Lawrence of Arabia - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

This film's cinematographer F. A. Young created an illusion over a mudflat for a lengthy scene of a man in black riding towards a well. This film's protagonist mutters "Nothing is written" after rescuing a man (20[1])with (0[1])fatigue. A photographer captures this film's protagonist in white robes as he stands on an (20[1])overturned train. (20[1])Steven (0[1])Spielberg has (0[1])often recreated a (*) cut from this film in which a man blows out a match to reveal a sunrise. Omar Sharif plays a sheikh in (0[1])this (10[4])film, which (10[1])was (10[1])inspired by the (10[1])book (10[2])Seven Pillars (10[1])of (10[5])Wisdom and (10[1])ends (10[1])with (10[1])its title character dying in a motorcycle (10[3])accident. For 10 points, name this 1962 (0[1])film in which Peter O'Toole plays a British (10[5]0[1])officer in (10[1])the (0[1])Arab (10[1])Revolt. (10[9]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: Lawrence of Arabia

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Ethan Gong-Norton	Belmont	Thomas Jefferson A	35	20
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Lambert B	36	0
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek	Lindbergh	51	20
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	West Point	53	20
Kieran Blake	Walter Payton B	Winston Churchill B	54	0
Hrishi Bhooma	Thomas Jefferson D	Russell	56	0
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Detroit Catholic Central B	81	0
Dhruv Rastogi	Chattahoochee A	Barrington	82	10
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Centennial A	82	10
Tejas Kohli	Lambert A	Strake Jesuit A	82	10
Hope Therrien	Lincoln-Way East B	North Quincy	82	10
Charlie Doehring	Hinsdale Central A	Eastchester	84	10
Jo Adam	Edina	Seven Lakes	85	10
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Northview	88	10
Justin Rosentover	Montgomery Blair A	Hunter A	89	10
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Parkway West	89	10
Camden Williams	Audrain County AT	Lexington	91	10
Anirudh "Ani" Srinivasan	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Alabama Cyber Tech	92	10
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Carmel A	92	10
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Lincoln-Way East A	92	10
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Walter Payton A	92	10
William Condron	Strake Jesuit B	Innovation Academy A	92	10
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Wayzata	94	10
Anthony Xu	Thomas Jefferson B	Centennial B	95	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Adlai E. Stevenson B	96	10
Vedanth Srihari	Fremd	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	103	10
Henry Nolan	Herron	Homewood-Flossmoor	103	10
Nachiket Hegde	Chattahoochee B	Hunter B	103	10
Keefe Yang	Carmel B	Northside College Prep	110	0
Eli Oster	Solon	Irvington	118	10
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Montgomery Blair B	118	10
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Northmont	118	10
Jack Williams	White Pigeon	Page	118	10
Eshaan Sombhatta	Thomas Jefferson C	Kane County AT	118	0
Adam Johnson	Virginia	Coronado	118	10
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Thomas Jefferson E	120	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Milton	121	0
Tommy Koch	Detroit Catholic Central C	Okemos	122	10
Darren Kellis	Milton	Carl Sandburg	123	10
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Downingtown STEM	123	10
Christian Curtis	Detroit Catholic Central B	Fairfield County AT	123	10
Lyn Redman	Northside College Prep	Carmel B	123	10
Adhrit Yadav	Lambert B	Quince Orchard	123	0
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Thomas Jefferson C	123	10
Chase Holbrook	Russell	Thomas Jefferson D	123	10
Ian Droessler Wilson	Innovation Academy B	Uni School of Nashville A	123	10
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Walker	123	10
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Lee's Summit	123	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	95%	7%	0%	99.65