Günter Grass - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

In a novel by this author, two art specialists fall in love while planning a "Cemetery of Reconciliation." A "scuttling" structure inspired the title of a novel by this author in which a torpedo hits an ocean liner (20[1])just before the birth (20[1]0[1])of Paul Pokriefke (20[3]0[1])("powl poh-KREEF-kuh"). This author's (20[2])late novels include The Call of the Toad and Crabwalk. (20[6])In (20[1])a novel (20[3])by (20[1])this author, (20[3])a man fishes for eels near the protagonist's (*) "presumptive fathers" Alfred and Jan (10[2])("yan") Bronski. Cat and Mouse (10[1]0[1])and (10[1])Dog (10[1])Years (0[1])end a trilogy by this (10[1])author, (10[2]0[1])whose first (0[1])novel describes (10[1])a boy (10[1])who prefers to use a third birthday gift rather than (10[1])speak (10[3])as he grows up (10[1])under (10[1])the Nazi regime. For 10 points, what author wrote about Oskar Matzerath (10[2])("MAT-zuh-rat") in The Tin Drum? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Günter Grass [or Günter Wilhelm Grass]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Jacob Higgs	Strake Jesuit A	Westwood	37	20
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek	Kane County AT	41	0
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Adlai E. Stevenson A	41	20
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Strake Jesuit B	44	20
Manu Sankaran	Lambert A	Hinsdale Central A	44	20
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Lee's Summit	44	20
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Yukon A	44	0
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Lambert B	46	20
Aaron Wang	Seven Lakes	Hunter B	46	20
Kevin Yang	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Centennial B	56	20
Jason Yao	Montgomery Blair B	North Quincy	56	20
Ahya Farhat	Russell	Winston Churchill B	56	20
Abigail Lee	Thomas Jefferson A	Lindbergh	56	20
Brodie Henry	West Point	Hunter A	56	20
Hamin Song	Okemos	Yukon B	56	20
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Northview	57	20
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Thomas Jefferson C	59	20
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Walter Payton B	59	20
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Thomas Jefferson D	59	20
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Glenbrook South	60	20
Winnie Nutkowitz	Northside College Prep	Carmel A	62	20
Andrew Lao	Chattahoochee B	White Pigeon	62	20
Ananth Ramsankar	Wayzata	Detroit Catholic Central B	62	20
Darren Kellis	Milton	Parkway West	75	10
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Thomas Jefferson B	75	10
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Winston Churchill A	79	0
Jo Adam	Edina	Belmont	79	10
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Centennial A	80	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Homewood-Flossmoor	81	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Barrington	82	0
Akilan Ganesan	Chattahoochee A	Lincoln-Way East A	87	10
Andrew Peuster	Audrain County AT	Saratoga	88	10
Anjali Prasad	Carmel B	Northmont	88	10
Micah Chacon	Page	Uni School of Nashville B	88	0
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Downingtown STEM	90	0
Arianne Amasol	Yukon A	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	92	10
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Uni School of Nashville A	94	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Virginia	104	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Irvington	105	10
Angela Sun	Solon	Coronado	105	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Thomas Jefferson E	105	10
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Detroit Catholic Central C	109	10
Arjun Nair	Innovation Academy B	Lincoln-Way East B	110	10
Kaitlyn Leonard	Barrington	Eastchester	122	10
Sophia Jones	Montgomery Blair A	Herron	122	10
Andrew Li	Winston Churchill A	Detroit Catholic Central A	127	10
Hariharan Ananthanakrishnan	Kane County AT	Johns Creek	127	10
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Page	127	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	100%	50%	0%	76.67