Question

An 1898 short by George Albert Smith titled for this person was the first use of the double-exposure special effect in film. Peter the Knook joins this person at the end of a "Life and Adventures" by L. Frank Baum. This person's modern iconography comes (0[1])from commercial illustrator (20[1])Haddon (20[1]0[1])Sundblom, (20[5]0[1])who drew on the best-known work by (20[1])General Theological Seminary professor (20[1])(*) Clement Clarke (10[1])Moore. An 1897 (10[2])letter about this person (10[2])addressed to The New York Sun earned (10[1])lifelong fame (10[1])for eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon. (10[2]0[1])Allegedly, (0[1])a misprint (10[1])of a department store (10[1])hotline (10[1])led NORAD to begin (10[1])"tracking" (10[3])this (10[2])person's (10[2])location. (10[6])For 10 points, name this person who gives presents to nice (10[4])children (10[1])on Christmas (10[1])Eve. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Santa Claus [or Santa Claus; or Saint Nicholas; or Saint Nick; or Kris Kringle; accept Father Christmas until "Christmas" is read]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anthony XuThomas Jefferson BCarmel B440
Tate OsborneAlabama Cyber TechPark Tudor4720
Monit KarmakarAdlai E. Stevenson AOkemos480
Soham RayParkway WestYukon B4820
Amber DongAdlai E. Stevenson BYukon A490
Ian Droessler WilsonInnovation Academy BBelmont4920
Henry NolanHerronEdina4920
Matthew RyanThomas Jefferson AFairfield County AT4920
Lyn RedmanNorthside College PrepStrake Jesuit B4920
Evan GniadekQuince OrchardStrake Jesuit A4920
Teddy BerenteSaint JosephUni of Illinois Laboratory5620
Kate GuIrvingtonGrosse Pointe South6020
Evan SchleckHunter AWalter Payton A6210
Steven LongFremdChattahoochee B6510
Nick MurrayDetroit Catholic Central AUni School of Nashville B6510
Andrew PeusterAudrain County ATCarl Sandburg6910
Juni LowenharHunter BHinsdale Central A6910
Arjun VijaykumarSaratogaDetroit Catholic Central B7610
Anthony PhoCarmel AWinston Churchill B7810
Christopher StewartYukon AAdlai E. Stevenson B8210
Matthew YangCentennial BUni School of Nashville A8210
Caleb LeeLincoln-Way East AWestwood820
Hunter DavisMiltonRichard Montgomery830
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy ARussell8510
Eshaan SombhattaThomas Jefferson CLambert B8910
Safiya HasanLindberghGlenbrook South9010
Micah ChaconPageJohns Creek9410
Joe LinDowningtown STEMWalter Payton B9510
Pranav SrambikkalLambert AMontgomery Blair B9510
Nathan HaleyNorthmontWhite Pigeon9510
Justin RosentoverMontgomery Blair ALincoln-Way East B9610
Alex BohlingerWayzataThomas Jefferson E9610
Tristan AndreNorth QuincySeven Lakes9710
Andy RossitchWalkerThomas Jefferson D9710
Kiran PatelBarringtonCentennial A9810
Wilson HartleyVirginiaChattahoochee A9810
Colin O'NeillGreat ValleyDetroit Catholic Central C9810
Colette KendrickWinston Churchill AKane County AT9810
Sean HarbisonWest PointLee's Summit9810
Shishir BharadwajLexingtonSolon9810
Anjali PrasadCarmel BThomas Jefferson B10910
Wesley LiWestwoodLincoln-Way East A10910
Nam DangRichard MontgomeryMilton10910
Sheehan BankaNorthviewGeorgetown Day10910
Charan PratapeneniClassen SASHomewood-Flossmoor11010
Maximilian LinEastchesterCoronado11210
Aaron LiuOkemosAdlai E. Stevenson A11310

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y42100%21%0%83.14