cavalry charge - 2024 PACE NSC

Question

In 1795, Jean-Charles Pichegru unusually ordered one of these actions against the remnants of the Dutch fleet on the Zuiderzee. (20[2])One of these actions was misdirected (20[1])due to an ambiguous (20[1])arm wave (20[1])from George Bingham, (20[1])3rd Earl of Lucan. (20[2])In The Face (20[1])of Battle, (20[1])John Keegan argued this tactic (20[1])was effective only when it induced panic and explained why (20[2])12 (20[1])separate (20[1])instances (20[1])of it against (*) “squares” failed (10[1])at Waterloo. (10[4])Napoleon (10[2])typically (10[1])employed (10[1])an artillery barrage before one of these actions (10[1])was undertaken (10[1])by his cuirassiers (“kweer-uh-SEERs”). The Earl of Cardigan led one of these events at the Battle of Balaclava (10[1])that resulted in a 40 percent casualty rate. For 10 points, name this tactic taken by the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: cavalry charge [accept answers like a cavalry attack or mounted attack or an attack on horseback; prompt on a charge or offensive or an attack by asking “by what type of troops?”]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Andrew Li	Winston Churchill B	Beavercreek	19	20
Alec West	Lindbergh	Seven Lakes	19	20
Liam Reed	Maggie Walker B	Northmont B	25	20
Ethan Bosita	St. Mark's	Bloomington	29	20
Sam Cohen	McLean A	Thomas Jefferson A	31	20
Maggie Sun	Hunter A	Downingtown STEM	34	20
Bryce Cruise	Heights	Carbondale	38	20
Sam McNamee	Maggie Walker A	Richard Montgomery A	38	20
Anthony Zhao	Thomas Jefferson B	Stevenson B	41	20
Orion Brey	Owensboro	Hastings	43	20
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Hoover B	48	20
Andrew Tsui	Canyon Crest	Durham AT	58	20
Hayden Qi	Johns Creek B	Hunter B	58	20
Jacob Hansen	Walter Payton A	Thomas Jefferson C	59	20
Hari Veginati	Stevenson A	Belmont	60	20
Ethan Hillstrom	Walter Payton B	Mexico	61	20
Ryan Fitzgerald	Northmont A	DuPage County AT	66	10
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	McLean B	68	10
Edward Kim	Johns Creek A	University Lab	68	10
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	St. Thomas	68	10
Chris Goolsby	Detroit Catholic Central A	St. Xavier	68	10
Owen Wagner	Norfolk Academic Guild	James W. Robinson	69	10
William Shi	Richard Montgomery B	Maggie Walker C	69	10
Khang Le	Strake Jesuit	Carl Sandburg	70	10
Brighton Risch	Great Valley	Livingston A	71	10
Christian Curtis	Detroit Catholic Central C	Lightridge	79	10
Isaac McCollum	Hoover A	Barrington	81	10
Arav Kaushik	Livingston B	Freeman	98	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Detroit Catholic Central B	121	10
Sky Hong	Choate Rosemary Hall	William Fremd	121	10
Varun Sathyajeeth	Solon	Innovation Academy A	122	10
Thomas Belcher	Saint Joseph	Innovation Academy B	122	10
Saral Sapkota	Elkhorn North	West Point	122	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	33	100%	48%	0%	64.97