Karamazov family - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

At the end of a novel's epilogue, a member of this family tells a prankster schoolboy about the religious custom of eating pancakes at funerals. Members of this family discuss a phrase rendered in Constance Garnett's translation as (0[1])"everything is (20[1])lawful." (20[1])One member (20[1])of this family (20[1])explains a poem (0[1])in which Jesus (20[1])is told that free will (20[1])has bad (20[1])effects (20[2])by (20[1])a clergyman in (20[1])(*) Seville. (10[2]0[1])A (10[2])novice (10[2])monk (10[2])from this family follows (10[1])Father Zosima. (10[8])The (10[2])illegitimate (10[1])son (10[1])of this family's patriarch (10[1])is the anti-religious (10[2])servant Smerdyakov ("SMAIRD-yah-kov"). The story of the Grand Inquisitor is told by (10[1])a member of this family called Ivan to his sibling (10[1])Alyosha. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])a novel (10[1])by Fyodor Dostoevsky is titled for brothers (10[1])from what family? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Karamazov family [accept The Brothers Karamazov or The Karamazov Brothers or Bratya Karamazovy or Alexei "Alyosha" Fyodorovich Karamazov or Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov or Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Amber Dong	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Wayzata	37	0
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Thomas Jefferson A	39	20
Arianne Amasol	Yukon A	Irvington	40	20
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Northmont	42	20
Anna Liao	Carmel B	Quince Orchard	45	20
Juni Lowenhar	Hunter B	Fairfield County AT	48	0
Andrew Peuster	Audrain County AT	Hunter A	51	20
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Classen SAS	56	20
Winnie Nutkowitz	Northside College Prep	Lambert B	58	20
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Belmont	59	20
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Montgomery Blair A	59	20
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Edina	60	20
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Park Tudor	63	20
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Saint Joseph	64	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Lindbergh	64	10
Monit Karmakar	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Strake Jesuit B	64	0
Jacob Higgs	Strake Jesuit A	Northview	65	10
Micah Chacon	Page	Homewood-Flossmoor	65	10
Hamin Song	Okemos	Russell	66	10
Matthew Peng	Thomas Jefferson C	Thomas Jefferson E	66	10
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Lambert A	67	10
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek	Hinsdale Central A	67	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Centennial A	71	10
Ananth Ramsankar	Wayzata	Adlai E. Stevenson B	73	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Barrington	73	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Centennial B	73	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Chattahoochee A	73	10
Colette Kendrick	Winston Churchill A	Glenbrook South	73	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Innovation Academy A	73	10
Jason Yao	Montgomery Blair B	Uni School of Nashville A	73	10
Aaron Wang	Seven Lakes	Saratoga	73	10
Aidyn Congdon	Lee's Summit	Walter Payton B	74	10
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Solon	74	10
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Carmel A	75	10
Andrew Lao	Chattahoochee B	Detroit Catholic Central B	76	10
Samuel Li	Thomas Jefferson D	Detroit Catholic Central C	80	10
Annie Williamson	Uni School of Nashville B	Innovation Academy B	83	10
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Westwood	83	10
Anthony Xu	Thomas Jefferson B	Milton	94	10
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Hunter B	104	10
Ruhi Nair	Winston Churchill B	Yukon B	105	10
Jack Williams	White Pigeon	Herron	108	10
Hope Therrien	Lincoln-Way East B	Virginia	110	10
Alex Ewart	Strake Jesuit B	Adlai E. Stevenson A	117	10
Belle Li	North Quincy	Coronado	121	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	98%	26%	0%	71.56