Sinbad - 2024 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

In the Ithaca chapter of Ulysses, this character’s name is repeated dozens of times with different first letters. Akin to Odysseus, this character blinds a giant with two kebab sticks. In (20[1])one (20[1])story, this character gets trapped in the tomb of his late wife, a pepper-gatherer. (20[2])This character rescues a king’s mare from a sea horse after mistaking a giant whale for an island. (20[1])The (20[1])story (20[3])of this character (20[2])is told (20[2])in (20[1])a (*) frame (10[1])story (10[4])that a wealthy (10[1])man narrates to (10[1])a porter (10[2])who shares (10[1])his name. (10[1])This character (10[1])arrives at a (10[2])valley of diamonds (10[1])after escaping (10[3])a desert island by (10[1])attaching (10[2])his turban to (10[1])the (10[4])leg of a Roc. (10[2])For 10 points, name (10[1])this sailor who embarks (10[1])on (10[1])seven voyages in Arabian Nights. (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Sinbad [or Sindbad; accept Sinbad the Sailor or Sindibādu l-Bahriyy]

= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Ryan McKenzie	McLean A	Seven Lakes	30	20
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Lightridge	31	20
Sohum Sukhatankar	St. Mark's	Hastings	45	20
Anthony Xu	Thomas Jefferson C	Thomas Jefferson B	45	20
Chris Yoo	Thomas Jefferson A	Belmont	63	20
Beckett Gilmore	Owensboro	Hoover B	64	20
Jeffrey Xu	Johns Creek A	Hastings	65	20
Stephen McCollum	Hoover A	Innovation Academy A	65	20
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek B	Northmont A	65	20
Spencer Thomas	Durham AT	Innovation Academy B	68	20
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	William Fremd	68	20
Jacob Hansen	Walter Payton A	Detroit Catholic Central A	70	20
Andrew Li	Winston Churchill B	West Point	70	20
Alex Xu	Canyon Crest	Strake Jesuit	71	20
Rohan Singh	Thomas Jefferson D	Maggie Walker A	73	10
Camden Williams	Mexico	Beavercreek	74	10
Ali Hamzeh	Kinkaid	Heights	74	10
Arav Kaushik	Livingston B	Georgetown Day	74	10
Eli Casey	Norfolk Academic Guild	Maggie Walker C	74	10
Jun Lowenhar	Hunter B	West Point	77	10
Wyatt Johnson	Solon	Chattahoochee	80	10
Joseph Harrison	Detroit Catholic Central C	Okemos	82	10
Arnav Lahoti	St. Mark's	University Lab	82	10
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Richard Montgomery A	84	10
Akilan Ganesan	Chattahoochee	Detroit Catholic Central C	86	10
Ryan Dai	Carbondale	Detroit Catholic Central B	88	10
Robert Wang	Livingston A	Barrington	91	10
Thomas Glotfelty	James W. Robinson	Cincinnati Hills	91	10
Angela Sun	Solon	Okemos	94	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	McLean A	96	10
Rohan Kher	Barrington	Hunter A	96	10
Kevin Yang	Stevenson A	Lindbergh	96	10
Aditya Khambekar	Seven Lakes	Richard Montgomery B	100	10
Bladen Kidd	Maggie Walker B	Stevenson B	101	10
Jeffrey Xu	Johns Creek A	University Lab	101	10
Andrew Li	Winston Churchill B	DuPage County AT	104	10
William Shi	Richard Montgomery B	Alabama Cyber Tech	105	10
Lucas Ardelean	Innovation Academy A	Heights	105	10
Krish Nathan	Hoover A	Kinkaid	105	10
Sky Hong	Choate Rosemary Hall	Owensboro	105	10
Jun Lowenhar	Hunter B	DuPage County AT	109	10
Carter Pisocky	McLean B	Northmont B	109	10
Clete Reinberger	Cincinnati Hills	St. Xavier	113	10
Sanjay Shanmuga Perumal	Lambert	Winston Churchill A	117	10
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Choate Rosemary Hall	118	10
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Elkhorn North	123	10
Ansel Lollar	Bloomington	St. Thomas	123	10
Amber Park	Freeman	Carl Sandburg	124	10
Thomas Glotfelty	James W. Robinson	Walter Payton B	124	10
Sophia Wu	Livingston A	Richard Montgomery A	124	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	50	100%	28%	0%	86.84