Question
During “Black August” in the first year of this decade, the Ostankino Television tower caught on fire. In the first year in this decade, 118 sailors were killed in the Barents Sea when a nuclear submarine sank in the Kursk disaster. A year later, the space station Mir was de-orbited after funding was removed during this decade. During a staging of the Nord-Ost musical in this decade, 850 people were taken hostage by Chechen terrorists. A five-day war in this decade over (*) South Ossetia ended when French president Nicolas Sarkozy mediated a ceasefire with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. For 10 points, name this decade where Russian aggression in Georgia was not stopped by the George W. Bush administration. ■END■
ANSWER: 2000s [accept answers like the aughts or the naughties]
<Michael Bentley, History - European - 1900+> ~24263~ <Editor: Michael Bentley>
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Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 100% | 26% | 0% | 95.89 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Andrew Shi | Thomas Jefferson A | Thomas Jefferson B | 37 | 20 |
Ryan Fitzgerald | Northmont A | Midtown | 40 | 20 |
Joshua Fan | Richard Montgomery | Mira Loma | 40 | 20 |
Rushil Murikinati | Plymouth | Rockford Auburn A | 40 | 20 |
Grace Nuckolls | Washington | Mercer County | 40 | 0 |
Sam Konkel | Johns Creek A | Kinkaid | 49 | 0 |
Ian Lu | Hunter A | St. Mark's | 50 | 20 |
Sky Hong | Choate Rosemary Hall | Winnebago | 51 | 0 |
Dillon Robertson | Carbondale | New Brighton | 54 | 0 |
Prahalad Rao | Solon | Maggie Walker A | 59 | 0 |
Aryan Pathak | Lake Highland | Hoover B | 62 | 0 |
Yaj Jhajhria | Canyon Crest | Detroit Catholic Central A | 63 | 0 |
Christian Allen | Dallas County | Barrington A | 67 | 0 |
Kyunghwan Lim | Chattahoochee A | Barrington B | 74 | 0 |
Julian Halpern-Smith | Belmont | William Fremd | 74 | 0 |
John Hines-Shah | Hinsdale Central | Mexico | 74 | 0 |
Luke Puttnam | Innovation Academy B | Saint Joseph | 74 | 0 |
Alan Fan | Thomas Jefferson D | Lincoln-Way East | 74 | 0 |
Jonah Hubert | Dunbar | University Lab | 74 | 0 |
Arthur Gayden | Detroit Country Day | Woodland | 74 | 20 |
Hari Veginati | Stevenson A | Heights | 76 | 20 |
Anthony Zhao | Thomas Jefferson C | Johns Creek B | 76 | 20 |
Martin Ames | Chattahoochee B | Winston Churchill B | 77 | 0 |
Ben Horning | Waukee | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 79 | 20 |
Kaiwen Xiao | Irvington A | Innovation Academy A | 83 | 10 |
Vishesh Verma | Troy | Winston Churchill A | 84 | 10 |
Eric Hu | Maggie Walker B | John Adams B | 86 | 10 |
Ren Giusti | Norman | Rockford Auburn B | 92 | 10 |
Addison Baker | Walter Payton | Maggie Walker C | 92 | 10 |
Jason Jacob | Stevenson B | Hunter B | 93 | 10 |
Will Carstens | Detroit Catholic Central A | Canyon Crest | 97 | 10 |
Joseph Geovanes | Carl Sandburg | Parkway West | 98 | 10 |
Donovan Jensen | Belvidere | Moberly | 100 | 10 |
Carson Jacobson | Winnebago | Choate Rosemary Hall | 118 | 10 |
Lucas Jraiche | Detroit Catholic Central B | Norris | 118 | 10 |
Camden Williams | Mexico | Hinsdale Central | 118 | 10 |
Russell Dillak | Northmont B | Elkhorn North | 118 | 10 |
Rohan Kher | Barrington A | Dallas County | 119 | 10 |
William Yao | Barrington B | Chattahoochee A | 119 | 10 |
Pranav Aiyar | William Fremd | Belmont | 119 | 10 |
Puna Ekka | New Brighton | Carbondale | 119 | 10 |
Ulden Gao | Winston Churchill B | Chattahoochee B | 119 | 10 |
Brodie Henry | West Point | John Adams A | 119 | 10 |
Cole Hartung | Kinkaid | Johns Creek A | 119 | 10 |
Aiden Dombrosky | Hoover B | Lake Highland | 119 | 10 |
Timothy Porter | Maggie Walker A | Solon | 119 | 10 |
William Thain | Saint Joseph | Innovation Academy B | 119 | 10 |
Anila Moparthi | Lincoln-Way East | Thomas Jefferson D | 119 | 10 |
Arjun Kala | University Lab | Dunbar | 119 | 10 |
Diane Buffet-Mogul | Mercer County | Washington | 119 | 10 |