Africa - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

The author of "Discovering Home" advised using "broad brushstrokes" when writing about this title place, whose "taboo subjects" (20[1])include (20[1])"ordinary domestic scenes." (20[1])This place's (20[1])"rudimentary souls" are discussed in an essay noting Marco Polo's (20[1])omissions of the Great Wall (20[1]0[1])of China. (20[1]0[1])"The Quest for Relevance" is one of four essays about this place's literature (0[1])in a collection that is its author's (20[1])(*) "farewell to English." (10[1])This "other (10[1])world" (10[3])contains (10[1])a river (10[1])described (10[1])as the "antithesis (0[1])of the Thames." An essay (0[1])titled "An Image of" this (10[1]0[2])place (10[4])criticizes (10[2])a Joseph Conrad (10[2])novel (10[2])for its racism. (10[2]0[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Heart of Darkness (10[1])primarily (10[1])takes place in what home continent of Chinua Achebe? (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Africa [accept "How to Write About Africa"; accept "An Image of Africa"] (The essay in the first line is "How To Write About Africa" by Binyavanga Wainaina; the collection in the third line is Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's Decolonising the Mind.)

= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Sophia Jones	Montgomery Blair A	Johns Creek	17	20
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Virginia	18	20
a	Team 1	Team 2	21	20
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Walter Payton A	23	20
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Lambert A	33	20
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Saratoga	38	20
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Herron	38	0
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Adlai E. Stevenson A	40	20
Abigail Lee	Thomas Jefferson A	Innovation Academy A	40	0
Anthony Xu	Thomas Jefferson B	Parkway West	53	0
Andrew Lao	Chattahoochee B	Thomas Jefferson D	60	20
Sheehan Banka	Northview	Belmont	63	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Innovation Academy B	65	10
Hamin Song	Okemos	Solon	66	10
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Seven Lakes	66	10
Arani Pittu	Lambert B	Winston Churchill A	66	10
William Condron	Strake Jesuit B	Northmont	67	10
Abigail AuYeung	Hinsdale Central A	Adlai E. Stevenson B	69	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Georgetown Day	70	10
Matthew Peng	Thomas Jefferson C	Detroit Catholic Central B	73	0
Ian Chiu	Glenbrook South	Northside College Prep	78	0
Ananth Ramsankar	Wayzata	Alabama Cyber Tech	83	0
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Eastchester	83	10
Caleb Lee	Lincoln-Way East A	Russell	83	0
Kaitlyn Leonard	Barrington	Carmel B	84	10
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Thomas Jefferson A	84	10
Jason Yao	Montgomery Blair B	Chattahoochee A	84	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Milton	84	10
Aidyn Congdon	Lee's Summit	White Pigeon	85	10
Lucia Gellert	Uni School of Nashville B	Centennial B	85	10
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Grosse Pointe South	88	10
Tony Han	Kane County AT	North Quincy	88	10
Ava Madrazo	Herron	Saint Joseph	89	10
Ophelia Cherry-Pulay	Uni School of Nashville A	Centennial A	89	10
Tommy Koch	Detroit Catholic Central C	Lincoln-Way East B	92	10
Anthony Lau	Richard Montgomery	Lindbergh	92	10
Micah Chacon	Page	Yukon B	92	0
Crystal He	Thomas Jefferson E	Homewood-Flossmoor	95	10
Kieran Blake	Walter Payton B	Coronado	98	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Wayzata	99	10
Lyn Redman	Northside College Prep	Glenbrook South	108	10
Sasha Tripathi	Parkway West	Thomas Jefferson B	108	10
Ahya Farhat	Russell	Lincoln-Way East A	109	10
Joseph Harrison	Detroit Catholic Central B	Thomas Jefferson C	109	10
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Page	109	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	37	100%	22%	0%	74.16