Roald Dahl - 2024 PACE NSC

Question

In a story by this author, a GPT-like system produces “historical, satirical, philosophical, ... or straight” styles and is called “The Great Automatic (20[1])Grammatizator.” This author described playing a prank on Mrs. Pratchett by putting (20[1])a dead (20[1])rat in a jar (20[1])of sweets. (20[4])This author’s experience (20[1])as (20[1])a volunteer fighter (20[1])pilot (20[3])inspired (20[2])his (20[1])first (20[1])short (20[1])story (20[2])“Shot Down over Libya.” (20[1])This author described inspirational experiences like taste-testing for Cadbury in his (20[1])memoirs (20[1])(*) Going Solo (10[5])and Boy. (10[1])Money earned by cheating at cards with supernatural perception is thrown off a balcony in this author’s short story about Henry Sugar. For 10 points, name this author of Matilda (10[2])and (10[1])Charlie and the (10[1])Chocolate Factory. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Roald Dahl

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Theodor Martin	Carbondale	Innovation Academy B	22	20
Eli Casey	Norfolk Academic Guild	Stevenson B	34	20
Abigail Lee	Thomas Jefferson B	Mexico	36	20
Natalija Ducich	Lightridge	McLean B	40	20
Jun Lowenhar	Hunter B	Okemos	42	20
Keerthana Krishnan	Seven Lakes	Great Valley	42	20
Abigail AuYeung	DuPage County AT	Solon	42	20
Vikas Kothari	St. Xavier	Owensboro	42	20
William Shi	Richard Montgomery B	William Fremd	45	20
Jonathan Ouyang	University Lab	Richard Montgomery A	46	20
Ulden Gao	Winston Churchill B	Chattahoochee	49	20
Spencer Thomas	Durham AT	Detroit Catholic Central B	50	20
Sohum Sukhatankar	St. Mark's	Livingston A	50	20
Kevin Yang	Stevenson A	St. Thomas	50	20
Gregory Zeldovich	Belmont	Innovation Academy A	51	20
Soren Gjesfjeld	Bloomington	Lindbergh	51	20
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Detroit Catholic Central A	52	20
Ethan Kral	Northmont A	Livingston B	53	20
Bryce Cruise	Heights	Winston Churchill A	54	20
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Elkhorn North	55	20
Leo Xiao	Walter Payton B	Choate Rosemary Hall	55	20
Tejas Kohli	Lambert	Kinkaid	59	20
Alex Xu	Canyon Crest	Maggie Walker A	70	20
Danny Shapiro	Johns Creek B	Georgetown Day	71	20
Rohan Kher	Barrington	Hastings	73	10
Noah McRedmond	Cincinnati Hills	Hoover B	73	10
Bladen Kidd	Maggie Walker B	Maggie Walker C	73	10
Ryan Zhang	Thomas Jefferson A	Hoover A	73	10
Max Chen	Strake Jesuit	Thomas Jefferson D	73	10
Cormac Kennedy	Saint Joseph	Freeman	75	10
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	James W. Robinson	105	10
Kevin Wang	Johns Creek A	Hunter A	105	10
Russell Dillak	Northmont B	Downingtown STEM	106	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Detroit Catholic Central C	109	10
Jacob Hansen	Walter Payton A	McLean A	112	10
Aarushi Kanigicherla	Thomas Jefferson C	Beavercreek	112	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	36	100%	67%	0%	62.50