Question
Drunk students at this school smashed windows and fired guns on Christmas Eve during the Eggnog Riots. Superintendent Sylvanus Thayer established much of this school’s current policies. This school established the first engineering school in the US. This school sits upon a structure that was renamed for James Clinton following a plot that involved Major (*) John André. George Pickett and George Custer were both last in their class at this school. This school is built upon a fort that was nearly sold to the British by Benedict Arnold. Since 1890, this school has played an annual football game against an Annapolis-based academy. For 10 points, name this service academy in upstate New York. ■END■
ANSWER: West Point [or United States Military Academy; or US Military Academy; or USMA; prompt on Army or Military Academy]
<Lalit Maharjan, History - American - Pre-1865> ~25297~ <Editor: Michael Bentley>
= Average correct buzz position
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 100% | 46% | 0% | 42.94 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Allen | Dallas County | Rockford Auburn B | 11 | 20 |
| Cole Hartung | Kinkaid | Maggie Walker B | 12 | 20 |
| Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt | Hunter A | Washington | 15 | 20 |
| Ryan Zhang | Thomas Jefferson B | Barrington B | 16 | 20 |
| Aeres Zhou | Detroit Country Day | Winnebago | 16 | 20 |
| Prahalad Rao | Solon | Stevenson A | 16 | 20 |
| Joshua Fan | Richard Montgomery | Hunter B | 16 | 20 |
| Andrew Shi | Thomas Jefferson A | Lincoln-Way East | 16 | 20 |
| Alan Fan | Thomas Jefferson D | University Lab | 16 | 20 |
| Ethan Bosita | St. Mark's | Belvidere | 17 | 20 |
| Matias Roa | Walter Payton | Detroit Catholic Central A | 17 | 20 |
| Aiden Dombrosky | Hoover B | Johns Creek A | 17 | 20 |
| Puna Ekka | New Brighton | Winston Churchill A | 17 | 20 |
| Ave Rieger | Northmont A | Detroit Catholic Central C | 18 | 20 |
| Julian Halpern-Smith | Belmont | Lake Highland | 25 | 20 |
| Yash Saxena | Maggie Walker A | John Adams A | 40 | 20 |
| Kritanu Saha | Mercer County | Mira Loma | 56 | 10 |
| Bryce Cruise | Heights | Stevenson B | 58 | 10 |
| Nathan Wu | Plymouth | Innovation Academy B | 58 | 10 |
| Anthony Zhao | Thomas Jefferson C | Waukee | 58 | 10 |
| Kaiwen Xiao | Irvington A | Norman | 60 | 10 |
| Liam Reed | Maggie Walker C | Canyon Crest | 61 | 10 |
| Charles Heydt | Midtown | Norris | 61 | 10 |
| Jack Mangrum | Innovation Academy A | Northmont B | 61 | 10 |
| Dwij Bhatt | William Fremd | Chattahoochee B | 63 | 10 |
| Lucas Jraiche | Detroit Catholic Central B | Mexico | 63 | 10 |
| Brodie Henry | West Point | Barrington A | 64 | 10 |
| Evan Lin | Woodland | John Adams B | 66 | 10 |
| Alex Crowell | Rockford Auburn A | Carbondale | 67 | 10 |
| Matthew Liu | Chattahoochee A | Winston Churchill B | 67 | 10 |
| Rohan Dalal | Johns Creek B | Elkhorn North | 67 | 10 |
| Jeffrey Liu | Hinsdale Central | Troy | 67 | 10 |
| Owen Arneson | Parkway West | Saint Joseph | 70 | 10 |
| Jonah Hubert | Dunbar | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 70 | 10 |
| Joy An | Choate Rosemary Hall | Moberly | 81 | 10 |