orphans - 2024 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

A eunuch named John who ran an institution for these people in Constantinople held great power during the reign of Romanos III. An institution in Pennsylvania to benefit these people received an enormous endowment from chocolate magnate Milton Hershey. (20[4])The population of institutions (20[1])named for these (20[1])people (20[1])swelled (20[2])following Decree 770, (20[2])issued by (20[1])(*) Romania’s (10[1])Nicolae Ceaușescu (10[2])(“chow-SHESS-koo”). The first private institution to benefit these people in the US was established by Elizabeth Schuyler (10[1])(“SKY-ler”) Hamilton. (10[4])When war (10[1])caused an Athenian to become one of these people, he received a state-sponsored (10[1])education. The youngest of these people at London’s Foundling Hospital were sent to wet nurses. For 10 points, name these (10[1])people who lack parents. (10[2])■END■ (10[11])

ANSWER: orphans [accept foundlings before mentioned; prompt on poor children or the poor]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	James W. Robinson	38	20
Cole Hartung	Kinkaid	Lambert	38	20
Aditya Shivaswamy	St. Mark's	Livingston A	38	20
Sam Cohen	McLean A	Walter Payton A	38	20
Ethan Hillstrom	Walter Payton B	Choate Rosemary Hall	42	20
Edward Kim	Johns Creek A	Hunter A	45	20
Soren Gjesfjeld	Bloomington	Lindbergh	46	20
Saral Sapkota	Elkhorn North	Carl Sandburg	47	20
Campbell Brown	St. Thomas	Stevenson A	47	20
Rohan Kher	Barrington	Hastings	50	20
Josh Fan	Richard Montgomery A	University Lab	50	20
Khang Le	Strake Jesuit	Thomas Jefferson D	52	20
Yaj Jhajhria	Canyon Crest	Maggie Walker A	53	10
Keefer Lin	Chattahoochee	Winston Churchill B	55	10
Owen Wagner	Norfolk Academic Guild	Stevenson B	55	10
Timothy Chiu	St. Xavier	Owensboro	71	10
Nathan Bai	Innovation Academy B	Carbondale	72	10
Thomas Belcher	Saint Joseph	Freeman	72	10
Sonny Bracamontes	Hoover B	Cincinnati Hills	72	10
Jun Lowenhar	Hunter B	Okemos	72	10
Bridget Scranton	Northmont B	Downingtown STEM	74	10
Adrian Tejada	Durham AT	Detroit Catholic Central B	87	10
Charlie Doehring	DuPage County AT	Solon	107	10
Varun Venkatagiri	Innovation Academy A	Belmont	111	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Seven Lakes	Great Valley	111	10
Jacob Barta	Detroit Catholic Central A	Alabama Cyber Tech	112	10
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek B	Georgetown Day	112	10
Hollis Cruise	Heights	Winston Churchill A	112	10
Ethan Liu	Livingston B	Northmont A	112	10
Liam Reed	Maggie Walker B	Maggie Walker C	112	10
Andrew Evans	McLean B	Lightridge	112	10
Christian 'Ash' Frederickson	Mexico	Thomas Jefferson B	112	10
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery B	William Fremd	112	10
Isaac McCollum	Hoover A	Thomas Jefferson A	112	10
Alan Fan	Thomas Jefferson C	Beavercreek	112	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Detroit Catholic Central C	112	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	36	100%	33%	0%	77.08