Vienna - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

A physicist who worked in this city named a society whose "left wing" attempted to apply its "scientific world-conception" to all aspects of life. A philosopher who (20[1])worked in this city wrote The Logical Structure of the World (20[1])and argued for the "elimination of metaphysics" (0[1])as (20[1])part of the verificationist (20[2])program. (20[1])The logical (20[1])positivist (20[1])Rudolf (20[1])Carnap was part of an (20[1])empiricist (20[3]0[1])(*) "circle" (10[1])of (10[1])philosophers (10[2])from this (0[1])city. (10[1])A posthumously (10[1])published book (10[1])by a Cambridge professor born in this capital city developed the theory of "language games," (10[2])contradicting (10[2])the "picture theory (10[1])of (10[2])meaning" from his earlier Tractatus. For 10 points, name this capital (10[1])city, the birthplace of the author (10[1])of Philosophical Investigations, (10[1])Ludwig (10[2])Wittgenstein. (10[3]0[4])■END■ (10[4]0[3])

ANSWER: Vienna [or Wien; accept Vienna Circle or Wiener Kreis] (The first clue refers to the Ernst Mach Society, to which much of the Vienna Circle belonged.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Charlie Doehring	Hinsdale Central A	Eastchester	26	20
Spencer Manning	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Alabama Cyber Tech	37	20
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Strake Jesuit B	44	0
Arjun Desikan	Seven Lakes	Edina	45	20
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Audrain County AT	49	20
Sophia Jones	Montgomery Blair A	Hunter A	49	20
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	50	20
Daniel Sheffield	Belmont	Thomas Jefferson A	52	20
Sriram Susarla	Wayzata	Grosse Pointe South	53	20
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Centennial A	54	20
Charan Pratapeneni	Classen SAS	Downingtown STEM	59	20
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Detroit Catholic Central B	60	20
Vidur Kothur	Lindbergh	Johns Creek	60	20
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Parkway West	60	20
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Winston Churchill A	60	0
Anthony Pho	Carmel A	Glenbrook South	61	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Georgetown Day	62	10
Samy El-Zahabi	Chattahoochee B	Hunter B	63	10
Ophelia Cherry-Pulay	Uni School of Nashville A	Innovation Academy B	63	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Lambert B	65	0
Khang Le	Strake Jesuit A	Lambert A	66	10
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Solon	68	10
Ethan Kral	Northmont	Westwood	70	10
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Lincoln-Way East A	85	10
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Thomas Jefferson E	85	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Adlai E. Stevenson B	86	10
Aarushi Kanigicherla	Thomas Jefferson B	Centennial B	86	10
John Szaukellis	Barrington	Chattahoochee A	89	10
Winnie Nutkowitz	Northside College Prep	Carmel B	90	10
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Walter Payton A	90	10
Peter Panchev	Kane County AT	Thomas Jefferson C	101	10
Adhrit Yadav	Lambert B	Quince Orchard	107	10
Darren Kellis	Milton	Carl Sandburg	110	10
Ben Yancey	Detroit Catholic Central A	Northview	111	10
Hrishi Bhooma	Thomas Jefferson D	Russell	111	10
Everett Van Til	Homewood-Flossmoor	Herron	112	10
Yongle Xin	Montgomery Blair B	Uni School of Nashville B	112	0
Lucia Gellert	Uni School of Nashville B	Montgomery Blair B	112	10
Ben Hesser	Walter Payton B	Winston Churchill B	112	0
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Walter Payton B	112	0
Aidyn Congdon	Lee's Summit	Yukon B	112	0
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Lee's Summit	112	10
Ethan Krone	Lincoln-Way East B	North Quincy	113	0
Alexander Schramm	North Quincy	Lincoln-Way East B	113	10
Aaron Liu	Okemos	Detroit Catholic Central C	113	10
Robert Young Jr	Page	White Pigeon	113	0
Jack Williams	White Pigeon	Page	113	10
Reed Karosich	Coronado	Virginia	113	10
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Walker	113	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	93%	31%	0%	78.10