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Question

For throwing a rock at one of these animals, Oeonus ("oi-oh-NUS") was killed by Hippocoön's ("hip-aw-KO-own’s") sons. In a Senecan tragedy, Juno complains that the protagonist parades one of these animals, which (0[1])can (0[1])hear ghosts, through Argive cities. A person who was turned (0[1])into one of these animals had a son Troïlus (20[1])("troh-EE-lus") with Apollo. (20[1])After (0[1])stabbing the eyes of the murderer of her son Polydorus, that woman, Hecuba, became one (20[1])of these (20[2])animals. (20[2]0[4])After (20[2])Amphitryon (20[2])("am-PHIH-tree-on") pitted one of these animals destined (*) never to miss his prey (10[1])against the (10[2]0[1])uncatchable (10[5])Teumessian fox, (10[3])they were (10[1])both turned to (10[1])stone. (10[1])While rescuing Eurydice, Orpheus bypassed one of these animals (10[1])with music. (10[3]0[2])For 10 points, a three-headed (10[1])kind of (10[1])what animal named Cerberus (10[1])guards the (10[1])underworld? (10[2])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: dogs [accept hellhounds; accept canis; accept kuon; reject "wolf" or "coyote"]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
a	Team 1	Team 2	29	0
Monit Karmakar	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Montgomery Blair A	30	0
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Barrington	40	0
Arjun Nair	Innovation Academy B	Seven Lakes	49	20
Sophia Chen	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Wayzata	51	20
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Adlai E. Stevenson B	52	0
Anthony Zhao	Thomas Jefferson A	Eastchester	67	20
Harini Ramakrishnan	Saratoga	Centennial B	69	20
Maggie Sun	Hunter A	Richard Montgomery	69	20
Maya Hulyalkar	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Lexington	70	0
Smeet Thaker	Great Valley	Georgetown Day	70	20
Sheehan Banka	Northview	Hinsdale Central A	70	0
Angela Sun	Solon	Lee's Summit	70	20
Aarushi Kanigicherla	Thomas Jefferson B	Montgomery Blair B	70	0
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	White Pigeon	70	0
Hunter Davis	Milton	Uni School of Nashville A	71	20
Brandon Torres	Carl Sandburg	Walker	71	20
Charan Pratapeneni	Classen SAS	Downingtown STEM	72	20
Nico Bobis	Glenbrook South	Parkway West	72	20
Sanjay Shanmuga Perumal	Lambert A	Lindbergh	83	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Chattahoochee A	85	10
Jacob Higgs	Strake Jesuit A	Park Tudor	85	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Edina	85	0
Camden Williams	Audrain County AT	Grosse Pointe South	86	10
Brian Pho	Carmel A	Uni School of Nashville B	86	10
Juni Lowenhar	Hunter B	Coronado	86	10
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Innovation Academy A	86	10
Boye Zhu	Thomas Jefferson D	Homewood-Flossmoor	86	10
Kaitlyn Leonard	Barrington	Classen SAS	88	10
Elena Whitford	Walter Payton A	Fremd	88	10
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Irvington	88	10
Jack Williams	White Pigeon	Fairfield County AT	90	10
Saathvik Koneru	Detroit Catholic Central B	Page	93	10
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Walter Payton B	94	10
b	Team 2	Team 1	103	10
Rochan Saireddy	Lambert B	Centennial A	105	10
Arnav Jasapara	Chattahoochee B	Winston Churchill B	105	0
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Chattahoochee B	105	10
Daniel Leung	Okemos	North Quincy	105	10
Matthew Peng	Thomas Jefferson C	Detroit Catholic Central C	105	0
Averi Manning	Yukon A	Virginia	110	10
Sophia Swain	Herron	Russell	112	10
Sophia Jones	Montgomery Blair A	Adlai E. Stevenson A	116	10
Jo Adam	Edina	West Point	118	10
Jeffrey Wu	Belmont	Northmont	119	10
Colin Maxworthy	Detroit Catholic Central C	Thomas Jefferson C	119	10
Alex Zhang	Hinsdale Central A	Northview	120	10
Ezra Zibel	Montgomery Blair B	Thomas Jefferson B	120	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	38	97%	29%	0%	89.38