Question
One of these facilities in Cape Town is the origin of the terminology “master and slave” still widely used in computing. John Pond, who supervised one of these facilities, introduced the use of the time ball. Tables from John Flamsteed were used at a large one of these facilities in Jaipur built by Jai Singh. A Míng-era one of these facilities in Běijīng houses an armillary sphere. Louis XIV hired a Dane named Ole (*) Romer (“ROO-muh”) to work in a new facility of this type. A homemade one of these facilities in Datchet employed Caroline Herschel and featured a 20-foot reflecting device. A brass strip marked the Prime Meridian at one of the facilities in Greenwich. For 10 points, name these facilities home to telescopes. ■END■
ANSWER: observatory [accept ground-based observatory; accept telescope house before the end; prompt on Platform of Star-Watching or natural science facility]
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 100% | 17% | 0% | 102.09 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ryan Zhang | Thomas Jefferson B | Mira Loma | 48 | 20 |
Rohan Kher | Barrington A | Rockford Auburn A | 54 | 20 |
Evan Schleck | Hunter A | Belmont | 56 | 20 |
John Hines-Shah | Hinsdale Central | New Brighton | 56 | 0 |
Shreyas Singh | University Lab | Kinkaid | 57 | 20 |
Varun Venkatagiri | Innovation Academy B | John Adams A | 60 | 0 |
Aditya Shivaswamy | St. Mark's | Winston Churchill A | 65 | 20 |
Sam McNamee | Maggie Walker A | William Fremd | 71 | 0 |
Tyler Song | Winston Churchill B | Stevenson A | 71 | 20 |
Alan Fan | Thomas Jefferson D | Walter Payton | 71 | 0 |
Nate Stewart | Maggie Walker C | Barrington B | 83 | 0 |
Prahalad Rao | Solon | Troy | 83 | 0 |
Kritanu Saha | Mercer County | Hoover B | 85 | 0 |
Joy An | Choate Rosemary Hall | Chattahoochee A | 94 | 10 |
Rachel Ezrielev | Richard Montgomery | Detroit Catholic Central A | 94 | 10 |
Stella Broome | Maggie Walker B | Rockford Auburn B | 94 | 10 |
Andrew Shi | Thomas Jefferson A | Detroit Country Day | 96 | 10 |
Kevin Adler | Northmont B | West Point | 98 | 0 |
Ave Rieger | Northmont A | Thomas Jefferson C | 98 | 0 |
Clete Reinberger | Cincinnati Hills Christian | Lake Highland | 98 | 0 |
Felix Sacks | Lincoln-Way East | Midtown | 99 | 10 |
Faith Grahmann | Heights | Irvington A | 100 | 10 |
Joseph Geovanes | Carl Sandburg | Innovation Academy A | 100 | 10 |
Braden Booth | Dallas County | Plymouth | 100 | 10 |
C. Schenkel | Washington | Belvidere | 103 | 10 |
Miles Sierra | Waukee | Moberly | 103 | 10 |
Sam Asplund | Winnebago | Johns Creek B | 103 | 10 |
William Thain | Saint Joseph | Stevenson B | 105 | 10 |
Sam Konkel | Johns Creek A | Dunbar | 107 | 10 |
Alexa Rosenberg | Hunter B | Elkhorn North | 109 | 10 |
Dillon Robertson | Carbondale | Chattahoochee B | 112 | 10 |
Yaj Jhajhria | Canyon Crest | Woodland | 112 | 10 |
Lucas Jraiche | Detroit Catholic Central B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 113 | 10 |
Aristuto Paul | Parkway West | Mexico | 116 | 10 |
Puna Ekka | New Brighton | Hinsdale Central | 123 | 10 |
Anthony Zhao | Thomas Jefferson C | Northmont A | 123 | 10 |
Matthew Houston | Norman | John Adams B | 124 | 10 |
Anvith Vanukuri | William Fremd | Maggie Walker A | 124 | 10 |
Dennis Yang | Troy | Solon | 124 | 10 |
Brodie Henry | West Point | Northmont B | 124 | 10 |
Max Kolda | John Adams A | Innovation Academy B | 124 | 10 |
Addison Baker | Walter Payton | Thomas Jefferson D | 124 | 10 |
Kaushik Gollamudi | Barrington B | Maggie Walker C | 124 | 10 |
Miley Henton | Hoover B | Mercer County | 124 | 10 |
Paul Samuel | Lake Highland | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 124 | 10 |