Charles XII - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

This king's ambassador to England was imprisoned in London after marrying the Jacobite Sara Wright, leading Daniel DeFoe to call him a "Stockfish Lunatic." This monarch, who was wounded by a bullet to the foot, was carried on a stretcher toward Turkey (20[1])as his army surrendered at (20[3]0[1])Perevolochna. (20[5]0[3])Nine years earlier, this monarch's forces (20[1])capitalized on the Peace of Travendal (20[1])to win a battle in which (0[1])10 (0[1])enemy generals and the personal physician of the tsar were captured, (20[1]0[1])the (20[1])first Battle (0[1])of (*) Narva. (10[7]0[1])Count (0[1])Rehnskjold (10[1])commanded a pre-dawn raid in which 7,000 of this monarch's troops were killed taking (0[1])a Ukrainian fort at Poltava. (10[1]0[1])For 10 points, name this rival of Peter the Great, (0[2])a Swedish king (0[2])who fought (0[1])in the Great (0[1])Northern (10[1]0[1])War. ■END■ (10[8]0[6])

ANSWER: Charles XII [or Carl XII; or Carolus XII; or Karl XII; prompt on Charles or Carl]

= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Khang Le	Strake Jesuit A	Lambert A	41	20
Alvan Hossain	Lexington	Audrain County AT	46	20
Jack O’Brien	Edina	Seven Lakes	46	0
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	West Point	46	20
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Wayzata	46	20
John Szaukellis	Barrington	Chattahoochee A	47	20
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Classen SAS	47	0
Anoop Valavoju	Northview	Detroit Catholic Central A	47	20
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Hinsdale Central A	47	0
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Montgomery Blair B	47	20
Adhrit Yadav	Lambert B	Quince Orchard	47	20
Anthony Zhao	Thomas Jefferson A	Belmont	47	20
Tony Han	Kane County AT	Thomas Jefferson C	47	0
Samin Asif	Seven Lakes	Edina	53	20
Edward Kim	Johns Creek	Lindbergh	59	20
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Adlai E. Stevenson A	65	0
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Northmont	66	0
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Centennial A	77	20
Grant Liu	Walter Payton A	Richard Montgomery	77	0
Anthony Pho	Carmel A	Glenbrook South	78	20
Justin Yuan	Thomas Jefferson E	Saint Joseph	80	0
Spencer Manning	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Alabama Cyber Tech	82	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Milton	82	10
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Fremd	82	10
Sophia Jones	Montgomery Blair A	Hunter A	82	10
Ryan Sharp	Carmel B	Northside College Prep	82	10
Alex Ewart	Strake Jesuit B	Innovation Academy A	82	10
Samanyu Bhupalam	Innovation Academy B	Uni School of Nashville A	82	0
Ulden Gao	Winston Churchill A	Walker	82	10
Samy El-Zahabi	Chattahoochee B	Hunter B	83	0
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Parkway West	84	10
Ray Zhao	Thomas Jefferson B	Centennial B	98	0
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Detroit Catholic Central B	103	0
Henry Nolan	Herron	Homewood-Flossmoor	103	10
Kevin Yang	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Park Tudor	113	0
Kieran Blake	Walter Payton B	Winston Churchill B	113	0
Eli Oster	Solon	Irvington	116	0
Caleb Lee	Lincoln-Way East A	Yukon A	116	0
Jerry Huang	Thomas Jefferson C	Kane County AT	118	0
Alexander Schramm	North Quincy	Lincoln-Way East B	121	0
Snehan Saroch	Russell	Thomas Jefferson D	122	0
Luke Whitehead	Lee's Summit	Yukon B	122	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Adlai E. Stevenson B	124	10
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Downingtown STEM	124	10
Steven Zhao	Hinsdale Central A	Eastchester	124	10
Samuel Shottes	Hunter B	Chattahoochee B	124	10
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Solon	124	0
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Lincoln-Way East A	124	0
Ethan Kral	Northmont	Westwood	124	10
Micah Chacon	Page	White Pigeon	124	0
Luke Hinkson	White Pigeon	Page	124	0
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Walter Payton A	124	10
Ryan Chang	Centennial B	Thomas Jefferson B	124	10
Samuel Li	Thomas Jefferson D	Russell	124	0
Daniel Guo	Uni School of Nashville A	Innovation Academy B	124	10
Adam Johnson	Virginia	Coronado	124	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	41	76%	32%	0%	82.45