the west - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

The depoliticization of the refugee crisis is argued for in a novel titled for this place that depicts migrants living in the "dark London" ghetto who clear land with the promise of "40 meters and a pipe." That novel titled for this place (20[1])describes Nadia and Saeed going through doors (20[1])to arrive (0[1])at places like Mykonos and Marin County, California. (20[2]0[1])A collection described by this place (20[1])was defended (0[1])by one critic against the (*) "School of Resentment." (10[1])This place describes (10[1])a canon (10[1])defined (10[1])in (10[1])a book (10[2])by Harold (10[1])Bloom. (10[6])For 10 points, (10[1])a monk tasked with retrieving Buddhist (10[1])scriptures is given a monkey companion (10[5])as a (10[1])bodyguard (10[2])in a novel (10[2])titled (10[2])for a Journey (10[4])to (10[2])what place? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: the west [accept Exit West or Journey to the West or the western canon; prompt on exit or word forms]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Fremd	42	20
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Thomas Jefferson A	49	20
Kevin Yang	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Wayzata	51	0
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Classen SAS	59	20
Sheehan Banka	Northview	Strake Jesuit A	59	20
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Seven Lakes	59	0
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Lindbergh	65	20
Monit Karmakar	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Strake Jesuit B	67	0
Winnie Nutkowitz	Northside College Prep	Lambert B	75	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Centennial A	78	10
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Montgomery Blair A	80	10
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Carmel A	81	10
Beckett Pursey	Edina	Parkway West	82	10
Andrew Peuster	Audrain County AT	Hunter A	84	10
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Alabama Cyber Tech	84	10
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Lambert A	86	10
Sriram Susarla	Wayzata	Adlai E. Stevenson B	87	10
Kaitlyn Leonard	Barrington	Georgetown Day	87	10
Christian Curtis	Detroit Catholic Central B	Chattahoochee B	87	10
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Yukon A	87	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Grosse Pointe South	87	10
Elena Whitford	Walter Payton A	Northmont	87	10
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Winston Churchill A	90	10
Hunter Davis	Milton	Thomas Jefferson B	96	10
Arjun Nair	Innovation Academy B	Uni School of Nashville B	102	10
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Saint Joseph	102	10
Jefferson Ji	Westwood	Richard Montgomery	102	10
Caleb Lee	Lincoln-Way East A	Solon	102	10
Matthew Peng	Thomas Jefferson C	Thomas Jefferson E	102	10
Micah Chacon	Page	Homewood-Flossmoor	104	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Centennial B	105	10
Anjali Prasad	Carmel B	Quince Orchard	105	10
Abigail AuYeung	Hinsdale Central A	Johns Creek	108	10
Aidyn Congdon	Lee's Summit	Walter Payton B	108	10
Samuel Shottes	Hunter B	Fairfield County AT	109	10
Daniel Guo	Uni School of Nashville A	Montgomery Blair B	109	10
Belle Li	North Quincy	Coronado	112	10
Hamin Song	Okemos	Russell	112	10
Hope Therrien	Lincoln-Way East B	Virginia	112	10
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Yukon B	112	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Chattahoochee A	113	10
Jack Williams	White Pigeon	Herron	113	10
William Condron	Strake Jesuit B	Adlai E. Stevenson A	115	10
Aditya Khambekar	Seven Lakes	Saratoga	116	10
Taran Bhandari	Thomas Jefferson D	Detroit Catholic Central C	116	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	100%	12%	0%	93.12