Hawai’i - 2024 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

A race of “little people” in this region miraculously constructed roads and temples overnight for the price of one shrimp. In this region, mortals lacking a merciful ancestor must strip naked and lie motionless to avoid death upon sighting (20[1])the nightmarchers. (20[2])’Alae (20[1])(“uh-LAH-ay”) feathers (20[3])sacred to (20[1])Hina decorated an object (20[1])used to create this (20[1])region. (20[1])This region’s snow goddess wins a sled race (20[1])against (20[1])a goddess (20[3])who turned the dancer (20[2])(*) Hopoe (“ho-PO-ay”) to stone after her sister Hi’iaka (10[1])(“hee-ee-AH-kuh”) failed to return after 40 days. It’s not New Zealand, but a trickster demigod (10[1])names an island (10[2])he fished up (10[1])in this (10[1])archipelago, (10[2])whose native (10[1])deities (10[2])include Pele (10[1])(“PAY-lay”). For 10 points, (10[1])name this archipelago whose islands include one named for Māui. ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Hawai’i [or the Hawaiian Islands; prompt on Maui until read by asking “what archipelago is it part of?; prompt on O’ahu or Kaua’i or Moloka’i or Lana’i or Ni’iahu or Kaho’olawe by asking “what archipelago is it part of?”; prompt on Polynesia; prompt on the Pacific Ocean] (The first line discusses the Menehune; the ’alae feathers are used as bait.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Matthew Ryan	Thomas Jefferson D	Innovation Academy A	38	20
Edward Kim	Johns Creek A	Canyon Crest	40	20
Noah Collins	James W. Robinson	Choate Rosemary Hall	40	20
Leo Xiao	Walter Payton B	St. Thomas	41	20
Joseph Gleyzer	Stevenson B	Bloomington	42	20
Sohum Sukhatankar	St. Mark's	Richard Montgomery A	42	20
Alan Fan	Thomas Jefferson C	Detroit Catholic Central C	42	20
John Thrower	Freeman	Cincinnati Hills	44	20
Maggie Sun	Hunter A	Maggie Walker A	48	20
Addison Baker	Walter Payton A	Alabama Cyber Tech	52	20
Manu Sankaran	Lambert	Livingston B	53	20
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek B	Livingston A	61	20
Abigail AuYeung	DuPage County AT	McLean B	62	20
Hazel DePreist-Sullivan	Hastings	Belmont	64	20
Chris Yoo	Thomas Jefferson A	Barrington	64	20
Anvith Vanukuri	William Fremd	Downingtown STEM	64	20
Cindy Yao	Lindbergh	Maggie Walker B	68	20
Christian 'Ash' Frederickson	Mexico	Detroit Catholic Central A	68	20
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Hunter B	75	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Seven Lakes	Okemos	89	10
Janani Gollapalli	Lightridge	Richard Montgomery B	92	10
Ryan McKenzie	McLean A	Winston Churchill B	92	10
Adrian Tejada	Durham AT	Carbondale	95	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Beavercreek	97	10
Percy Wheatley	Norfolk Academic Guild	Fairfield County AT	98	10
Timothy Chiu	St. Xavier	Hoover B	98	10
Nathan Haley	Northmont B	Solon	100	10
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Carl Sandburg	101	10
Kevin Peng	Winston Churchill A	Georgetown Day	101	10
Kevin Yang	Stevenson A	Maggie Walker C	103	10
Shaun Iyer	Innovation Academy B	Elkhorn North	106	10
Alec Riso	Thomas Jefferson B	Chattahoochee	117	10
Brayden Ferrell	Heights	University Lab	117	10
Krish Nathan	Hoover A	Strake Jesuit	117	10
Cole Hartung	Kinkaid	Northmont A	117	10
Benjamin Towne	Detroit Catholic Central B	Owensboro	117	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	36	100%	50%	0%	76.81