ballerinas - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

They’re not prostitutes, but an artist's comments calling these people "little rats" or "little monkeys" has led to a theory he was Jack the Ripper. (20[3])These people (20[2])stand in front (20[1])of a forest (20[1]0[1])in a painting titled for their pink and green layers of clothes. (20[2])An artist, who confessed to Ambrose Vallard his joy in "rendering [these people's] movement," (20[3]0[1])painted them (20[1])in blue (20[3]0[1])in a circle. (20[5]0[3])In an 1874 painting, (20[1])these people form a circle around an (20[1])elderly (*) master (10[1])with his hands (10[1])atop a cane. (10[1])A man behind a curtain watches one of these people (10[1])lift her arms in L'Étoile (10[1]0[1])("lay-TWAHL"), a painting set at the Palais (10[1])Garnier (10[2])("pah-LAY gar-NYAY"). A lace dress decorates a statue of one of these people "of (10[1])Fourteen Years." For 10 points, (10[1])name these performers (10[1])often painted by Edgar Degas. (10[1])■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: ballerinas [accept ballet dancers; prompt on dancers or performers; prompt on girls or teenagers]

= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Penelope Graham	Uni School of Nashville A	Montgomery Blair B	24	20
Arjun Desikan	Seven Lakes	Saratoga	24	20
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Winston Churchill B	24	20
Charan Pratapeneni	Classen SAS	Great Valley	26	20
Sophia Swain	Herron	White Pigeon	26	20
Andy Rossitch	Walker	Carmel A	29	20
Colette Kendrick	Winston Churchill A	Glenbrook South	32	20
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Saint Joseph	32	0
Joe Lin	Downingtown STEM	Centennial A	44	20
Annie Williamson	Uni School of Nashville B	Innovation Academy B	44	20
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Belmont	58	20
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Montgomery Blair A	58	0
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Park Tudor	58	20
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Richard Montgomery	58	20
Abigail Lee	Thomas Jefferson A	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	60	20
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Audrain County AT	62	20
Lucas Ardelean	Innovation Academy A	Alabama Cyber Tech	62	20
Sophia Guo	Thomas Jefferson B	Milton	62	0
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Northmont	62	20
Maya Hulyalkar	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Wayzata	65	20
Pranav Srambikkal	Lambert A	Detroit Catholic Central A	65	0
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek	Hinsdale Central A	65	0
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Hunter B	65	20
Lyn Redman	Northside College Prep	Lambert B	65	0
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Lindbergh	65	20
Monit Karmakar	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Strake Jesuit B	65	20
Nathan Liang	Thomas Jefferson C	Thomas Jefferson E	65	20
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Solon	69	20
Brodie Henry	West Point	Chattahoochee A	76	20
Nick Hillman	Parkway West	Edina	78	10
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Irvington	81	10
Keefe Yang	Carmel B	Quince Orchard	84	10
Kaitlyn Leonard	Barrington	Georgetown Day	94	10
Kieran Blake	Walter Payton B	Lee's Summit	99	10
Yasmeen Farhat	Russell	Okemos	99	0
Belle Li	North Quincy	Coronado	105	10
Max Chen	Strake Jesuit A	Northview	106	10
Elise Froehlich	Lincoln-Way East B	Virginia	106	10
Matthew Yang	Centennial B	Carl Sandburg	118	10
Brady Shih	Detroit Catholic Central C	Thomas Jefferson D	123	10
Philip Calabrese	Detroit Catholic Central B	Chattahoochee B	126	10
Oreoluwa Sarah Owolabi	Homewood-Flossmoor	Page	131	10
Ben Yancey	Detroit Catholic Central A	Lambert A	132	10
Charlie Doehring	Hinsdale Central A	Johns Creek	132	10
Cormac Kennedy	Saint Joseph	Kane County AT	132	10
Adhrit Yadav	Lambert B	Northside College Prep	132	10
Darren Kellis	Milton	Thomas Jefferson B	132	10
Sophia Jones	Montgomery Blair A	Lexington	132	10
Aaron Liu	Okemos	Russell	132	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	100%	55%	0%	79.48