Italy - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

The German-born Robert Michels co-founded a sociological school in this country that emphasized the "circulation" of elites in a theory of regime change. Robert Putnam studied twenty regional (20[1])governments in this country, (20[1])noting local levels of civic engagement, (0[1])in Making Democracy Work. A thinker from this country contrasted the "war of maneuver" with the "war of position." The term (0[1])"subaltern" (0[1])was coined (20[1]0[2])by (0[1])a thinker (20[1]0[2])from this (0[1])country, (0[1])who outlined the concept of (*) cultural hegemony (10[1]0[1])in his (10[1])Prison (10[1])Notebooks. (10[4])A thinker from this country (10[1])names a principle (10[1])that states 80 percent of consequences (10[3]0[1])come from (10[2])20 (10[1])percent (10[1])of causes. (10[2])For 10 points, name this country (10[1])home to Antonio Gramsci (0[1])and (10[1])Vilfredo Pareto. (10[1]0[1])■END■ (10[14]0[4])

ANSWER: Italy [or Italian Republic; or Repubblica Italiana; or Kingdom of Italy; accept Italian school of elitism]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Aadi Pudasaini	Lexington	Lambert A	27	20
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Walker	31	20
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Solon	37	0
Reed Karosich	Coronado	Lincoln-Way East B	58	0
Spencer Manning	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Thomas Jefferson A	59	0
Camden Williams	Audrain County AT	Strake Jesuit A	61	0
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Downingtown STEM	61	0
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Fremd	61	20
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Seven Lakes	62	0
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Edina	64	20
Winnie Nutkowitz	Northside College Prep	Quince Orchard	64	0
Ophelia Cherry-Pulay	Uni School of Nashville A	Uni School of Nashville B	64	0
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Wayzata	66	0
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Northview	67	0
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Strake Jesuit B	74	0
William Condron	Strake Jesuit B	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	74	10
Charan Pratapeneni	Classen SAS	Centennial A	76	10
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Thomas Jefferson E	77	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Barrington	78	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Thomas Jefferson B	78	10
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Chattahoochee B	78	10
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Hinsdale Central A	78	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Great Valley	83	10
Darren Kellis	Milton	Centennial B	86	10
Dhruv Rastogi	Chattahoochee A	Georgetown Day	92	0
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Walter Payton A	92	10
Vidur Kothur	Lindbergh	Northmont	92	10
Sriram Susarla	Wayzata	Park Tudor	92	10
Brooks Phillips	Alabama Cyber Tech	Belmont	94	10
Ben Yancey	Detroit Catholic Central A	Montgomery Blair A	94	10
Ian Droessler Wilson	Innovation Academy B	Montgomery Blair B	95	10
Saathvik Koneru	Detroit Catholic Central B	Hunter B	96	10
Edward Kim	Johns Creek	Westwood	98	10
Wyatt Johnson	Solon	Yukon A	98	10
Everett Van Til	Homewood-Flossmoor	White Pigeon	104	10
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Adlai E. Stevenson B	108	0
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Irvington	109	10
Adhrit Yadav	Lambert B	Carmel B	111	0
Eshaan Sombhatta	Thomas Jefferson C	Saint Joseph	111	10
Kevin Yang	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Grosse Pointe South	112	0
Justin Wang	Strake Jesuit A	Audrain County AT	112	10
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Carmel A	112	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Chattahoochee A	112	10
Keefe Yang	Carmel B	Lambert B	112	0
Hope Therrien	Lincoln-Way East B	Coronado	112	10
Sheehan Banka	Northview	Hunter A	112	10
Zachary Martin	Page	Herron	112	0
Elijah Tyler	Herron	Page	112	0
Samin Asif	Seven Lakes	Parkway West	112	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Northside College Prep	112	10
Brady Shih	Detroit Catholic Central C	Russell	112	10
Matthew Ryan	Thomas Jefferson A	Adlai E. Stevenson A	112	10
Aaron Liu	Okemos	Thomas Jefferson D	112	10
Evan Giles	Uni School of Nashville B	Uni School of Nashville A	112	10
Wilson Hartley	Virginia	North Quincy	112	10
Aidyn Congdon	Lee's Summit	Winston Churchill B	112	10
Ben Hesser	Walter Payton B	Yukon B	112	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	93%	10%	0%	93.18