Ethiopia - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

This country's Pentecostal prime minister is served by spiritual advisor Daniel Kibret and is building a ten-billion-dollar "Chaka" palace based on a "seventh king" prophecy. In 2024, this country announced it was leasing another country's land to build a naval base in Berbera. (20[1])Two hundred (20[1])people were killed in this country following the (0[1])2020 assassination of Hachalu Hundessa, who, like its Prime Minister, (20[1]0[1])was a member (0[1])of its (20[1])plurality (*) Oromo (10[1])ethnic (10[1])group. (10[15])This country's Prime Minister (10[3])won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, (0[1])but (10[1])a (10[1])year later, its (10[1]0[1])National Defense Force was accused (0[1])of (0[1])ethnic cleansing (10[1]0[1])in a civil war against the Tigray (10[1])People's (10[1])Liberation (10[1])Front. (10[1])For 10 points, Abiy Ahmed leads what country in the Horn of Africa? (10[2])■END■ (10[4]0[3])

ANSWER: Ethiopia [or Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia]

= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Alvan Hossain	Lexington	Centennial A	42	20
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Audrain County AT	44	20
Jack O’Brien	Edina	Belmont	52	0
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Thomas Jefferson C	62	0
Jack Mangrum	Innovation Academy A	Strake Jesuit B	62	20
Arjun Ramachandran	Montgomery Blair A	Herron	65	0
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Northview	67	20
Khang Le	Strake Jesuit A	Westwood	69	10
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Detroit Catholic Central C	70	10
Adhrit Yadav	Lambert B	Alabama Cyber Tech	71	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Barrington	71	10
Winnie Nutkowitz	Northside College Prep	Carmel A	71	10
Nathan Haley	Northmont	Carmel B	71	10
Samy El-Zahabi	Chattahoochee B	White Pigeon	71	10
Dylan Cregar	Detroit Catholic Central A	Winston Churchill A	71	10
Walker Varghese	Hunter B	Seven Lakes	71	10
Hope Therrien	Lincoln-Way East B	Innovation Academy B	71	10
Edward Kim	Johns Creek	Kane County AT	71	10
Charlie Doehring	Hinsdale Central A	Lambert A	71	10
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Lee's Summit	71	10
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Adlai E. Stevenson A	71	10
Matthew Ryan	Thomas Jefferson A	Lindbergh	71	10
Ananth Ramsankar	Wayzata	Detroit Catholic Central B	71	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Hunter A	71	10
Martin Ames	Chattahoochee A	Lincoln-Way East A	75	10
Jason Yao	Montgomery Blair B	North Quincy	75	10
Vedanth Srihari	Fremd	Thomas Jefferson B	75	10
Hunter Davis	Milton	Parkway West	81	0
Aaron Liu	Okemos	Yukon B	82	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Irvington	83	10
Haricharan "Hari" Veginati	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Centennial B	86	10
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Yukon A	86	0
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Virginia	91	0
Colin O'Neill	Great Valley	Glenbrook South	92	0
Jerry Huang	Thomas Jefferson C	Classen SAS	94	10
Clover Horwitz	Uni School of Nashville A	Saint Joseph	94	0
Taran Bhandari	Thomas Jefferson D	Walter Payton A	101	10
Luke De Bruin	Homewood-Flossmoor	Park Tudor	102	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Walter Payton B	103	10
Parker Brathwaite	Thomas Jefferson E	Carl Sandburg	104	10
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Edina	117	10
Wyatt Johnson	Solon	Coronado	117	10
Nico Bobis	Glenbrook South	Great Valley	118	10
Elijah Tyler	Herron	Montgomery Blair A	118	10
Cole Kurzhal	Saint Joseph	Uni School of Nashville A	118	10
Robert Young Jr	Page	Uni School of Nashville B	118	0
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Page	118	0
Reily Gillenwater	Virginia	Quince Orchard	118	0
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	118	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	41	93%	10%	0%	81.71