singing - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

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Note to moderator: read the answerline carefully. On December 11, 2024, a group in Bhopal broke the world record for doing (0[1])this activity with the Karma Yoga. This activity is both facilitated by, and in itself the best way to understand, the contents of the Samaveda. In a practice called japa that is aided (20[1])by objects like the japamala, Hindus perform this (0[1])action (20[1])(*) 108 (0[1])times. (10[2])Millions of Hindus (0[1])do this action daily with the Hanuman Chalisa. This activity may be done when an aarti flame is being offered with Om Jai Jagdish Hare. Forms of this activity include bhajan, mantra, and kirtan, the last of which uniquely (0[1])features a call and response. (0[1])For 10 points, along with playing instruments and dancing, (10[2])groups of Hindus perform what vocal activity? (10[2])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: singing [or song; or chanting; or reciting; accept bhajan, mantra, and kirtan until read; accept chanting or reciting shloka or any god's name; accept hymning; accept sama until "Samaveda" is read; accept gāyana or gā́yati; accept japa until read; prompt on vocalizing or ululating; prompt on music or dancing or playing instruments or meditating with "alongside what other action?"; prompt on speaking or uttering or equivalents or praying or reading the Bhagavad Gita or reading the Vedas with "in what manner?"]

= Average correct buzz position

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Shreecharan "Charan" Shreekumar	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Belmont	20	0
Aadi Pudasaini	Lexington	Strake Jesuit A	53	20
Abigail Lee	Thomas Jefferson A	Alabama Cyber Tech	61	0
Arjun Ramachandran	Montgomery Blair A	Northview	62	20
Vedanth Srihari	Fremd	Strake Jesuit B	63	0
Pranav Srambikkal	Lambert A	Audrain County AT	64	10
Deepak Viswalingam	Westwood	Lindbergh	64	10
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	67	0
Abigail AuYeung	Hinsdale Central A	Walter Payton A	106	0
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Hunter A	111	0
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek	Northmont	120	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Richard Montgomery	120	10
Jeffrey Wu	Belmont	Adlai E. Stevenson A	127	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Thomas Jefferson A	127	10
Dune Joerg	Hunter A	Detroit Catholic Central A	128	10
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Hinsdale Central A	128	10
David Black	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Innovation Academy A	128	10
Alex Ewart	Strake Jesuit B	Fremd	128	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	12	100%	17%	0%	104.08