water ferries - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

The years-long closure of one of these systems named for Elijah V. White has hurt the economy of Poolesville, Maryland. A hand-cranked chain device is still used in one of these systems (20[1])that serves (20[1])Mount Baldhead Park in (0[1])Saugatuck, (0[1])Michigan. (0[1])One of these systems called the AMHS that serves the Inside Passage (20[1])town of Hoonah extends (20[1])as far south as Bellingham, Washington. (0[1])Another of these systems connects Woods Hole to the (20[1])vacation (20[1])town of (*) Vineyard Haven. (0[1])One of these systems (0[2])that is serviced by Whitehall (0[1])Terminal (0[1])near The Battery (10[2]0[1])is how Cornelius Vanderbilt earned (10[3])the nickname (10[1]0[1])"Commodore" (10[1]0[4])and offers (0[1])a (10[1])low-cost (10[2])way (10[1])to see the Statue (0[1])of Liberty. (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, what type of system connects Manhattan (10[1])with Staten Island? (10[3])■END■ (10[12]0[2])

ANSWER: water ferries [accept water taxis; accept car ferries or vehicle ferries; prompt on boat or steamboat or steamship or water transport systems or public transit]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
b	Team 2	Team 1	31	20
Justin Rosentover	Montgomery Blair A	Adlai E. Stevenson A	33	20
Juni Lowenhar	Hunter B	Coronado	37	0
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Strake Jesuit A	38	0
Caleb Lee	Lincoln-Way East A	Walter Payton B	39	0
Everett Van Til	Homewood-Flossmoor	Thomas Jefferson D	51	20
Charan Pratapeneni	Classen SAS	Downingtown STEM	55	20
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Audrain County AT	61	0
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Northmont	70	20
Henry Berger	Centennial A	Lambert B	71	20
Sean Harbison	West Point	Edina	75	0
Ryan Chang	Centennial B	Saratoga	79	0
Tristan Andre	North Quincy	Okemos	79	0
Haricharan "Hari" Veginati	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Lexington	84	0
Ezra Zibel	Montgomery Blair B	Thomas Jefferson B	85	0
Jackson Stirling	Parkway West	Glenbrook South	88	0
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Hunter A	88	10
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	White Pigeon	88	10
Anthony Pho	Carmel A	Uni School of Nashville B	93	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Thomas Jefferson A	93	10
Alex Bach	Yukon A	Virginia	93	10
Steven Long	Fremd	Walter Payton A	95	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Walker	95	0
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Barrington	96	0
Robert Young Jr	Page	Detroit Catholic Central B	96	0
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Great Valley	96	10
Ophelia Cherry-Pulay	Uni School of Nashville A	Milton	96	0
Sriram Susarla	Wayzata	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	96	0
Arnav Jasapara	Chattahoochee B	Winston Churchill B	98	0
Martin Ames	Chattahoochee A	Downingtown STEM	99	10
Thomas Donelon	Lindbergh	Lambert A	100	10
Samanyu Bhupalam	Innovation Academy B	Seven Lakes	100	10
Steven Zhao	Hinsdale Central A	Northview	101	10
Matthew Peng	Thomas Jefferson C	Detroit Catholic Central C	105	0
Jack Mangrum	Innovation Academy A	Westwood	107	10
Jeffrey Lee	Irvington	Yukon B	107	10
Elijah Tyler	Herron	Russell	109	10
Jonathan Ouyang	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Wayzata	116	10
Hunter Davis	Milton	Uni School of Nashville A	119	10
Justin Wang	Strake Jesuit A	Park Tudor	119	10
Nico Bobis	Glenbrook South	Parkway West	119	10
Alvan Hossain	Lexington	Adlai E. Stevenson B	120	10
Hunter Feger	Audrain County AT	Grosse Pointe South	120	10
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Centennial B	120	10
Ruhi Nair	Winston Churchill B	Chattahoochee B	120	10
Kiran Patel	Barrington	Classen SAS	120	0
Saathvik Koneru	Detroit Catholic Central B	Page	120	10
Reed Karosich	Coronado	Hunter B	120	0
Ben Hesser	Walter Payton B	Lincoln-Way East A	120	10
Aaron Liu	Okemos	North Quincy	120	10
Eli Oster	Solon	Lee's Summit	120	10
Ray Zhao	Thomas Jefferson B	Montgomery Blair B	120	10
George Aljarbo	Detroit Catholic Central C	Thomas Jefferson C	120	10
Rohan Jain	Walker	Carl Sandburg	120	10
Jo Adam	Edina	West Point	120	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	38	95%	16%	0%	99.81