earthquakes - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

One of these events is commemorated in a "Luminarie" each December with lights designed by Valerio Festi. That event of this type contributed to a stock market panic that bankrupted Barings Bank. These events were historically (0[1])visualized (20[1])in a genre of art named for a catfish deity. (20[2]0[1])Bonds (20[1])issued (20[1])in response (20[1])to one of these events (20[2])caused (20[1])a 1927 financial panic that bankrupted many (*) zaibatsu. The Fukuda (10[1]0[1])Village Incident (10[1])was part of a (0[1])massacre (10[2])that followed one of these (10[2]0[1])events. (10[1])US Ambassador (10[1])Cyrus Woods relocated to the Imperial Hotel (10[1]0[1])following (10[3])one (10[1])of (10[1])these (10[2])events (10[4])in (10[1])1923, (10[1]0[1])in which some 10,000 Koreans were scapegoated and massacred. For 10 points, name these natural disasters that include the Great Kanto (10[1]0[1])one. (10[1])■END■ (10[8]0[2])

ANSWER: earthquakes [prompt on natural disasters until read]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Edward Kim	Johns Creek	Kane County AT	35	0
Alex Bohlinger	Wayzata	Detroit Catholic Central B	36	20
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Edina	46	0
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Milton	46	20
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	West Point	46	20
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Thomas Jefferson D	47	20
Juni Lowenhar	Hunter B	Seven Lakes	48	20
Alex Ewart	Strake Jesuit B	Innovation Academy A	50	20
Colette Kendrick	Winston Churchill A	Detroit Catholic Central A	55	20
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Strake Jesuit A	55	20
Penelope Graham	Uni School of Nashville A	Saint Joseph	56	20
Keefe Yang	Carmel B	Northmont	66	0
Alvan Hossain	Lexington	Centennial A	66	10
Adhrit Yadav	Lambert B	Alabama Cyber Tech	68	10
Ryan Chang	Centennial B	Adlai E. Stevenson B	72	0
Jerry Huang	Thomas Jefferson C	Classen SAS	73	10
Spencer Manning	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Richard Montgomery	73	10
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Detroit Catholic Central C	78	0
Sheehan Banka	Northview	Grosse Pointe South	78	10
Anthony Zhao	Thomas Jefferson A	Lindbergh	78	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Homewood-Flossmoor	79	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Virginia	81	10
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Chattahoochee A	88	0
Samy El-Zahabi	Chattahoochee B	White Pigeon	88	10
Camden Williams	Audrain County AT	Saratoga	89	10
Sophia Jones	Montgomery Blair A	Herron	89	10
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Thomas Jefferson B	89	10
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Great Valley	90	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Thomas Jefferson E	91	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Irvington	92	10
Aaron Liu	Okemos	Yukon B	92	10
Brian Pho	Carmel A	Northside College Prep	93	10
Hector Rodriguez	Walter Payton B	Georgetown Day	93	10
Ian Droessler Wilson	Innovation Academy B	Lincoln-Way East B	93	10
Kartik Bhat	Solon	Coronado	93	10
Kaitlyn Leonard	Barrington	Eastchester	94	10
Steven Zhao	Hinsdale Central A	Lambert A	95	10
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	95	0
Amy Tan	North Quincy	Montgomery Blair B	116	0
Elijah Markman	Montgomery Blair B	North Quincy	116	10
Martin Ames	Chattahoochee A	Lincoln-Way East A	117	10
Haricharan "Hari" Veginati	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Centennial B	118	10
Russell Dillak	Northmont	Carmel B	118	10
Jo Adam	Edina	Belmont	118	0
Tommy Koch	Detroit Catholic Central C	Fairfield County AT	118	10
Hariharan Ananthanakrishnan	Kane County AT	Johns Creek	118	10
Aidyn Congdon	Lee's Summit	Walker	118	0
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Lee's Summit	118	10
Ahya Farhat	Russell	Winston Churchill B	118	10
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Page	118	10
Jaehyun Yi	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Yukon A	118	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	98%	21%	0%	85.20