ruble - 2024 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

In 1704, this currency was the first to be decimalized. It’s not the franc, but in 1768, (20[1])a ruler replaced copper versions of this (20[1])currency with promissory notes printed by the Assignation Bank. Hard currencies rather than this currency were required to purchase luxury goods in state-run Torgsin stores. A 1998 “crisis” named for this currency followed a fall in the (*) MICEX (“MY-sex”) rate in a country damaged by “shock therapy.” (10[1])The (10[4])Comecon (10[4])used a “convertible” form (10[1])of this (10[1])currency, (10[3])which was (10[1])produced at (10[1])a state-owned factory (10[1])in Goznak. The official exchange rate (10[1])for this currency against the dollar was amended to be closer to the black-market rate during the era of perestroika. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[3])name (10[1])this Russian currency. (10[2])■END■ (10[8])

ANSWER: ruble [or rouble; accept Russian ruble or Soviet ruble]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Gregory Zeldovich	Belmont	Maggie Walker A	16	20
Pranav Aiyar	William Fremd	Seven Lakes	23	20
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Walter Payton B	69	10
Aryan Desarapu	Beavercreek	Chattahoochee	70	10
Alec West	Lindbergh	St. Thomas	70	10
Robert Wang	Livingston A	Heights	70	10
Edward Burros	McLean A	Thomas Jefferson C	70	10
Russell Dillak	Northmont B	Hunter B	71	10
Hari Veginati	Stevenson A	James W. Robinson	71	10
Varun Sathyajeeth	Solon	Richard Montgomery B	71	10
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Richard Montgomery A	71	10
Owen Wagner	Norfolk Academic Guild	Maggie Walker B	75	10
Matias Roa	Walter Payton A	West Point	77	10
Aiden Dombrosky	Hoover B	Saint Joseph	78	10
Orion Brey	Owensboro	Elkhorn North	78	10
Nate Stewart	Maggie Walker C	Stevenson B	78	10
Andrew Tsui	Canyon Crest	Thomas Jefferson A	80	10
Tejas Kohli	Lambert	Johns Creek B	82	10
Colin O'Neill	Great Valley	Lightridge	85	10
Shawn Syed	University Lab	Livingston B	91	10
Matt Serfontein	Innovation Academy B	Cincinnati Hills	111	10
Theodor Martin	Carbondale	St. Xavier	112	10
Sky Hong	Choate Rosemary Hall	Bloomington	114	10
Andrew Evans	McLean B	Downingtown STEM	114	10
Charlie Doehring	DuPage County AT	Okemos	114	10
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Hoover A	115	10
Henry Fragale	Georgetown Day	Kinkaid	118	10
Andrew Li	Winston Churchill B	Mexico	118	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Thomas Jefferson B	119	10
Chris Goolsby	Detroit Catholic Central A	Detroit Catholic Central C	119	10
Dylan Cregar	Detroit Catholic Central B	Freeman	119	10
Zee Ebert	Carl Sandburg	Durham AT	119	10
Edward Kim	Johns Creek A	Innovation Academy A	119	10
Ethan Bosita	St. Mark's	Northmont A	119	10
Khang Le	Strake Jesuit	Hastings	119	10
Charles Young	Barrington	Thomas Jefferson D	119	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	36	100%	6%	0%	90.67