A king of this modern-day country who feuded with its National Peasant Party in the 1930s sought to protect it with the so-called “Imaginot (“IMAGINE-oh”) Line.” Marie, this country’s “wartime queen,” secured generous terms at Versailles and restored its Bran Castle. Operation Tidal Wave carpet bombed this country’s oil center of Ploiești (“ploy-YESCHT”). The Nicadori was one of the death squads linked to this country’s fascist (*) Iron Guard. In 1969, a Communist leader of this country welcomed Richard Nixon but soon cracked down on the “bourgeois” in the July Theses. That ruler of this country oversaw the Securitate and was executed on Christmas Day in 1989. For 10 points, name this country whose longtime dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu (“chow-SHESH-koo”) was executed near Bucharest. ■END■
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 97% | 46% | 0% | 75.06 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brodie Henry | West Point | Northmont B | 29 | 0 |
| Brian Zhou | Thomas Jefferson D | Walter Payton | 39 | 0 |
| Adhav Ravikumar | Innovation Academy A | Carl Sandburg | 39 | 20 |
| Javik Hodson | Moberly | Waukee | 39 | 0 |
| Evan Schleck | Hunter A | Belmont | 40 | 20 |
| Cole Hartung | Kinkaid | University Lab | 43 | 20 |
| Johnathon Franke Gordon | Stevenson B | Saint Joseph | 44 | 0 |
| Rohan Kher | Barrington A | Rockford Auburn A | 44 | 20 |
| Hari Veginati | Stevenson A | Winston Churchill B | 48 | 20 |
| Joshua Fan | Richard Montgomery | Detroit Catholic Central A | 48 | 20 |
| Vishesh Verma | Troy | Solon | 49 | 20 |
| Merrick Hill | Winnebago | Johns Creek B | 49 | 0 |
| Bryce Cruise | Heights | Irvington A | 50 | 20 |
| Costas Pavlou | Detroit Country Day | Thomas Jefferson A | 50 | 20 |
| Sam McNamee | Maggie Walker A | William Fremd | 50 | 20 |
| Hayden Qi | Johns Creek B | Winnebago | 50 | 20 |
| Luca Balescu | Mercer County | Hoover B | 50 | 20 |
| Chakri Gudlavalleti | Dunbar | Johns Creek A | 50 | 20 |
| Anthony Zhao | Thomas Jefferson C | Northmont A | 50 | 20 |
| Aaron Zhou | Winston Churchill A | St. Mark's | 50 | 20 |
| Eric Hu | Maggie Walker B | Rockford Auburn B | 57 | 20 |
| C. Schenkel | Washington | Belvidere | 65 | 10 |
| Luke Puttnam | Innovation Academy B | John Adams A | 65 | 10 |
| Ryan Zhang | Thomas Jefferson B | Mira Loma | 65 | 0 |
| Kyan van Beek | Lake Highland | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 66 | 10 |
| Keefer Lin | Chattahoochee B | Carbondale | 66 | 10 |
| Owen Arneson | Parkway West | Mexico | 66 | 10 |
| Felix Sacks | Lincoln-Way East | Midtown | 80 | 0 |
| Sky Hong | Choate Rosemary Hall | Chattahoochee A | 80 | 0 |
| Evan Lin | Woodland | Canyon Crest | 94 | 0 |
| Nathan Wu | Plymouth | Dallas County | 95 | 10 |
| Jeffrey Liu | Hinsdale Central | New Brighton | 101 | 10 |
| Lucas Jraiche | Detroit Catholic Central B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 102 | 10 |
| Yaj Jhajhria | Canyon Crest | Woodland | 103 | 10 |
| Miles Sierra | Waukee | Moberly | 112 | 10 |
| Safal Sapkota | Elkhorn North | Hunter B | 114 | 10 |
| Nate Stewart | Maggie Walker C | Barrington B | 116 | 10 |
| Genevieve Lake | Saint Joseph | Stevenson B | 118 | 0 |
| Ren Giusti | Norman | John Adams B | 118 | 10 |
| Matias Roa | Walter Payton | Thomas Jefferson D | 119 | 10 |
| Charles Heydt | Midtown | Lincoln-Way East | 119 | 10 |
| Aatreyo Bhattacharyya | Mira Loma | Thomas Jefferson B | 119 | 10 |
| Kyunghwan Lim | Chattahoochee A | Choate Rosemary Hall | 119 | 10 |
| Russell Dillak | Northmont B | West Point | 119 | 10 |