Puerto Rico - 2024 PACE NSC

Question

Patients in this colony were secretly injected with cancer cells according to a letter from Cornelius (20[2])P. Rhoads. (20[1])A pre-reform governor of this colony was Brain Trust member Rexford Tugwell. (20[3])This (20[1])colony was the subject of the Foraker (20[2])Act. The (20[1])1948 (20[3])Gag (20[2])Law made it a crime to display a pro-independence flag in (20[1])this (20[1])colony. (20[3])In 1950, independence activists (20[3])from this colony (20[2])almost (*) assassinated (10[2])the president during the Blair House (10[1])plot (10[1])against (10[3])Harry Truman. (10[1])Residents (10[1])of (10[1])this (10[1])colony (10[1])were given (10[1])citizenship by the Jones–Shafroth (10[1])Act. This colony’s longtime PPD Party (10[1])has historically opposed statehood, preferring its current commonwealth status. (10[2])For 10 points, name (10[1])this (10[1])American colony, now a (10[5])territory with its capital (10[1])at San Juan. (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Puerto Rico [accept PR]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Gregory Zeldovich	Belmont	Winston Churchill A	15	20
Yaj Jhajhria	Canyon Crest	Strake Jesuit	15	20
Cole Hartung	Kinkaid	Heights	17	20
Rohan Kher	Barrington	Hunter A	29	20
Keefer Lin	Chattahoochee	Detroit Catholic Central C	29	20
Deven Hagen	Thomas Jefferson A	Belmont	29	20
Jeffrey Xu	Johns Creek A	Hastings	30	20
Robert Wang	Livingston A	Richard Montgomery A	37	20
Charlie Bork	Elkhorn North	Stevenson B	37	20
Harish Lolla	Livingston B	Georgetown Day	39	20
Saral Sapkota	Elkhorn North	Saint Joseph	40	20
Orion Brey	Owensboro	Hoover B	40	20
Thomas Glotfelty	James W. Robinson	Walter Payton B	40	20
Sohum Sukhatankar	St. Mark's	Hastings	41	20
Ethan Hillstrom	Walter Payton B	St. Xavier	41	20
Samuel Shottes	Hunter B	West Point	52	20
Matthew Ryan	Thomas Jefferson D	Maggie Walker A	53	20
Aditya Patnaik	Beavercreek	Mexico	54	20
Dylan Cregar	Detroit Catholic Central B	Carbondale	54	20
Andy Truong	Seven Lakes	Richard Montgomery B	54	20
Krish Nathan	Hoover A	Innovation Academy A	58	20
Orion Brey	Owensboro	Choate Rosemary Hall	58	20
Rohan Dalal	Johns Creek A	University Lab	58	20
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Richard Montgomery B	61	20
Andrew Li	Winston Churchill B	DuPage County AT	61	20
Anthony Zhao	Thomas Jefferson B	Thomas Jefferson C	63	10
Ethan Bosita	St. Mark's	University Lab	63	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	McLean A	69	10
Cole Hartung	Kinkaid	Hoover A	70	10
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Choate Rosemary Hall	71	10
Ave Rieger	Northmont A	Johns Creek B	71	10
Varun Sathyajeeth	Solon	Okemos	71	10
Keefer Lin	Chattahoochee	Solon	73	10
Pranav Aiyar	William Fremd	Great Valley	74	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Freeman	75	10
Samuel Shottes	Hunter B	DuPage County AT	76	10
Henry Joecken	St. Xavier	Cincinnati Hills	77	10
Ulden Gao	Winston Churchill B	West Point	79	10
Hari Veginati	Stevenson A	Lindbergh	83	10
Thomas Glotfelty	James W. Robinson	Cincinnati Hills	89	10
Nate Stewart	Maggie Walker C	Norfolk Academic Guild	98	10
Liam Reed	Maggie Walker B	Stevenson B	98	10
Aryan Desarapu	Beavercreek	Lightridge	102	10
Rohan Kher	Barrington	Livingston A	103	10
Christian Curtis	Detroit Catholic Central C	Okemos	107	10
James Allen	Heights	Innovation Academy A	107	10
Keith De La Rosa	Hoover B	Fairfield County AT	107	10
Josh Fan	Richard Montgomery A	Hunter A	107	10
Aditya Khambekar	Seven Lakes	McLean A	107	10
Nicolas Borin	St. Thomas	Bloomington	111	10
Chris Goolsby	Detroit Catholic Central A	Walter Payton A	114	10
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Lambert	114	10
Janani Gollapalli	Lightridge	Downingtown STEM	115	10
Allen Xu	Durham AT	Innovation Academy B	115	10
Andrew Evans	McLean B	Northmont B	115	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	55	100%	45%	0%	68.47