World War II - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

During this war, Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana paddled a canoe for over 40 miles (20[1])to deliver an inscribed message to an operative. The "Tanna Army" venerated (20[1])a figure popularized during this war who reportedly lives in the volcanic Mount Yasur. Natives who aided (20[1])one side in this war were hailed as "Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels" for guiding wounded men down the Kokoda Trail. (20[1])The soldier (20[2])John (0[1])(*) Frum legendarily served (10[1])in this war, (10[4])whose end (10[1])spurred the growth (10[1])of various (0[1])cargo cults. (10[3])During (0[1])this war, (10[2])the (10[2])shipwrecked (10[1])crew (10[1])of the PT-109, (10[2])including (10[2])a young JFK, (10[1])was rescued (0[1])by (10[1])two (10[2])Solomon Islanders. (0[1])For 10 points, name this war in which Fijian and Tongan (10[1])troops supported Allied forces during the Guadalcanal (10[1])campaign (10[1])in (10[1])1942. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: World War II [or Second World War; or Pacific War; or Pacific Theater; or Asia–Pacific War; reject "War of the Pacific"]

= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Matthew Ryan	Thomas Jefferson A	Innovation Academy A	14	20
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Westwood	26	20
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	North Quincy	43	20
Sheehan Banka	Northview	Belmont	62	20
Spencer Manning	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Fremd	64	20
Edward Kim	Johns Creek	Montgomery Blair A	64	20
Manu Sankaran	Lambert A	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	65	0
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Detroit Catholic Central A	68	10
Keefe Yang	Carmel B	Barrington	71	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Carl Sandburg	71	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Walter Payton A	71	10
a	Team 1	Team 2	71	10
Darren Kellis	Milton	West Point	73	10
Penelope Graham	Uni School of Nashville A	Centennial A	76	10
Wyatt Johnson	Solon	Okemos	78	0
Luke De Bruin	Homewood-Flossmoor	Thomas Jefferson E	80	10
Yongle Xin	Montgomery Blair B	Chattahoochee A	80	10
Robert Young Jr	Page	Yukon B	80	10
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Thomas Jefferson B	81	0
Steven Zhao	Hinsdale Central A	Adlai E. Stevenson B	83	10
Ian Droessler Wilson	Innovation Academy B	Quince Orchard	83	10
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Northside College Prep	84	10
Alex Ewart	Strake Jesuit B	Northmont	84	10
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Classen SAS	85	10
Jeremy Kantsiper	Centennial B	Uni School of Nashville B	86	10
Josephine Baxa	Lincoln-Way East B	Detroit Catholic Central C	89	10
Tyler Song	Winston Churchill A	Lambert B	89	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Wayzata	90	10
Caleb Lee	Lincoln-Way East A	Russell	90	10
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Lindbergh	93	10
Eli Oster	Solon	Okemos	95	0
Kieran Blake	Walter Payton B	Coronado	96	10
Matthew Peng	Thomas Jefferson C	Detroit Catholic Central B	97	10
Nachiket Hegde	Chattahoochee B	Thomas Jefferson D	97	10
Jack Williams	White Pigeon	Lee's Summit	99	0
Luke Whitehead	Lee's Summit	White Pigeon	110	10
Adam Johnson	Virginia	Winston Churchill B	117	10
Cormac Kennedy	Saint Joseph	Herron	118	10
Aditya Dronamraju	Great Valley	Seven Lakes	119	10
Ray Zhao	Thomas Jefferson B	Parkway West	120	10
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Lambert A	121	10
Aaron Liu	Okemos	Solon	121	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	37	100%	16%	0%	83.41