parsis(2)✕20EM
3Fine Arts - AuditoryTaylorsaxophone(3)✓Kind of Blue(2)✕Ornette Coleman(1)✕10E
3History - AmericanTaylorLyndon Johnson(3)✓Barry Goldwater(2)✓Daisy ad(1)✓30EMH
3Fine Arts - OtherTaylorMary Poppins(2)✓Gene Kelly(3)✕umbrellas(1)✕10E
3Fine Arts - VisualTaylorVladimir Lenin(3)✓Wassily Kandinsky(2)✓socialist realism(1)✕20EM
3History - OtherTaylorArizona(1)✓Ancestral Puebloans(3)✓ballcourts(2)✓30EMH
3Literature - Mixed/OtherTaylorletters(1)✓Encyclopédie(2)✓Alfred Dreyfus(3)✕20EM
3History - EuropeanTaylorNapoleon Bonaparte(2)✓the Directory(3)✕telegraph(1)✓20EH
3Science - EarthTaylorsedimentary rock(3)✓sand(1)✓beds(2)✕20EM
3MythologyTaylortree(1)✓Mimir(3)✓Nidhoggr(2)✕20EM
3GeographyTayloruniversities(1)✕Columbus, Ohio(3)✓Indiana(2)✕10M
3Science - BiologyTaylorhemophilia(3)✕blood coagulation(1)✕warfarin(2)✕0
3Literature - Long FictionTaylorErnest Hemingway(2)✓A Farewell to Arms(3)✓Joe DiMaggio(1)✕20EM
3Pop CultureTaylorMTV(1)✓Hans Zimmer(2)✓Yes(3)✓30EMH
3PhilosophyTaylortime(3)✓Immanuel Kant(1)✕transcendental(2)✕10E
3Science - MathTaylor90 degrees(1)✓David Hilbert(3)✓area(2)✓30EMH
4Literature - PoetryColdwateralliteration (2)✓Middle English(3)✓the Pearl Poet(1)✕20EM
4History - AmericanColdwaterRepublican Party(2)✓impeachment of Andrew Johnson(1)✓Thaddeus Stevens(3)✕20EM
4Science - ComputerColdwaterexclamation point(2)✓less than sign AND greater than sign(1)✕epsilon(3)✕10E
4Literature - Long FictionColdwaterH. G. Wells(2)✓Virginia Woolf(1)✕Russian(3)✕10E
4Fine Arts - AuditoryColdwaterGerman(3)✓Hector Berlioz(1)✕Antonio Salieri(2)✕10E
4Social ScienceColdwatergraffiti(3)✓Philip Zimbardo(2)✓broken windows theory(1)✕20EM
4Science - BiologyColdwaterCamillo Golgi(3)✓Gram staining(2)✓staining(1)✕20EM
4ReligionColdwaterShia Islam(2)✓Ali ibn Abi Talib(1)✓Day of Ashura(3)✕20EM
4Literature - Long FictionColdwatercolonialism(2)✓marriage(3)✓Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o(1)✕20EM
4Fine Arts - VisualColdwaterDiego Velázquez(1)✕Saint Matthew(3)✕slaves(2)✕0
4Science - ChemistryColdwatercarbon dioxide(1)✓lithium(3)✓amines(2)✕20EM
4Science - PhysicsColdwaterJames Prescott Joule(2)✓Ludwig Boltzmann(3)✕statistical mechanics(1)✓20EH
4History - WorldColdwatercoal(3)✓atomic bombing of Nagasaki(1)✓Dejima(2)✕20EM
4History - Mixed/OtherColdwaterflat Earth(1)✓Christopher Columbus(2)✓Alfred Russel Wallace(3)✕20EM
4Literature - Long FictionColdwaterTreasure Island(1)✓Joseph Conrad(2)✓Amis(3)✕20EM
4Pop CultureColdwaterelf(2)✓blood(3)✓World of Warcraft: Midnight(1)✕20EM
5History - AmericanOkemos ALouisiana Purchase(2)✓Meriwether Lewis AND William Clark(1)✓Nicholas Biddle(3)✕20EM
5Fine Arts - VisualOkemos Aoptical illusions(3)✓abstract expressionism(1)✓Albers(2)✕20EM
5Fine Arts - OtherOkemos APaul McCartney(3)✓Beach Boys(1)✓“God Only Knows”(2)✕20EM
5Fine Arts - AuditoryOkemos AEngland(3)✓Ralph Vaughan Williams(2)✕motets(1)✕10E
5Science - AstronomyOkemos Athe universe(1)✓cosmological constant(2)✕event horizon(3)✓20EH
5Literature - Long FictionOkemos AKurt Vonnegut (1)✓“so it goes”(3)✕“unstuck in time”(2)✕10E
5Current EventsOkemos Afloods(3)✓Bongbong Marcos(1)✓Spratly Islands(2)✕20EM
6Literature - Long FictionDetroit Country Day Ahandmaids(3)✓Offred(2)✕stores(1)✓20EH
6Science - ChemistryDetroit Country Day Afermentation(3)✓acetic acid(1)✓cellulose(2)✓30EMH
6Pop CultureDetroit Country Day ALooney Tunes(2)✓Porky Pig(3)✓Wile E. Coyote(1)✕20EM
6Fine Arts - VisualDetroit Country Day ASatan(3)✓Francisco de Goya(2)✓Black Paintings(1)✕20EM
6Literature - DramaDetroit Country Day APulitzer Prize(3)✓Pennsylvania(2)✕baseball player(1)✕10E
6Fine Arts - AuditoryDetroit Country Day Astring quartets(1)✓minuet(2)✓Luigi Boccherini(3)✕20EM
6Science - BiologyDetroit Country Day Amutations(2)✓syphilis(3)✓endosymbiosis(1)✕20EM
6Literature - Mixed/OtherDetroit Country Day ACharles Dickens(3)✓One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest(2)✓Tom Wolfe(1)✕20EM
6ReligionDetroit Country Day AQueen Elizabeth II(2)✓ancestors(3)✕cargo cult(1)✓20EH
6Science - OtherDetroit Country Day Aalternating current(2)✓transformers(3)✓power grids(1)✓30EMH
7Science - ChemistryHillsdale Academy Ddissolution(2)✓mixing(1)✕recrystallization(3)✕10E
7ReligionHillsdale Academy Dwine(1)✓John Calvin(3)✓Methodism(2)✓30EMH
7Science - BiologyHillsdale Academy Dbeaver(2)✓keystone species(3)✓ecological niche(1)✓30EMH
7GeographyHillsdale Academy Ddam(2)✓Los Angeles, California(3)✕Lake Mead(1)✕10E
7History - EuropeanHillsdale Academy DIreland(1)✓friars(2)✓harp(3)✓30EMH
7Social ScienceHillsdale Academy Dinterrogation(3)✓blood pressure(2)✕lie detector(1)✓20EH
7Fine Arts - OtherHillsdale Academy DIndia(1)✓Charlie Chaplin(2)✕bicycles(3)✕10E
7Literature - Mixed/OtherHillsdale Academy DPercy Shelley(3)✓Lord Byron(1)✓“Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”(2)✓30EMH
7History - Mixed/OtherHillsdale Academy Dbison(1)✓Henry Hudson(2)✓Crow(3)✕20EM
7Current EventsHillsdale Academy DUNESCO(3)✓Azerbaijan and Armenia (1)✓Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic(2)✕20EM
7Literature - DramaHillsdale Academy Ddeus ex machina(2)✓Tartuffe(1)✕The Imaginary Invalid(3)✕10E
7History - AmericanHillsdale Academy DRichard Nixon(2)✓Florida(1)✓John Birch Society(3)✕20EM
7Fine Arts - VisualHillsdale Academy DMichelangelo(1)✓Mannerism(2)✓Bernini(3)✕20EM
7Literature - Long FictionHillsdale Academy DJane Eyre(2)✕Dream of the Red Chamber(1)✕August Strindberg(3)✕0
7Fine Arts - AuditoryHillsdale Academy Dorgan(3)✓Johann Sebastian Bach(1)✓cantata(2)✓30EMH
7Pop CultureHillsdale Academy DSpongebob Squarepants(1)✓“SICKO MODE”(2)✓MF DOOM(3)✓30EMH
7Science - EarthHillsdale Academy Dtornadoes(2)✓Tetsuya Fujita(1)✕downbursts(3)✕10E
7Science - MathHillsdale Academy Dpi(1)✓Leonhard Euler(2)✓normal distribution(3)✕20EM
7History - WorldHillsdale Academy Dfloods(1)✓Han Dynasty(2)✕Xi’an(3)✕10E
8Science - BiologyHillsdale Academy Aenzymes(2)✓diffusion(3)✕Michaelis–Menten equation(1)✕10E
8Fine Arts - VisualHillsdale Academy Ared AND blue AND yellow(1)✓Piet Mondrian(3)✕De Stijl(2)✕10E
8Pop CultureHillsdale Academy AMinnesota Vikings(3)✓Miracle on Ice(1)✓Philadelphia Eagles AND New York Giants(2)✓30EMH
8Literature - PoetryHillsdale Academy AHarlem Renaissance(2)✓sing(3)✕sonnet(1)✓20EH
8History - EuropeanHillsdale Academy Aalcoholic beverages(3)✓perestroika(2)✓Mikhail Gorbachev(1)✓30EMH
8Literature - Mixed/OtherHillsdale Academy Acomics(1)✓Maus(2)✓Michael Chabon(3)✕20EM
9Fine Arts - AuditoryDetroit Catholic Central Afilm scores(3)✓minimalism(1)✕Egypt(2)✕10E
9Pop CultureDetroit Catholic Central AThe Bear(1)✓Jeremy Allen White(3)✕Richie(2)✕10E
9Fine Arts - OtherDetroit Catholic Central AAfrican masks(1)✕Beijing, China(2)✕Irish stepdance(3)✕0
9Science - ChemistryDetroit Catholic Central Aatomic nuclei(1)✓beta decay(3)✕magic numbers(2)✕10E
9Science - BiologyDetroit Catholic Central ARNA(1)✓uracil(2)✕spliceosome(3)✕10E
10Fine Arts - OtherWilliamstonRussia(2)✓Igor Stravinsky(3)✕arabesque(1)✕10E
10History - EuropeanWilliamstonGuernica(2)✓Falange(1)✕International Brigades(3)✕10E
10Current EventsWilliamstonTexas(3)✓Project 2025(1)✓Bureau of Labor Statistics(2)✕20EM
10Literature - DramaWilliamstonenslaved people(3)✓Wole Soyinka(2)✕king’s horseman(1)✕10E
10Literature - Mixed/OtherWilliamstonsamurais(3)✓kabuki(1)✕Ryunosuke Akutagawa(2)✕10E
10Literature - Long FictionWilliamstonThe Catcher in the Rye(2)✓Pencey Prep(1)✕A Separate Peace(3)✕10E