Aesop’s fables - 2024 PACE NSC

Question

One of these works is the most common text used in comparative phonetics and describes a contest won when a man takes off his coat. (20[1])A “Romance” of the author of these works (20[1])details his work as an envoy of King Croesus (20[1])(“KREE-sus”). The Perry Index (20[1])catalogs (20[1])these (20[1])works, (20[4])whose Latin translations (20[1])by Phaedrus (20[1])(“FAY-druss”) inspired the best-known collection by Jean de la (*) Fontaine (10[1])(“zhahn duh lah fon-TAIN”). These works (10[2])include (10[1])“The North Wind and the Sun,” as well as a work in which the protagonist (10[1])derides unreachable fruit (10[1])as “sour (10[1])grapes.” (10[11])In one (10[1])of these works, (10[1])a young shepherd repeatedly makes fake warnings to villagers. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” is one of what moral animal tales attributed to an enslaved Greek author? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Aesop’s fables [or Aesopica; or fables by Aesop or folk tales by Aesop or clear equivalents; prompt on animal fables or folk tales, asking “by whom?”]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Chris Yoo	Thomas Jefferson A	Winston Churchill A	24	20
Ethan Bosita	St. Mark's	Johns Creek A	32	20
Adam Williams	Northmont A	Thomas Jefferson D	41	20
Gregory Zeldovich	Belmont	Lambert	44	20
Arav Kaushik	Livingston B	Strake Jesuit	45	20
Aditya Khambekar	Seven Lakes	Alabama Cyber Tech	46	20
Kaushik Gollamudi	Barrington	Richard Montgomery A	47	20
Kevin Zhang	Livingston A	Hunter A	47	20
Ryan McKenzie	McLean A	Richard Montgomery B	47	20
Omkar Marathe	William Fremd	Walter Payton A	47	20
Alex Zhang	Okemos	Chattahoochee	50	20
Cole Hartung	Kinkaid	Innovation Academy A	52	20
Claire Wang	Canyon Crest	Georgetown Day	61	10
Soren Gjesfjeld	Bloomington	Durham AT	63	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Beavercreek	63	10
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek B	Maggie Walker A	64	10
Campbell Brown	St. Thomas	Innovation Academy B	79	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	DuPage County AT	82	10
Joseph Harrison	Detroit Catholic Central C	Solon	84	10
David Lins	Maggie Walker C	Carl Sandburg	85	10
Leo Xiao	Walter Payton B	Cincinnati Hills	85	10
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Great Valley	85	10
Orion Brey	Owensboro	Fairfield County AT	85	10
Stephen McCollum	Hoover A	Heights	85	10
Aiden Dombrosky	Hoover B	Choate Rosemary Hall	85	10
Abigail Lee	Thomas Jefferson B	McLean B	85	10
Janani Gollapalli	Lightridge	Mexico	85	10
Eli Casey	Norfolk Academic Guild	Freeman	85	10
Theodor Martin	Carbondale	Stevenson A	85	10
Ulden Gao	Winston Churchill B	Hunter B	85	10
Charlie Bork	Elkhorn North	Maggie Walker B	87	10
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Stevenson B	90	10
Benjamin Towne	Detroit Catholic Central B	Lindbergh	99	10
Vikas Kothari	St. Xavier	James W. Robinson	102	10
Nathan Haley	Northmont B	Thomas Jefferson C	121	10
Ben Newman	University Lab	Hastings	121	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	36	100%	33%	0%	71.47