murders - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

One (20[1])of these events inspired a story ending with the line "knot it" in which Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters find a bird in a sewing basket. In Emma Cline's (20[1])The Girls, Evie narrowly avoids taking part in one of these events; Joan Didion recounted buying a dress for a participant in that event in The White Album. (20[1])A quote from Elise Pachen's poem "Wi'-gi-e" ("weh-gee-uh") titles a 2017 David Grann book about these events. (0[1])A (20[1])(*) "non-fiction novel" about one of these events and its aftermath centers on Dick Hickock (10[2])and Perry (10[2])Smith. (10[13]0[1])Harper Lee researched the Clutter family (10[3])to aid (10[2])with Truman (10[2])Capote's (10[2])In Cold (10[1])Blood, a book about one of these events. (10[2])For (10[1])10 points, Helter Skelter documents what type of crime done by the Manson Family? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: murders [or murder case; or murder trial; accept synonyms such as homicide or killing; accept the Clutter family murders; accept the Manson murders; accept Killers of the Flower Moon; prompt on crimes until read; prompt on trial by asking "what event caused that trial?"; prompt on helter skelter until read] (The story in the first line is Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers." The David Grann book is Killers of the Flower Moon.)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
a	Team 1	Team 2	0	20
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Adlai E. Stevenson B	29	20
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Fremd	57	20
Penelope Graham	Uni School of Nashville A	Milton	73	0
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Carl Sandburg	74	20
Jason Yao	Montgomery Blair B	Thomas Jefferson B	88	10
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Virginia	88	10
Ethan Gong-Norton	Belmont	Northmont	90	10
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Barrington	90	10
Arjun Ramachandran	Montgomery Blair A	Adlai E. Stevenson A	91	10
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Audrain County AT	91	10
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Centennial B	91	10
Joseph Harrison	Detroit Catholic Central B	Page	91	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Chattahoochee A	91	10
Ahya Farhat	Russell	Herron	91	10
Sheehan Banka	Northview	Hinsdale Central A	91	10
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Westwood	91	0
Manu Sankaran	Lambert A	Lindbergh	91	10
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Richard Montgomery	91	10
Aditya Khambekar	Seven Lakes	Innovation Academy B	91	10
Angela Sun	Solon	Lee's Summit	91	10
Abigail Lee	Thomas Jefferson A	Eastchester	91	10
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Wayzata	91	10
Khang Le	Strake Jesuit A	Park Tudor	97	10
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Glenbrook South	97	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Edina	97	10
Arani Pittu	Lambert B	Centennial A	99	10
Andrew Lao	Chattahoochee B	Winston Churchill B	99	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Great Valley	101	10
Juni Lowenhar	Hunter B	Coronado	101	10
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Carmel A	102	10
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Yukon B	102	10
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Walter Payton B	104	10
Everett Van Til	Homewood-Flossmoor	Thomas Jefferson D	112	10
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	White Pigeon	112	10
Aaron Liu	Okemos	North Quincy	113	10
Deepak Viswalingam	Westwood	Innovation Academy A	128	10
Darren Kellis	Milton	Uni School of Nashville A	128	10
Tommy Koch	Detroit Catholic Central C	Thomas Jefferson C	128	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	37	100%	11%	0%	92.41