pollen - 2024 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

S-RNases kill cells in this substance if they have the same S-haplotype as papilla cells. The round allele for exines in this substance was William Bateson’s first example of a linked gene. This substance is transferred to unsuspecting targets by pseudocopulation. (20[2])Self-incompatibility (20[1])ensures (20[1])allogamous (20[1])transfer of this substance. (20[3])Generative cells in this substance divide inside vegetative (20[1])cells, then descend a (*) tube into the style. This substance’s resilient (10[2])walls (10[3])have three (10[1])apertures in dicots (“DIE-cots”). Gregor (10[1])Mendel physically (10[1])moved (10[2])this substance to do (10[2])test crosses. (10[2])Male gameto·phytes in this substance are transferred from anthers to stigmas (10[1])by wind or insects. For 10 points, name this sticky (10[1])grain emitted (10[1])by flowers. (10[2])■END■ (10[8])

ANSWER: pollen [accept pollen tube; accept pollen grains; prompt on male gametophytes until read; reject “nectar”]

= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Max Chen	Strake Jesuit	Belmont	40	20
Sohum Sukhatankar	St. Mark's	Winston Churchill A	40	20
Rohan Kher	Barrington	Johns Creek A	41	20
Sky Hong	Choate Rosemary Hall	Stevenson B	42	20
Sophia Wu	Livingston A	University Lab	43	20
Benjamin Laskov	Livingston B	Johns Creek B	47	20
Katie Watson	Maggie Walker C	James W. Robinson	47	20
Andrew Li	Winston Churchill B	Detroit Catholic Central A	47	20
Sophia Guo	Thomas Jefferson D	Thomas Jefferson A	55	20
Matthew Kohn	Hunter A	Hastings	66	10
Sanjay Shanmuga Perumal	Lambert	Heights	66	10
Benjamin Towne	Detroit Catholic Central B	Innovation Academy B	67	10
Andrew Tsui	Canyon Crest	Innovation Academy A	67	10
Percy Wheatley	Norfolk Academic Guild	Walter Payton B	67	10
Aarushi Kanigicherla	Thomas Jefferson C	Mexico	69	10
Ave Rieger	Northmont A	Georgetown Day	73	10
Jakub Hel	Hoover A	Maggie Walker A	75	10
Adrian Tejada	Durham AT	Hoover B	76	10
Brighton Risch	Great Valley	Richard Montgomery B	76	10
Brandon Wiltse	Elkhorn North	Cincinnati Hills	80	10
Anvith Vanukuri	William Fremd	Okemos	80	10
Abigail AuYeung	DuPage County AT	Downingtown STEM	82	10
Matthew Wozniak	Freeman	Owensboro	82	10
Kevin Adler	Northmont B	Lightridge	93	10
Hari Veginati	Stevenson A	Bloomington	103	10
Danial Pitafi	Carbondale	Carl Sandburg	105	10
Aditya Patnaik	Beavercreek	Alabama Cyber Tech	107	10
Saathvik Koneru	Detroit Catholic Central C	McLean A	107	10
Brady Laughlin	West Point	Chattahoochee	108	10
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Lindbergh	108	10
Wyatt Johnson	Solon	Hunter B	108	10
Andrew Zhao	Richard Montgomery A	Kinkaid	108	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Seven Lakes	McLean B	108	10
Campbell Brown	St. Thomas	Maggie Walker B	108	10
Cormac Kennedy	Saint Joseph	St. Xavier	108	10
Addison Baker	Walter Payton A	Thomas Jefferson B	108	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	36	100%	25%	0%	77.97