an explosion - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

Boston receives a Christmas tree each year for humanitarian (0[1])efforts following one of these events (20[3])involving a Belgian Relief ship. The Lehigh Valley Railroad (20[1])was sued by Russia following a giant one of these events near Jersey City in 1916. (0[2])One of these (0[1])events (0[1])provides the English title of a historical novel focusing on the career of Victor Hugues by Alejo Carpentier. The (20[1])painter (20[1])Carel Fabritius (0[1])was killed in one of these events (20[1]0[2])in (20[1]0[1])(*) Delft in 1654. A giant one of these events (10[1]0[1])followed a collision between the SS Imo and SS (10[1])Mont-Blanc (10[1]0[2])in Halifax (10[2]0[1])in (10[1])1917. (10[8])Robert (10[1])Catesby schemed to kill James I in one of these events. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])a failed plot to cause one of what events in Parliament (10[1])is commemorated on Guy Fawkes Day? (10[2])■END■ (10[7]0[2])

ANSWER: an explosion [or setting off gunpowder; or igniting gunpowder; or ship explosion; accept the Delft Thunderclap or Halifax Explosion or or Explosion in a Cathedral; prompt on shipwreck or ship collision by asking "what happened next?"; prompt on killing or overthrowing government or staging a coup or engaging in sabotage by asking "through what means?"; prompt on fire by asking "what caused it?"]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Yongle Xin	Montgomery Blair B	Chattahoochee A	8	0
Sheehan Banka	Northview	Belmont	14	20
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Detroit Catholic Central A	14	20
Justin Rosentover	Montgomery Blair A	Johns Creek	14	20
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Carl Sandburg	23	20
Paul Cavalieri	Homewood-Flossmoor	Thomas Jefferson E	39	0
Ray Zhao	Thomas Jefferson B	Parkway West	39	0
Colin O'Neill	Great Valley	Seven Lakes	42	0
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Lambert B	43	0
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Thomas Jefferson A	62	20
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Grosse Pointe South	63	20
Abigail AuYeung	Hinsdale Central A	Adlai E. Stevenson B	65	0
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Wayzata	72	0
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Lindbergh	72	20
Alex Ewart	Strake Jesuit B	Northmont	72	0
Spencer Manning	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Fremd	73	20
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Centennial B	73	0
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Classen SAS	82	0
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Northside College Prep	82	10
Darren Kellis	Milton	West Point	91	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Innovation Academy B	92	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Walter Payton A	92	0
a	Team 1	Team 2	92	0
Keefe Yang	Carmel B	Barrington	94	10
Aaron Liu	Okemos	Solon	94	10
Robert Young Jr	Page	Yukon B	94	0
Caleb Lee	Lincoln-Way East A	Russell	95	10
Pranav Srambikkal	Lambert A	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	96	10
Jack Williams	White Pigeon	Lee's Summit	96	10
Henry Nolan	Herron	Saint Joseph	96	10
Matthew Peng	Thomas Jefferson C	Detroit Catholic Central B	96	10
Taran Bhandari	Thomas Jefferson D	Chattahoochee B	96	10
Satvik Jain	Centennial A	Uni School of Nashville A	96	10
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Virginia	96	10
Rochan Saireddy	Lambert B	Winston Churchill A	96	10
Kieran Blake	Walter Payton B	Coronado	97	10
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	North Quincy	108	10
Parker Brathwaite	Thomas Jefferson E	Homewood-Flossmoor	111	10
Colin Maxworthy	Detroit Catholic Central C	Lincoln-Way East B	122	10
Maya Hulyalkar	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Hinsdale Central A	128	10
Martin Ames	Chattahoochee A	Montgomery Blair B	128	10
Ananth Ramsankar	Wayzata	Alabama Cyber Tech	129	10
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Saratoga	129	10
Grant Liu	Walter Payton A	Park Tudor	129	10
Sasha Tripathi	Parkway West	Thomas Jefferson B	129	0
Samin Asif	Seven Lakes	Great Valley	129	10
Ethan Kral	Northmont	Strake Jesuit B	129	10
b	Team 2	Team 1	129	10
Shravan Yoagentharan	Centennial B	Uni School of Nashville B	129	10
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Page	129	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	37	95%	22%	0%	92.80