Aeneas - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

According to Dares ("DAH-rays") Phrygius, this figure refuted Amphimachus's warmongering speech attacking Antenor. A grandson of this figure accidentally shot Silvius and got exiled to Britain, becoming the mythical king Brutus. (0[1])After (20[1])this figure was wounded, Artemis and Leto (20[1])healed him (20[1])and Poseidon removed him (20[1]0[1])from combat again to protect him. (20[1]0[2])In the Bibliotheca, (20[2]0[1])this figure is spared due to his filial (20[1])piety. This figure leaves behind his wife (*) Creusa (10[1])when (10[2])fleeing (10[1])a burning city (10[4])with his (10[2])father (10[3])Anchises (10[6])and his (10[1])son (10[2])Ascanius. Juno's wrath (10[1])causes this figure to fall in love with Dido, (10[1])who commits (10[3])suicide (10[1])after being abandoned by him. For 10 points, name this Trojan son of Venus, the protagonist of a namesake epic (10[1])by Vergil. ■END■ (10[4]0[3])

ANSWER: Aeneas [accept Jupiter Indiges or Pater Indiges]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Edward Kim	Johns Creek	Westwood	29	0
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Lee's Summit	30	20
Matthew Ryan	Thomas Jefferson A	Adlai E. Stevenson A	37	20
Alvan Hossain	Lexington	Lambert A	39	20
Draco Qiao	Carmel A	Winston Churchill A	43	0
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Downingtown STEM	43	20
Hunter Davis	Milton	Centennial B	49	0
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Northview	49	20
Aditya Khambekar	Seven Lakes	Parkway West	49	0
Dhruv Rastogi	Chattahoochee A	Georgetown Day	52	20
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Innovation Academy A	52	0
Abigail AuYeung	Hinsdale Central A	Richard Montgomery	52	20
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Adlai E. Stevenson B	60	20
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Glenbrook South	68	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Walter Payton A	69	10
Daniel Guo	Uni School of Nashville A	Uni School of Nashville B	69	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Belmont	70	10
Kaitlyn Leonard	Barrington	West Point	73	10
Dylan Cregar	Detroit Catholic Central A	Montgomery Blair A	73	10
Joseph Harrison	Detroit Catholic Central B	Hunter B	73	10
Snehan Saroch	Russell	Detroit Catholic Central C	73	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Northside College Prep	75	10
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Strake Jesuit B	75	10
Andrew Peuster	Audrain County AT	Strake Jesuit A	76	10
Beckett Pursey	Edina	Saratoga	76	10
Caleb Lee	Lincoln-Way East A	Irvington	76	10
Aarushi Kanigicherla	Thomas Jefferson B	Carl Sandburg	77	10
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Centennial A	77	10
Alex Bohlinger	Wayzata	Park Tudor	77	10
Angela Sun	Solon	Yukon A	77	10
Boye Zhu	Thomas Jefferson D	Okemos	77	10
Justin Yuan	Thomas Jefferson E	Kane County AT	77	10
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Walter Payton B	79	10
Kevin Adler	Northmont	Lindbergh	80	10
Micah Chacon	Page	Herron	80	10
Arjun Nair	Innovation Academy B	Montgomery Blair B	83	10
Belle Li	North Quincy	Virginia	92	10
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Chattahoochee B	94	10
Keefe Yang	Carmel B	Lambert B	94	10
Jerry Huang	Thomas Jefferson C	Saint Joseph	94	10
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Fremd	95	10
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Carmel A	115	10
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Johns Creek	118	10
Sam Lee	Lincoln-Way East B	Coronado	118	0
Paige Koczan	Coronado	Lincoln-Way East B	118	0
Jeremy Kantsiper	Centennial B	Milton	118	10
Sasha Tripathi	Parkway West	Seven Lakes	118	10
Jack Williams	White Pigeon	Homewood-Flossmoor	118	0
Everett Van Til	Homewood-Flossmoor	White Pigeon	118	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	98%	19%	0%	76.78