Arabic - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

A book in this language likens the collective pursuit of a concept meaning "happiness" to body parts working together; that book contrasts ignorant, dissolute, turncoat, and straying places with the title Virtuous City. A philosopher (20[1])who used this language (0[1])illustrated (0[1])his occasionalism with the example (20[1])of a fire burning (20[2])cotton. (20[5])This language (20[2])was used by a philosopher who advocated the "unity of the intellect" and was called (20[1])"The (0[1])(*) Commentator" (10[1])by Aquinas. (10[5]0[1])The Aristotelian (10[4]0[2])influence on thinkers who used this (10[1])language (10[1]0[1])was attacked by a member of the Ash'ari tradition (10[1])in The Incoherence of the Philosophers, (10[2])which (10[1])inspired a similarly-titled rebuttal. For 10 points, name this language used by Averroes (10[1])("uh-VAIR-roh-eez") and (10[1])al-Ghazali. (10[3]0[1])■END■ (10[9]0[1])

ANSWER: Arabic [or al-'arabiyyah]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Camden Williams	Audrain County AT	Hunter A	34	20
Thomas Donelon	Lindbergh	Eastchester	38	0
Darren Kellis	Milton	Thomas Jefferson B	39	0
Samy El-Zahabi	Chattahoochee B	Detroit Catholic Central B	44	20
Charlie Doehring	Hinsdale Central A	Johns Creek	48	20
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Seven Lakes	48	20
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Great Valley	49	20
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Centennial A	49	20
Max Chen	Strake Jesuit A	Northview	49	20
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Grosse Pointe South	49	20
Anirudh "Ani" Srinivasan	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Strake Jesuit B	49	20
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Alabama Cyber Tech	51	20
Ophelia Cherry-Pulay	Uni School of Nashville A	Montgomery Blair B	51	20
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Westwood	66	20
Anna Liao	Carmel B	Quince Orchard	67	0
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Belmont	68	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Centennial B	70	0
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Lambert A	70	10
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Hunter B	70	10
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Irvington	70	10
Alvan Hossain	Lexington	Montgomery Blair A	70	10
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Edina	70	10
Anthony Pho	Carmel A	Walker	72	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Chattahoochee A	72	10
Annie Williamson	Uni School of Nashville B	Innovation Academy B	72	10
Aidyn Congdon	Lee's Summit	Walter Payton B	72	10
Ahya Farhat	Russell	Okemos	72	0
Wyatt Johnson	Solon	Lincoln-Way East A	72	0
Sriram Susarla	Wayzata	Adlai E. Stevenson B	78	10
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Winston Churchill A	79	10
Crystal He	Thomas Jefferson E	Thomas Jefferson C	79	0
Wilson Hartley	Virginia	Lincoln-Way East B	88	10
Adhrit Yadav	Lambert B	Northside College Prep	94	10
Nathan Haley	Northmont	Walter Payton A	94	10
John Szaukellis	Barrington	Georgetown Day	95	10
Anthony Zhao	Thomas Jefferson A	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	108	10
George Aljarbo	Detroit Catholic Central C	Thomas Jefferson D	109	10
Peter Panchev	Kane County AT	Saint Joseph	110	10
Jerry Huang	Thomas Jefferson C	Thomas Jefferson E	110	10
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Winston Churchill B	110	0
Tiger Wu	Winston Churchill B	Yukon B	110	10
Jeremy Kantsiper	Centennial B	Carl Sandburg	111	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Lindbergh	111	10
Aarushi Kanigicherla	Thomas Jefferson B	Milton	111	10
Belle Li	North Quincy	Coronado	111	10
Micah Chacon	Page	Homewood-Flossmoor	111	0
Everett Van Til	Homewood-Flossmoor	Page	111	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Carmel B	111	10
Aaron Liu	Okemos	Russell	111	10
Caleb Lee	Lincoln-Way East A	Solon	111	10
Henry Nolan	Herron	White Pigeon	111	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	100%	29%	0%	80.17