Oscar Wilde - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

In a poem by this author, a "snare / Strangled into a scream" after singers evoke men who play "with Sin / In the Secret House of Shame." (0[1])That poem by this author published under the name "C.3.3." (20[2])describes (20[1])a cricket-cap-wearing (20[2])man "who looked / So wistfully (20[1])at the day." (20[2])This man (20[1])inspired a poem in which the title "young sinner" can curse God (20[1]0[1])"for (0[1])the colour of his hair." (20[1])This poet (20[1])addressed (20[1])his "Dear Bosie" in the letter (20[2])(*) De Profundis. (10[6])This lover (10[2])of Alfred Douglas described how, "The coward does it with a kiss, (10[1])/ The (10[1])brave man with a sword" (10[2])in (10[1])a poem (10[1])titled for the place where he was jailed for being (10[1])gay. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this (10[1])Irish poet (10[1])who claimed that "each man kills the thing he loves" in his "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Oscar Wilde [or Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde] (The poem in the third line is A. E. Housman's "Oh Who Is That Young Sinner.")

= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Camden Williams	Audrain County AT	Eastchester	27	0
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Detroit Catholic Central A	37	20
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Johns Creek	37	20
Manu Sankaran	Lambert A	Richard Montgomery	38	20
Elise Froehlich	Lincoln-Way East B	Page	40	20
Ray Claret	Northview	Adlai E. Stevenson B	40	20
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Northmont	46	20
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Fremd	49	20
Arianne Amasol	Yukon A	Homewood-Flossmoor	49	20
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Carl Sandburg	51	20
Sophia Jones	Montgomery Blair A	Strake Jesuit A	63	20
Akilan Ganesan	Chattahoochee A	Thomas Jefferson B	63	0
Michael Pu	Carmel A	Barrington	64	0
Arani Pittu	Lambert B	Edina	69	20
Winnie Nutkowitz	Northside College Prep	Montgomery Blair B	71	20
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Innovation Academy B	72	20
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Wayzata	78	20
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Detroit Catholic Central B	78	20
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Lindbergh	80	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Glenbrook South	80	10
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Grosse Pointe South	80	10
Danny "Raj" Morris	Strake Jesuit B	Hinsdale Central A	80	10
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Thomas Jefferson E	80	10
Colette Kendrick	Winston Churchill A	Milton	80	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Uni School of Nashville A	82	10
Angela Sun	Solon	White Pigeon	82	10
Ava Madrazo	Herron	Hunter B	94	10
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Uni School of Nashville B	96	10
Anna Liao	Carmel B	Centennial B	101	10
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Detroit Catholic Central C	101	10
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Coronado	102	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Quince Orchard	104	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Audrain County AT	114	10
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Walter Payton B	115	10
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Lee's Summit	116	10
Andrew Lao	Chattahoochee B	Virginia	120	10
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	North Quincy	122	10
Kaitlyn Leonard	Barrington	Carmel A	140	10
Anthony Xu	Thomas Jefferson B	Chattahoochee A	140	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	36	100%	42%	0%	81.31