rubber ducks - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

Inflatables shaped like these objects were hoisted as tear gas shields during 2020 Thai democracy protests. (20[1]0[1])A Chinese meme from the 2010s (0[1])placed (0[2])giant Florentijn (0[1])Hofman ("floor-en-TINE HOFF-man") sculptures of these objects in front of Tank Man. (20[3])A picture book (20[1]0[1])titled for 10 of these items (20[1])by Eric Carle and a Curtis (20[1])Ebbesmeyer study that modeled (20[1])ocean currents (20[1])were based on a 1992 (20[2])spilling of thousands (20[4])of (20[1]0[1])these (20[2])objects (20[3]0[1])from (20[1])a (20[1])cargo (20[1])ship. (20[9])Explaining (20[1])lines of (*) code to one of these objects (10[1])is one (10[1])approach to debugging. Ernie from Sesame Street had a #16 hit with a song about these toys, which, despite their name, are usually made from plastic vinyl and (10[1])not a vulcanized material. (10[2])For 10 points, name these yellow bath toys. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: rubber ducks [or rubber duckies; accept rubber duck programming or rubber duck debugging or rubberducking or 10 Little Rubber Ducks; prompt on toy duck or duck or duckie or Friendly Floatees; prompt on toys or bath toys; prompt on big yellow duck]

= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Keefe Yang	Carmel B	Chattahoochee B	15	20
Colin O'Neill	Great Valley	Lindbergh	15	0
Wyatt Johnson	Solon	Barrington	21	0
Arjun Murugappan	Irvington	Georgetown Day	22	0
Monit Karmakar	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Yukon B	22	0
Abigail Lee	Thomas Jefferson A	Detroit Catholic Central C	24	0
Ezra Zibel	Montgomery Blair B	Hunter B	34	20
Ray Zhao	Thomas Jefferson B	Northmont	34	20
Crystal He	Thomas Jefferson E	Audrain County AT	34	20
Andrew Zhao	Richard Montgomery	Parkway West	37	20
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Centennial B	37	0
Andrew Li	Winston Churchill A	Johns Creek	43	20
David Black	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Uni School of Nashville A	49	20
Safiya Hasan	Lindbergh	Great Valley	53	20
Sahil Prasad	Centennial A	Eastchester	55	20
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Downingtown STEM	60	20
Pranav Srambikkal	Lambert A	North Quincy	60	20
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Lincoln-Way East B	63	20
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Uni School of Nashville B	63	20
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Lincoln-Way East A	63	20
Lyn Redman	Northside College Prep	Russell	63	20
Maya Hulyalkar	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Saint Joseph	64	20
Justin Wang	Strake Jesuit A	Virginia	64	0
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Glenbrook South	65	20
Boye Zhu	Thomas Jefferson D	Hunter A	65	20
Joseph Harrison	Detroit Catholic Central B	Carl Sandburg	66	20
Anthony Pho	Carmel A	Strake Jesuit B	66	0
Ian Droessler Wilson	Innovation Academy B	Herron	66	20
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Lee's Summit	66	20
Balaskanda Sivanandame	Lambert B	Classen SAS	67	20
Charlie Doehring	Hinsdale Central A	Seven Lakes	68	20
Lucas Ardelean	Innovation Academy A	Winston Churchill B	69	20
Everett Van Til	Homewood-Flossmoor	Alabama Cyber Tech	70	20
Wesley Li	Westwood	Chattahoochee A	70	20
Chris Goolsby	Detroit Catholic Central A	Page	70	20
Jack Williams	White Pigeon	Fremd	70	20
Melody Zou	Lexington	Coronado	70	20
Hunter Davis	Milton	Okemos	70	20
Jack O’Brien	Edina	Montgomery Blair A	70	20
Ben Hesser	Walter Payton B	Northview	70	20
Nathan Liang	Thomas Jefferson C	Park Tudor	70	20
Kevin Qiu	Wayzata	Saratoga	71	20
Rohan Jain	Walker	West Point	79	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Irvington	81	10
Jay Camp	Yukon B	Adlai E. Stevenson A	109	10
Kiran Patel	Barrington	Solon	113	10
Colin Maxworthy	Detroit Catholic Central C	Thomas Jefferson A	113	10
Mikey Rodriguez	Strake Jesuit B	Carmel A	122	10
Wilson Hartley	Virginia	Strake Jesuit A	122	10
Jeremy Kantsiper	Centennial B	Yukon A	122	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	100%	81%	0%	68.67