Question

Folk dances from this country are combined with pop music by "Electric-Techno Neon Gods." TV stations in this country widely cover a 200-kilometer annual pilgrimage of a litter containing flamethrowers and a statue of this country’s unofficial national goddess, Mazu. (20[6])This country's nuclear (0[1])waste-filled (20[1])Orchid (0[1])Island (20[1])is known as the Island of Human Beings to its indigenous Tao people. (20[3])A (20[1])group (20[1])called (0[1])the Ben·sheng·ren (20[1])arrived in this country prior to 1945, unlike (*) "mainlanders," (10[5])and includes many (10[1])Hakka (10[1]0[1])people. (10[3]0[2])This country (0[2])north of the Luzon Strait (10[3])controls (0[1])the Penghu (10[1])archipelago in the strait it shares a name with. (10[1])For 10 points, name this country home to the Formosan black bear, (10[1])with a capital at Taipei. (10[2])■END■ (10[10])

ANSWER: Taiwan [accept Republic of China or ROC; prompt on China; prompt on Formosa before read; reject "People's Republic of China" or "PRC"]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kaitlyn LeonardBarringtonWest Point3920
Grant LiuWalter Payton AEastchester3920
Ian ChiuGlenbrook SouthWalker3920
Adhrit YadavLambert BCarmel B3920
Elijah MarkmanMontgomery Blair BInnovation Academy B3920
Theodore KronbyHunter ANorthview3920
Evan TingPark TudorWayzata420
Joshua KochGrosse Pointe SouthAdlai E. Stevenson B4320
Shreecharan "Charan" ShreekumarAdlai E. Stevenson AThomas Jefferson A440
Edward KimJohns CreekWestwood4520
Satvik JainCentennial AClassen SAS5820
Ryan ChangCentennial BMilton5820
Nam DangRichard MontgomeryHinsdale Central A5820
Khang LeStrake Jesuit AAudrain County AT5920
Haughton NepplGeorgetown DayChattahoochee A6020
Felix SacksLincoln-Way East AIrvington610
Samy El-ZahabiChattahoochee BFairfield County AT6320
Aaron ZhouWinston Churchill ACarmel A7210
Justin RosentoverMontgomery Blair ADetroit Catholic Central A7210
Ryan SmithDowningtown STEMGreat Valley7210
Pranav SrambikkalLambert ALexington7210
Soham RayParkway WestSeven Lakes7210
Harini RamakrishnanSaratogaEdina7510
Vedanth SrihariFremdInnovation Academy A760
Crystal HeThomas Jefferson EKane County AT7610
Tate OsborneAlabama Cyber TechBelmont7710
Jeffrey LeeIrvingtonLincoln-Way East A7710
Winnie NutkowitzNorthside College PrepQuince Orchard770
Jerry HuangThomas Jefferson CSaint Joseph7710
Boye ZhuThomas Jefferson DOkemos770
Kartik BhatSolonYukon A790
Kieran BlakeWalter Payton BYukon B790
Ray ZhaoThomas Jefferson BCarl Sandburg8410
Samuel ShottesHunter BDetroit Catholic Central B8410
Thomas DonelonLindberghNorthmont8410
Ophelia Cherry-PulayUni School of Nashville AUni School of Nashville B850
Alex EwartStrake Jesuit BUni of Illinois Laboratory8710
Adam JohnsonVirginiaNorth Quincy9610
Stephen LangdonLincoln-Way East BCoronado10810
Jack MangrumInnovation Academy AFremd11310
Jackson GreenUni School of Nashville BUni School of Nashville A11310
Robert Young JrPageHerron11410
Alex BohlingerWayzataPark Tudor11410
Evan GniadekQuince OrchardNorthside College Prep11410
Brady ShihDetroit Catholic Central CRussell11410
Alex BachYukon ASolon11410
Anthony ZhaoThomas Jefferson AAdlai E. Stevenson A11410
Daniel LeungOkemosThomas Jefferson D11410
Inioluwa Stephen OwolabiHomewood-FlossmoorWhite Pigeon11410
Aidyn CongdonLee's SummitWinston Churchill B11410
Maya RitzYukon BWalter Payton B11410

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y42100%33%0%79.26