film - 2024 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

Stereotypical depictions of women in this medium inspired a series of 69 untitled works (20[1])in a [emphasize] different medium (20[1])by Cindy Sherman. (20[1])This medium was the subject (20[1])of the first “Pervert’s Guide” by Slavoj (20[1])Žižek (20[3])(“SLAH-voy ZHEE-zhek”), which was followed (20[1])up (20[1])by with a sequel in this medium (20[2])called The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology. An essay (20[1])on the “visual pleasure” of this (20[1])medium by Laura Mulvey was inspired by John Berger’s series Ways (20[1])of Seeing, which introduced the concept of the (*) “male gaze.” (10[1])Artists in this medium (10[1])who control all aspects (10[1])of their work (10[1])are called auteurs (10[1])(“oh-TURRS”). Works (10[4])in this medium used to be stored on the flammable material nitrocellulose, which was made into reels. For 10 points, (10[1])name this medium that includes works called “joints” directed by Spike Lee. (10[3])■END■ (10[8])

ANSWER: film [or cinema; or movies; or motion pictures; accept Untitled Film Stills; accept The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema; accept Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema; accept film base; accept documentary or documentaries; prompt on video by asking “what type of work in that medium?”]

= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Charles Young	Barrington	Hoover A	13	20
Samuel Li	Thomas Jefferson C	Walter Payton A	18	20
Lucas Ardelean	Innovation Academy A	Solon	21	20
Grace Liu	Thomas Jefferson B	Stevenson B	26	20
Krikor Hachikian	Belmont	Stevenson A	33	20
Aditya Shivaswamy	St. Mark's	Bloomington	34	20
Rachel Ezrielev	Richard Montgomery A	Maggie Walker A	34	20
Clete Reinberger	Cincinnati Hills	Thomas Jefferson D	34	20
Khang Le	Strake Jesuit	Carl Sandburg	37	20
Matt Serfontein	Innovation Academy B	Saint Joseph	38	20
Fern Fang	McLean A	Thomas Jefferson A	45	20
Camden Williams	Mexico	Walter Payton B	45	20
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Livingston A	53	20
Omkar Marathe	William Fremd	Choate Rosemary Hall	59	20
Aiva Rudolph	Lindbergh	Seven Lakes	70	20
David Lins	Maggie Walker C	Richard Montgomery B	80	10
Orion Brey	Owensboro	Hastings	84	10
Andrew Li	Winston Churchill B	Beavercreek	88	10
Bridget Scranton	Northmont B	Maggie Walker B	91	10
Ali Hamzeh	Kinkaid	Chattahoochee	94	10
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	McLean B	95	10
Theodor Martin	Carbondale	Heights	95	10
Jun Lowenhar	Hunter B	Johns Creek B	95	10
Alvin Guo	Winston Churchill A	St. Thomas	95	10
Alex Zhang	Okemos	Lambert	115	10
Benjamin Towne	Detroit Catholic Central B	Alabama Cyber Tech	127	10
Matthew Wozniak	Freeman	Livingston B	127	10
Ben Hellman	Georgetown Day	Hoover B	127	10
Spencer Thomas	Durham AT	Canyon Crest	128	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Hunter A	128	10
Jack Larmoyeux	James W. Robinson	Norfolk Academic Guild	128	10
Jeffrey Xu	Johns Creek A	University Lab	128	10
Janani Gollapalli	Lightridge	Detroit Catholic Central C	128	10
Abigail AuYeung	DuPage County AT	Northmont A	128	10
Henry Joecken	St. Xavier	Detroit Catholic Central A	128	10
Saral Sapkota	Elkhorn North	West Point	128	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	36	100%	42%	0%	80.47