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A giant one of these structures along the A93 Perth-Blairgowrie ("blair‑GOW‑ree") Road, dating to the Battle of Culloden, is named for the town of Meikleour. The Sherman Rhinoceros was developed to destroy these structures in the (0[1])bocage of Normandy following (0[1])D-Day. (20[1]0[2])The Midland style of these structures slopes towards (20[1])heavy bullocks. To enforce a salt tax in India, British officials (20[1])built (20[3])a 1,100-mile-long (0[1])"Great" (0[1])one (0[1])of (0[1])these structures. In (20[1]0[1])the 1607 Newton Rebellion, commoners tore down these (*) living structures to (0[1])protest enclosure. (0[1])British (10[1])formal gardens (0[1])once routinely included (10[1]0[1])mazes (10[2])made (0[1])from these structures. (10[2])For (10[5]0[1])10 points, name these closely-placed shrubs that (10[2])are widely used as fences and barriers in (10[1])the UK. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: hedge [or hedgerows or hedgebank or Devon hedge or Cornish hedge; prompt on plants or shrubs or trees or bushes; before any of these terms are read, prompt on mazes or labyrinths or barriers or live fences or walls by asking "what were they made of?"]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Thomas Donelon	Lindbergh	Hunter A	34	0
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Classen SAS	38	0
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Innovation Academy A	39	0
Jackson Stirling	Parkway West	Chattahoochee A	39	0
Matthew Ryan	Thomas Jefferson A	Grosse Pointe South	39	20
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Walker	47	20
Spencer Manning	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Park Tudor	58	20
Steven Zhao	Hinsdale Central A	Lexington	59	20
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	59	20
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Carmel B	59	20
Steven Long	Fremd	Johns Creek	61	0
Anthony Pho	Carmel A	Centennial B	62	0
Ray Zhao	Thomas Jefferson B	Northside College Prep	63	0
Jeffrey Wu	Belmont	Adlai E. Stevenson B	64	0
Samin Asif	Seven Lakes	Carl Sandburg	67	20
Parker Brathwaite	Thomas Jefferson E	Chattahoochee B	67	0
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Uni School of Nashville A	78	0
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Quince Orchard	80	0
Juni Lowenhar	Hunter B	Walter Payton B	81	10
Kate Gu	Irvington	Page	83	0
Caleb Lee	Lincoln-Way East A	Saint Joseph	86	10
Alex Bach	Yukon A	Winston Churchill B	86	0
Hunter Davis	Milton	Edina	87	10
Wyatt Johnson	Solon	Kane County AT	87	10
Mireya Tabarez	Coronado	Russell	88	0
Ezra Zibel	Montgomery Blair B	Downingtown STEM	91	10
Hrishi Bhooma	Thomas Jefferson D	Virginia	91	10
Pranav Srambikkal	Lambert A	Alabama Cyber Tech	92	10
Christian Watson	Westwood	Audrain County AT	92	10
Joseph Harrison	Detroit Catholic Central B	Lincoln-Way East B	92	10
Jack Williams	White Pigeon	Okemos	92	10
Eshaan Sombhatta	Thomas Jefferson C	Yukon B	92	0
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Yukon A	92	10
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Strake Jesuit A	99	10
Maxwell Swann	Centennial A	West Point	99	10
Kaiden Lee	Northview	Strake Jesuit B	107	10
Lyn Redman	Northside College Prep	Thomas Jefferson B	110	10
Arnav Jasapara	Chattahoochee B	Thomas Jefferson E	110	0
Maya Hulyalkar	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Belmont	111	10
Ryan Chang	Centennial B	Carmel A	111	10
Charan Pratapeneni	Classen SAS	Uni School of Nashville B	111	0
Jack Mangrum	Innovation Academy A	Detroit Catholic Central A	111	10
Theodore Kronby	Hunter A	Lindbergh	111	10
Micah Chacon	Page	Irvington	111	10
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek	Fremd	111	10
Aidyn Congdon	Lee's Summit	Fairfield County AT	111	10
Dhruv Rastogi	Chattahoochee A	Parkway West	111	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Great Valley	111	10
Justin Jiang	Russell	Coronado	111	0
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Thomas Jefferson C	111	10
Penelope Graham	Uni School of Nashville A	Winston Churchill A	111	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	36	92%	19%	0%	91.12