Juno - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

In Ovid's Fasti, Flora gives an herb to this deity, who is angry about the birth of another deity. This deity was given the epithet "Caelestis" ("kye-LESS-tiss") after syncretization with the Carthaginian deity Tanit. (0[2])This non-archer (20[1])deity sometimes bears the name of her daughter Lucina (0[1])as an epithet. Similarly to men during Saturnalia, women prepared meals for slaves during a festival celebrating this goddess. (20[1]0[1])This goddess may have earned the epithet "Moneta" (20[1])from her sacred (20[1])(*) geese (10[4])warning (10[1])of an attack (10[3])by the Gauls. (0[1])Minerva and this (10[1])goddess (0[1])were worshiped as part of the Capitoline (0[1])Triad. (10[1]0[1])Two snakes sent by this deity were (10[1])strangled by the infant (10[1])Hercules. (10[7]0[4])For (10[1])10 points, (0[1])name this (10[1])Roman goddess (10[1])who was (10[2])the wife of Jupiter. (10[1]0[1])■END■ (10[7]0[1])

ANSWER: Juno [accept Juno Moneta or Juno Caelestis or Juno Lucina; prompt on Hera] (The festival is Matronalia.)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Haricharan "Hari" Veginati	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Hinsdale Central A	32	0
Henry Nolan	Herron	Saint Joseph	32	0
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Innovation Academy B	34	20
Monit Karmakar	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Fremd	43	0
Anthony Zhao	Thomas Jefferson A	Innovation Academy A	62	0
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek	Montgomery Blair A	62	20
Saathvik Koneru	Detroit Catholic Central B	Thomas Jefferson C	70	20
Sophia Chen	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Lambert A	73	20
Alex Bohlinger	Wayzata	Alabama Cyber Tech	74	10
Sasha Tripathi	Parkway West	Thomas Jefferson B	74	10
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Centennial B	74	10
Hunter Davis	Milton	West Point	74	10
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Northside College Prep	75	10
Ray Claret	Northview	Belmont	78	10
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Park Tudor	78	10
b	Team 2	Team 1	78	10
Lynda Ma	Barrington	Carmel B	81	0
Brenden Willamowski	Saint Joseph	Herron	84	10
Hrishi Bhooma	Thomas Jefferson D	Chattahoochee B	85	0
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Lambert B	92	0
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Seven Lakes	93	0
Alex Ewart	Strake Jesuit B	Northmont	93	10
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Westwood	100	10
Anthony Lau	Richard Montgomery	Lindbergh	104	10
Nicholas Díaz	Carl Sandburg	Georgetown Day	105	10
Harini Ramakrishnan	Saratoga	Classen SAS	105	10
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Eastchester	105	10
Paul Cavalieri	Homewood-Flossmoor	Thomas Jefferson E	105	0
Aidyn Congdon	Lee's Summit	White Pigeon	105	0
Claire Lohse	White Pigeon	Lee's Summit	105	10
Josephine Baxa	Lincoln-Way East B	Detroit Catholic Central C	105	10
Ezra Zibel	Montgomery Blair B	Chattahoochee A	105	0
Eli Oster	Solon	Okemos	105	0
Daniel Guo	Uni School of Nashville A	Centennial A	105	10
Robert Young Jr	Page	Yukon B	105	10
Dhruv Rastogi	Chattahoochee A	Montgomery Blair B	106	10
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Virginia	108	0
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Russell	110	10
Rochan Saireddy	Lambert B	Winston Churchill A	112	10
Hariharan Ananthanakrishnan	Kane County AT	North Quincy	114	10
Kendra Robinette	Virginia	Winston Churchill B	114	10
Abigail AuYeung	Hinsdale Central A	Adlai E. Stevenson B	118	10
Reed Karosich	Coronado	Walter Payton B	118	0
Anna Liao	Carmel B	Barrington	119	10
Hector Rodriguez	Walter Payton B	Coronado	119	10
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Adlai E. Stevenson A	119	10
Crystal He	Thomas Jefferson E	Homewood-Flossmoor	119	10
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Thomas Jefferson A	119	10
Daniel Leung	Okemos	Solon	119	10
Aditya Khambekar	Seven Lakes	Great Valley	119	10
Samy El-Zahabi	Chattahoochee B	Thomas Jefferson D	119	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	37	97%	11%	0%	96.31