boats - 2024 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

In a musical set at one of these places, an evangelist-turned-nightclub-singer performs the number “Blow, Gabriel, Blow.” (20[1])Nicely-Nicely (20[1])Johnson invents a dream (20[2])about being saved from hell (20[1])in a song titled for one of these places in which (20[2])“the people all said sit down.” One of these places (20[2])is the setting (20[1])of the Cole Porter musical (20[1])Anything Goes. Another one of these places called the Cotton Blossom (20[1])titles a pioneering 1927 musical that introduced (*) Paul Robeson’s signature song. The actress Julie sings “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” in a musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein (10[1])titled for a “show” type of these places (10[1])that features (10[1])the song “Ol’ Man (10[1])River.” (10[2])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name these vehicles (10[2])such (10[1])as (10[1])the SS (10[1])American. (10[3])■END■ (10[8])

ANSWER: boats [or ships; accept ocean liners or cruise ships; accept river boat or steam boat; accept “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat”; accept Show Boat; prompt on at sea or Atlantic Ocean by asking “what kind of place on the ocean?”] (The second line is from Guys and Dolls.)

= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Belmont	16	20
Noah McRedmond	Cincinnati Hills	Detroit Catholic Central B	17	20
Ben Hellman	Georgetown Day	Richard Montgomery A	21	20
Jun Lowenhar	Hunter B	Lightridge	21	20
Bridget Scranton	Northmont B	Richard Montgomery B	26	20
Finn Higgins	Bloomington	Maggie Walker C	37	20
Keerthana Krishnan	Seven Lakes	Downingtown STEM	37	20
Connolly Nugent	Walter Payton B	Lindbergh	47	20
Alec Riso	Thomas Jefferson B	West Point	47	20
Abigail Cutugno	Beavercreek	Walter Payton A	50	20
Amber Park	Freeman	Elkhorn North	55	20
Kaden Blankenship	Owensboro	Innovation Academy B	66	20
Charles Young	Barrington	Canyon Crest	95	10
Henry Joecken	St. Xavier	Carl Sandburg	103	10
Cole Hartung	Kinkaid	St. Mark's	105	10
Hazel DePreist-Sullivan	Hastings	Hoover A	109	10
Arav Kaushik	Livingston B	Livingston A	110	10
Ave Rieger	Northmont A	Winston Churchill A	110	10
Ben Newman	University Lab	Lambert	111	10
Kevin Wang	Johns Creek A	Thomas Jefferson D	113	10
Leo Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Chattahoochee	116	10
Brighton Risch	Great Valley	Solon	116	10
Timothy Porter	Maggie Walker A	Strake Jesuit	117	10
Samuel Li	Thomas Jefferson C	Winston Churchill B	118	10
Bladen Kidd	Maggie Walker B	Fairfield County AT	120	10
Sam Cohen	McLean A	Detroit Catholic Central A	121	10
Dillon Robertson	Carbondale	Hoover B	121	10
Deven Hagen	Thomas Jefferson A	Innovation Academy A	121	10
Sky Hong	Choate Rosemary Hall	Stevenson A	122	10
Abigail AuYeung	DuPage County AT	William Fremd	122	10
Adrian Tejada	Durham AT	Saint Joseph	122	10
Bryce Cruise	Heights	Johns Creek B	122	10
Eeshan Gudapati	Stevenson B	James W. Robinson	122	10
Camden Williams	Mexico	Detroit Catholic Central C	122	10
Campbell Brown	St. Thomas	Norfolk Academic Guild	122	10
Carter Pisocky	McLean B	Okemos	122	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	36	100%	33%	0%	89.50