Richard III - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

This man asks a woman, "Shall I live in hope?" and is told, "All men I hope live so." This man crows, "All the world to nothing! Ha!" in a speech in which he muses, "I'll have her, but I will not keep her long." In contrast to a (20[1])concept which "capers nimbly…to the lascivious pleasing of a lute," this man says he is (20[2])"rudely (*) stamp'd" and "not shaped for sportive tricks." This man asks, "Was ever woman in this humour won?" after seducing a woman (0[1])whose husband he killed. (0[2])This (0[1])man (0[1])resolves, (0[1])"since I cannot prove a lover…I (10[2])am determined (10[2]0[1])to prove (0[1])a villain" (10[1]0[2])and (0[1])yells, "My (0[1])kingdom (0[1])for (0[1])a horse!" (10[9]0[3])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1]0[1])name this (10[1])hunchbacked king who declares (10[1])"Now (10[1]0[1])is the winter (10[1])of our discontent" (10[1])to open his namesake Shakespeare play. ■END■ (10[13]0[2])

ANSWER: Richard III [or Richard Plantagenet; or Richard, Duke of Gloucester; prompt on Richard]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Thomas Jefferson D	48	20
Winnie Nutkowitz	Northside College Prep	Carmel A	63	20
Matthew Ryan	Thomas Jefferson A	Lindbergh	63	20
Sahil Prasad	Centennial A	Lexington	85	0
Abigail AuYeung	Hinsdale Central A	Lambert A	89	0
Anirudh "Ani" Srinivasan	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Richard Montgomery	89	0
Micah Chacon	Page	Uni School of Nashville B	90	0
Joseph Harrison	Detroit Catholic Central B	Wayzata	91	0
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Irvington	92	0
Sophia Jones	Montgomery Blair A	Herron	98	10
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Milton	98	10
Camden Williams	Audrain County AT	Saratoga	100	10
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Strake Jesuit B	100	0
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Lee's Summit	100	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Hunter A	102	0
Ian Chiu	Glenbrook South	Great Valley	104	0
Ahya Farhat	Russell	Winston Churchill B	104	0
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Thomas Jefferson B	104	10
Ethan Gong-Norton	Belmont	Edina	105	0
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek	Kane County AT	107	0
Jason Yao	Montgomery Blair B	North Quincy	108	0
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Lambert B	109	0
Shravan Yoagentharan	Centennial B	Adlai E. Stevenson B	111	0
Caleb Lee	Lincoln-Way East A	Chattahoochee A	111	10
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Thomas Jefferson C	111	10
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Winston Churchill A	111	10
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Detroit Catholic Central C	111	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Walter Payton B	111	10
Sheehan Banka	Northview	Grosse Pointe South	111	10
Samuel Shottes	Hunter B	Seven Lakes	111	10
John Lin	North Quincy	Montgomery Blair B	111	0
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Uni School of Nashville A	111	0
Jacob Higgs	Strake Jesuit A	Westwood	111	10
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Yukon A	111	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Homewood-Flossmoor	113	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Barrington	114	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Virginia	114	0
Hamin Song	Okemos	Yukon B	116	10
Sanjay Shanmuga Perumal	Lambert A	Hinsdale Central A	120	10
Alex Ewart	Strake Jesuit B	Innovation Academy A	121	10
Brian Han	Thomas Jefferson E	Carl Sandburg	121	0
Josephine Baxa	Lincoln-Way East B	Innovation Academy B	124	10
Andrew Lao	Chattahoochee B	White Pigeon	127	10
Kevin Yang	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Centennial B	134	10
Samyuktha Krishnan	Lambert B	Alabama Cyber Tech	134	10
Ethan Kral	Northmont	Carmel B	134	10
Alvan Hossain	Lexington	Centennial A	134	10
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Downingtown STEM	134	10
Beckett Pursey	Edina	Belmont	134	0
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Glenbrook South	134	10
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Adlai E. Stevenson A	134	10
Ruhi Nair	Winston Churchill B	Russell	134	0
Ophelia Cherry-Pulay	Uni School of Nashville A	Saint Joseph	134	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Thomas Jefferson E	134	10
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Page	134	10
Wilson Hartley	Virginia	Quince Orchard	134	10
Ananth Ramsankar	Wayzata	Detroit Catholic Central B	134	10
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	West Point	134	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	41	90%	7%	0%	114.86