Question
Long-suppressed footage of schoolchildren playing following this event is included in James Jones’s documentary about its “Lost Tapes.” A Nobel Laureate’s book on this event describes how authorities were unable to find a pair of shoes that fit a dying firefighter. Following this event, so called “bio-robots” spent no more than 90 seconds shoveling debris off a roof, a prerequisite to building a (*) “sarcophagus.” Workers in Forsmark, Sweden alerted the IAEA of this event. A book by Svetlana Alexievich documents “liquidators” responding to this event, including helicopter crews that dropped large quantities of boron in an attempt to put out a fire. Following this event, Pripyat was evacuated. For 10 points, name this 1986 Soviet nuclear disaster. ■END■
Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 100% | 34% | 0% | 78.09 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Aiden Dombrosky | Hoover B | Moberly | 36 | 0 |
Dwij Bhatt | William Fremd | Johns Creek A | 40 | 0 |
Sam Asplund | Winnebago | Midtown | 40 | 20 |
Will Carstens | Detroit Catholic Central A | Barrington A | 41 | 0 |
Joslyn Smith | Elkhorn North | John Adams B | 42 | 0 |
Ian Lu | Hunter A | Solon | 46 | 20 |
Rachel Ezrielev | Richard Montgomery | Rockford Auburn A | 46 | 20 |
Aarushi Kanigicherla | Thomas Jefferson C | Thomas Jefferson D | 47 | 0 |
Jeffrey Liu | Hinsdale Central | Innovation Academy A | 51 | 0 |
Julian Halpern-Smith | Belmont | Winston Churchill A | 51 | 20 |
Hayden Ley | Washington | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 52 | 0 |
Yaj Jhajhria | Canyon Crest | Thomas Jefferson A | 53 | 20 |
Sam McNamee | Maggie Walker A | University Lab | 53 | 20 |
Sam Konkel | Johns Creek A | William Fremd | 54 | 20 |
Kevin Adler | Northmont B | Saint Joseph | 57 | 20 |
Ryan Fitzgerald | Northmont A | Walter Payton | 57 | 20 |
Will Pielop | Kinkaid | Troy | 57 | 20 |
Brielle Rach | Rockford Auburn B | West Point | 61 | 0 |
Luke Puttnam | Innovation Academy B | Maggie Walker B | 61 | 20 |
Aditya Shivaswamy | St. Mark's | Dunbar | 62 | 20 |
Adhav Ravikumar | Innovation Academy A | Hinsdale Central | 63 | 10 |
Keefer Lin | Chattahoochee B | Irvington A | 63 | 10 |
Matthew Liu | Chattahoochee A | Lincoln-Way East | 64 | 10 |
Aatreyo Bhattacharyya | Mira Loma | Detroit Country Day | 67 | 10 |
Camden Williams | Mexico | Winston Churchill B | 70 | 10 |
Bryce Cruise | Heights | Carbondale | 73 | 10 |
Christian Allen | Dallas County | Thomas Jefferson B | 73 | 10 |
Donovan Jensen | Belvidere | Detroit Catholic Central B | 83 | 10 |
Joseph Geovanes | Carl Sandburg | Stevenson A | 84 | 10 |
Eden Blakemore | John Adams A | Stevenson B | 84 | 10 |
Anish Jindal | Parkway West | New Brighton | 86 | 10 |
Rushil Murikinati | Plymouth | Woodland | 91 | 10 |
Charles Young | Barrington A | Detroit Catholic Central A | 96 | 10 |
Chris Goolsby | Detroit Catholic Central C | Mercer County | 101 | 10 |
Mason Severson | Norris | Lake Highland | 107 | 10 |
JT Baysinger | Moberly | Hoover B | 107 | 10 |
Noah McRedmond | Cincinnati Hills Christian | Washington | 107 | 10 |
Hayden Qi | Johns Creek B | Barrington B | 109 | 10 |
Liam Reed | Maggie Walker C | Choate Rosemary Hall | 110 | 10 |
Ayan Kohli | Hunter B | Norman | 110 | 10 |
Alan Fan | Thomas Jefferson D | Thomas Jefferson C | 115 | 10 |
Brodie Henry | West Point | Rockford Auburn B | 116 | 10 |
Jesse Rabbitt | John Adams B | Elkhorn North | 117 | 10 |