invulnerability - 2024 PACE NSC

Question

Alice Auma imparted this trait on the Holy Spirit Movement’s followers by enchanting their drinks to transform certain objects into water. General Butt-Naked stripped bare to obtain this trait (20[1])during the (20[1])Liberian (20[1])Civil War. (20[5])A child of Typhon who slew Molorchus’s son is revealed to have this trait after a hero strikes at its left (20[1])flank, (20[2])forcing that hero to corner it (20[1])within a two-mouthed cave. Although Soumaoro (20[1])Kante’s magic bestowed (20[1])him this (20[1])physical trait, (20[1])it vanished (20[1])at the Battle of (*) Kirina when he was struck (10[1])by a white (10[1])rooster (10[1])spur shot by Sundiata. (10[2])A Greek hero used a creature’s own claws to obtain a pelt with this trait. (10[4])For 10 points, the Styx imparted what trait (10[1])upon Achilles’s (10[1])whole body, barring (10[1])the heel? (10[2]) (10[5])■END■

ANSWER: invulnerability [or similar answers such as invincible; accept having impenetrable skin or pelt; accept being immune to bullets, spears, swords, and other weapons; reject “invincibility”]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Sam McNamee	Maggie Walker A	Livingston B	28	20
Ethan Bosita	St. Mark's	Barrington	30	20
Aiden Dombrosky	Hoover B	James W. Robinson	31	20
Gregory Zeldovich	Belmont	Heights	33	20
Isaac McCollum	Hoover A	Lambert	33	20
Jack Mangrum	Innovation Academy B	Lindbergh	33	20
Edward Burros	McLean A	Great Valley	33	20
Ave Rieger	Northmont A	Canyon Crest	33	20
Kevin Adler	Northmont B	Mexico	54	20
Hazel DePreist-Sullivan	Hastings	Livingston A	55	20
Andrew Li	Winston Churchill B	Solon	55	20
Alan Fan	Thomas Jefferson C	Lightridge	61	20
William Thain	Saint Joseph	Maggie Walker C	67	20
Josh Fan	Richard Montgomery A	Johns Creek A	70	20
Alex Zhang	DuPage County AT	Chattahoochee	72	20
Shawn Syed	University Lab	Hunter A	74	20
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek B	Strake Jesuit	76	20
Joshua Studee	Walter Payton B	Owensboro	85	10
Christian Curtis	Detroit Catholic Central C	Hunter B	88	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Stevenson B	89	10
Andrew Evans	McLean B	Beavercreek	93	10
Benjamin Towne	Detroit Catholic Central B	St. Thomas	93	10
Danial Pitafi	Carbondale	Bloomington	108	10
Eli Casey	Norfolk Academic Guild	Elkhorn North	108	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Okemos	108	10
Vikas Kothari	St. Xavier	Choate Rosemary Hall	108	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Thomas Jefferson B	116	10
Liam Reed	Maggie Walker B	Freeman	118	10
Jacob Barta	Detroit Catholic Central A	Richard Montgomery B	121	10
Chris Yoo	Thomas Jefferson A	Kinkaid	123	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Seven Lakes	Walter Payton A	123	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	William Fremd	124	10
Clete Reinberger	Cincinnati Hills	Fairfield County AT	124	10
Henry Fragale	Georgetown Day	Thomas Jefferson D	124	10
Kevin Peng	Winston Churchill A	Innovation Academy A	124	10
Hari Veginati	Stevenson A	Durham AT	124	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	36	100%	47%	0%	81.64