Protestants - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

These people's overrepresentation in the Royal Society led to the development of modern science, according to the Merton thesis. (20[1])A book titled for these people claims that the "philosophy of avarice," exemplified by Ben Franklin's claim that "time (20[1])is money," (20[3])employs the notion of a "sacred calling." (20[1])A behavior (20[1])being more common among these people (20[2])was the first "social (*) fact" to be described. (10[1]0[2])Due to weaker social (0[1])integration, (10[1]0[1])Émile Durkheim (10[1])claimed (10[1])these people (10[1]0[1])are more (0[2])likely (10[1]0[1])to commit suicide. (0[1])The (0[1])"iron cage of rationality" (10[1])was theorized in a book (10[1])arguing that the "spirit of capitalism" derives from (10[1])these (10[1])people's (0[2])exaltation (10[1])of work. (0[1])For 10 points, Max Weber theorized (10[1])the (10[1])"ethic" of what religious denomination? (10[2])■END■ (10[12])

ANSWER: Protestants [accept specific denominations like Puritans, Lutherans, or Calvinists; accept The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism; accept Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus; prompt on Christians; prompt on religious people until "religious"]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Sriram Susarla	Wayzata	Richard Montgomery	18	20
Aadi Pudasaini	Lexington	Strake Jesuit B	37	20
Charan Pratapeneni	Classen SAS	Centennial B	39	20
Arjun Desikan	Seven Lakes	Georgetown Day	39	20
Anirudh "Ani" Srinivasan	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Walter Payton A	39	20
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Montgomery Blair A	46	20
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Montgomery Blair B	48	20
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Audrain County AT	54	20
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Walker	54	20
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Hunter A	62	0
Daniel Sheffield	Belmont	Hinsdale Central A	62	0
Max Chen	Strake Jesuit A	Johns Creek	62	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Northside College Prep	66	0
Haricharan "Hari" Veginati	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Northmont	67	0
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Thomas Jefferson A	67	10
Adhrit Yadav	Lambert B	West Point	69	10
Anthony Pho	Carmel A	Carmel B	70	10
Ian Droessler Wilson	Innovation Academy B	Carl Sandburg	72	0
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Chattahoochee A	72	10
Aidan Sneller	Edina	Winston Churchill A	74	0
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Eastchester	74	0
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Kane County AT	75	10
Justin Jiang	Russell	Walter Payton B	75	0
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Barrington	78	0
Aidyn Congdon	Lee's Summit	Okemos	79	0
Everett Van Til	Homewood-Flossmoor	Virginia	83	10
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Thomas Jefferson E	88	10
Hunter Davis	Milton	Centennial A	96	10
Russell Dillak	Northmont	Adlai E. Stevenson B	97	10
Vidur Kothur	Lindbergh	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	98	0
Taran Bhandari	Thomas Jefferson D	Winston Churchill B	98	0
Sophia Swain	Herron	Coronado	99	10
Robert Young Jr	Page	Thomas Jefferson C	101	0
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Hunter B	107	10
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Lincoln-Way East B	108	10
David Black	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Lindbergh	113	10
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Detroit Catholic Central C	113	10
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Alabama Cyber Tech	114	10
Charlie Doehring	Hinsdale Central A	Belmont	114	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Innovation Academy B	114	10
Winnie Nutkowitz	Northside College Prep	Downingtown STEM	114	10
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Edina	114	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Grosse Pointe South	114	10
Belle Li	North Quincy	White Pigeon	114	10
Aaron Liu	Okemos	Lee's Summit	114	10
Eshaan Sombhatta	Thomas Jefferson C	Page	114	10
John Szaukellis	Barrington	Uni School of Nashville B	114	10
Ben Hesser	Walter Payton B	Russell	114	10
Zhedong Han	Winston Churchill B	Thomas Jefferson D	114	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	35	100%	26%	0%	84.20