Anne Frank - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

This author remarked that a fountain pen was "cremated, just as I would like to be" (20[2])after accidentally melting it in a stove. The narrator imagines that this real-life author (20[1])of Cady's Life emigrated (20[1])to study under E. I. Lonoff in the novel The Ghost Writer. A work (20[1])by this author describes potatoes being urinated on by the cat Mouschi ("MOOS-ghee"). Meetings (20[1])with "Hello" (20[1])Silberberg are described early in a work by this author (0[1])that was preserved by (*) Miep Gies (10[8])("meep khees"), and (10[1])which (10[2])used (10[2])pseudonyms (10[2])for the dentist Mr. Düssel (10[3])and the van Daans. (10[1])This author described (10[1])how her sister Margot (10[1])being called up (10[1])prompted them to live (10[1])with (10[1])their father Otto (10[1])in a (10[1])"secret annex." (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, name this author of The Diary of a Young Girl. ■END■

ANSWER: Anne Frank [or Annelies Marie Frank] (The Ghost Writer is by Philip Roth.)

= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Amber Dong	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Northmont	15	20
Juni Lowenhar	Hunter B	Saint Joseph	15	20
Tony Han	Kane County AT	Fairfield County AT	29	20
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Adlai E. Stevenson A	33	20
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Seven Lakes	47	20
Abigail AuYeung	Hinsdale Central A	Belmont	60	20
Kaitlyn Leonard	Barrington	Uni School of Nashville B	62	20
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Strake Jesuit B	72	0
Satvik Jain	Centennial A	Milton	78	10
Camden Williams	Audrain County AT	Detroit Catholic Central A	78	10
Winnie Nutkowitz	Northside College Prep	Downingtown STEM	78	10
Akilan Ganesan	Chattahoochee A	Glenbrook South	78	10
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Montgomery Blair B	78	10
Abigail Lee	Thomas Jefferson A	Westwood	78	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Walker	78	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Lambert B	78	10
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Eastchester	79	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Hunter A	80	10
Shravan Yoagentharan	Centennial B	Classen SAS	80	10
Jacob Higgs	Strake Jesuit A	Johns Creek	81	10
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Lindbergh	81	10
Eshaan Sombhatta	Thomas Jefferson C	Page	82	10
Arjun Ramachandran	Montgomery Blair A	Park Tudor	82	10
Kate Gu	Irvington	Lincoln-Way East B	87	10
Aaron Liu	Okemos	Lee's Summit	87	10
Luke De Bruin	Homewood-Flossmoor	Virginia	87	10
Michael Pu	Carmel A	Carmel B	91	10
Beckett Pursey	Edina	Winston Churchill A	94	10
Arianne Amasol	Yukon A	Thomas Jefferson E	98	10
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Detroit Catholic Central C	101	10
Alex Ewart	Strake Jesuit B	Lexington	105	10
Ahya Farhat	Russell	Walter Payton B	106	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Innovation Academy B	109	10
Kevin Qiu	Wayzata	Richard Montgomery	111	10
Sophia Swain	Herron	Coronado	113	10
Ruhi Nair	Winston Churchill B	Thomas Jefferson D	113	10
Jack Williams	White Pigeon	North Quincy	115	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	35	100%	20%	0%	78.80