inoculation - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

The first mass-application of this technique in England used the secret Suttonian Method. Emmanuel Timoni introduced this technique into England, having learned it from the Turks. (20[2])Thomas Dimsdale (0[1])introduced this (0[1])technique (20[1]0[1])into Russia and personally (20[1])applied it (0[1])to Catherine (20[2])the Great. (20[4]0[3])An enslaved man (0[1])named Onesimus (20[1]0[1])transferred knowledge of this (20[1])technique to his master, (*) Cotton (10[1])Mather. (0[1])This technique was (0[1])probably developed (0[1])in China, where it killed about 2% (10[1])of people who received it. (10[2]0[1])A less-deadly (10[1]0[1])alternative (10[1])to this (0[1])technique was based on observations (10[1])of milkmaids by Edward Jenner. (0[2])This technique involved placing pus (10[1]0[1])into a non-infected person. For 10 points, name this predecessor (10[1])to smallpox (10[1])vaccination. ■END■ (10[12]0[2])

ANSWER: inoculation [or variolation; or insufflation; accept smallpox inoculation; reject "vaccination"]

= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Juni Lowenhar	Hunter B	Herron	25	20
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Saratoga	25	20
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Thomas Jefferson E	27	0
Adhrit Yadav	Lambert B	Edina	29	0
Lynda Ma	Barrington	Carmel A	30	20
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Lee's Summit	30	0
Alvan Hossain	Lexington	Northmont	34	20
Andrew Li	Winston Churchill A	Milton	36	0
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Innovation Academy A	38	20
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Georgetown Day	38	20
Camden Williams	Audrain County AT	Eastchester	40	0
Jeremy Kantsiper	Centennial B	Carmel B	40	20
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Fremd	40	0
Maggie Sun	Hunter A	Wayzata	40	20
Edward Kim	Johns Creek	Walter Payton A	40	0
Maya Hulyalkar	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Northview	40	20
Khang Le	Strake Jesuit A	Montgomery Blair A	40	20
Charlie Doehring	Hinsdale Central A	Strake Jesuit B	43	0
Samanyu Bhupalam	Innovation Academy B	Walker	45	20
Hector Rodriguez	Walter Payton B	Saint Joseph	45	0
Brodie Henry	West Point	Uni School of Nashville A	49	20
Yongle Xin	Montgomery Blair B	Northside College Prep	54	10
Thomas Donelon	Lindbergh	Alabama Cyber Tech	55	0
Dylan Cregar	Detroit Catholic Central A	Westwood	58	0
Micah Chacon	Page	Lincoln-Way East B	60	0
Belle Li	North Quincy	Fairfield County AT	67	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Great Valley	72	10
Kate Gu	Irvington	Detroit Catholic Central C	72	0
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Homewood-Flossmoor	72	10
Ray Zhao	Thomas Jefferson B	Chattahoochee A	74	10
Wyatt Johnson	Solon	White Pigeon	74	0
Parker Brathwaite	Thomas Jefferson E	Winston Churchill B	75	10
Joe Lin	Downingtown STEM	Glenbrook South	77	0
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Coronado	82	10
Andrew Zhao	Richard Montgomery	Lambert A	87	0
Joseph Harrison	Detroit Catholic Central B	Yukon B	87	0
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Lindbergh	92	10
Samy El-Zahabi	Chattahoochee B	Virginia	92	0
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Detroit Catholic Central B	102	10
Luke Whitehead	Lee's Summit	Kane County AT	104	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Audrain County AT	106	0
Jefferson Ji	Westwood	Detroit Catholic Central A	106	10
George Aljarbo	Detroit Catholic Central C	Irvington	106	10
Steven Long	Fremd	Park Tudor	106	10
Ian Chiu	Glenbrook South	Downingtown STEM	106	10
Grant Liu	Walter Payton A	Johns Creek	106	10
Beckett Pursey	Edina	Lambert B	106	10
Hope Therrien	Lincoln-Way East B	Page	106	0
Pranav Srambikkal	Lambert A	Richard Montgomery	106	10
William Condron	Strake Jesuit B	Hinsdale Central A	106	10
Adam Johnson	Virginia	Chattahoochee B	106	10
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Walter Payton B	106	10
Jack Williams	White Pigeon	Solon	106	10
Hunter Davis	Milton	Winston Churchill A	106	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	36	94%	33%	0%	73.82