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The Kangxi Emperor sponsored a 10-year project to create these objects (0[1])sometimes named for the Jesuits. In the 16th century, (20[1])Diego Ribero (20[1])contributed to a secret Spanish collection of these objects (20[1])called the Padrón Real. (0[2])High-quality (0[1])British examples of these objects were made by the (0[1])Board of Ordnance. (20[1]0[2])The historically suspect Soderini (20[1])Letter (20[1])inspired a maker of one of these objects named (*) Martin Waldseemüller (10[6])("VALD-see-moo-ler") to name a part (10[3])of one for a Florentine navigator. (10[1])Muhammad al-Idrisi (10[3])created one of (10[1])these objects for Roger (10[1])II (10[2])of Sicily (10[1])that was (10[1])more (10[1])accurate (10[1])than one (10[1])described in the (10[1])magnum (10[1])opus of Ptolemy. For 10 points, name these objects often made using a projection (10[1])developed by Gerardus (10[2])Mercator. ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: maps [accept map of China or map of Britain or map of England or world map or map of the new world or map of Europe or map of Eurasia; accept globe; prompt on atlas or projection or guides or geological surveys or geographic surveys or navigational charts]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Adhrit Yadav	Lambert B	Centennial A	10	0
Khang Le	Strake Jesuit A	Park Tudor	19	20
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Yukon B	21	20
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Audrain County AT	30	20
Robert Young Jr	Page	Detroit Catholic Central B	34	0
Theodore Kronby	Hunter A	Richard Montgomery	34	0
Kaitlyn Leonard	Barrington	Classen SAS	35	0
Pranav Srambikkal	Lambert A	Lindbergh	44	0
Anthony Pho	Carmel A	Uni School of Nashville B	47	20
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Chattahoochee B	47	0
Matthew Ryan	Thomas Jefferson A	Eastchester	47	0
Charan Pratapeneni	Classen SAS	Downingtown STEM	51	20
Daniel Guo	Uni School of Nashville A	Milton	52	20
Spencer Manning	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Montgomery Blair A	63	10
Samy El-Zahabi	Chattahoochee B	Winston Churchill B	63	10
Vedanth Srihari	Fremd	Walter Payton A	63	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Great Valley	63	10
a	Team 1	Team 2	63	10
Alex Bohlinger	Wayzata	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	63	10
Alvan Hossain	Lexington	Adlai E. Stevenson B	67	10
Harini Ramakrishnan	Saratoga	Centennial B	67	10
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Barrington	67	10
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Glenbrook South	73	10
Jack Mangrum	Innovation Academy A	Westwood	75	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Walker	75	10
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	White Pigeon	75	10
Ezra Zibel	Montgomery Blair B	Thomas Jefferson B	78	10
Juni Lowenhar	Hunter B	Coronado	82	10
Martin Ames	Chattahoochee A	Downingtown STEM	83	10
Aaron Liu	Okemos	North Quincy	83	10
Eshaan Sombhatta	Thomas Jefferson C	Detroit Catholic Central C	85	10
Samanyu Bhupalam	Innovation Academy B	Seven Lakes	87	10
Taran Bhandari	Thomas Jefferson D	Homewood-Flossmoor	88	10
Anoop Valavoju	Northview	Hinsdale Central A	89	10
Sean Harbison	West Point	Edina	91	10
Jeffrey Wu	Belmont	Northmont	94	10
Kartik Bhat	Solon	Lee's Summit	95	10
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Virginia	109	10
Henry Nolan	Herron	Russell	112	10
Caleb Lee	Lincoln-Way East A	Walter Payton B	112	10
Sahil Prasad	Centennial A	Lambert B	114	10
Christian Curtis	Detroit Catholic Central B	Page	114	10
Vidur Kothur	Lindbergh	Lambert A	114	10
Anthony Lau	Richard Montgomery	Hunter A	114	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Thomas Jefferson A	114	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	38	100%	16%	0%	77.76