A leader with this surname kidnapped an actress and her film director husband to make movies like Salt. A leader with this surname was undermined by the Kapsan faction. Unit 684 recruited criminals to assassinate a leader with this surname, but its members mutinied on the island of Silmido. Forces loyal to a leader with this surname captured the USS (*) Pueblo and attempted the Blue House Raid. One country’s calendar begins in 1912 with the birth of an “Eternal President” of this surname, and is named for his Juche (“joo-CHAY”) ideology. A leader with this surname invaded a country led by Syngman Rhee before being stopped at Incheon. For 10 points, give this surname of Il-sung, Jong-il, and Jong-un, three North Korean dictators. ■END■
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 100% | 49% | 0% | 59.69 | 
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puna Ekka | New Brighton | Walter Payton | 14 | 20 | 
| Anthony Zhao | Thomas Jefferson C | Mexico | 15 | 20 | 
| Kevin Peng | Winston Churchill A | Rockford Auburn A | 16 | 20 | 
| Evan Lin | Woodland | William Fremd | 16 | 20 | 
| Ethan Bosita | St. Mark's | Barrington A | 17 | 20 | 
| Yaj Jhajhria | Canyon Crest | Maggie Walker A | 17 | 20 | 
| Bryce Cruise | Heights | Choate Rosemary Hall | 17 | 20 | 
| Jeffrey Liu | Hinsdale Central | Thomas Jefferson D | 17 | 20 | 
| Matthew Liu | Chattahoochee A | Irvington A | 17 | 0 | 
| Edward Kim | Johns Creek B | Winston Churchill B | 17 | 20 | 
| Aristuto Paul | Parkway West | Northmont A | 17 | 20 | 
| Cole Hartung | Kinkaid | Richard Montgomery | 17 | 20 | 
| Hari Veginati | Stevenson A | Winnebago | 17 | 0 | 
| Yashwanth Bajji | Troy | Plymouth | 17 | 0 | 
| Nick Murray | Detroit Catholic Central A | University Lab | 17 | 0 | 
| Krish Chinta | Innovation Academy A | Lincoln-Way East | 19 | 20 | 
| Christian Allen | Dallas County | Solon | 24 | 20 | 
| Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt | Hunter A | Thomas Jefferson A | 27 | 20 | 
| Brielle Rach | Rockford Auburn B | Mercer County | 27 | 0 | 
| Moxie Strom | Hunter B | Washington | 27 | 20 | 
| Costas Pavlou | Detroit Country Day | Belmont | 31 | 20 | 
| Luca Balescu | Mercer County | Rockford Auburn B | 39 | 20 | 
| Emiliano Gomez | John Adams B | Moberly | 47 | 0 | 
| Keefer Lin | Chattahoochee B | Barrington B | 63 | 10 | 
| Dillon Robertson | Carbondale | Maggie Walker C | 65 | 10 | 
| Chris Yoo | Thomas Jefferson B | Dunbar | 66 | 10 | 
| Aiden Dombrosky | Hoover B | Maggie Walker B | 66 | 10 | 
| Aatreyo Bhattacharyya | Mira Loma | Johns Creek A | 69 | 0 | 
| Donovan Jensen | Belvidere | Elkhorn North | 70 | 10 | 
| Ben Horning | Waukee | Norman | 82 | 10 | 
| Aryan Pathak | Lake Highland | Saint Joseph | 87 | 10 | 
| Luke Puttnam | Innovation Academy B | Norris | 89 | 10 | 
| Russell Dillak | Northmont B | Detroit Catholic Central B | 102 | 10 | 
| Noah McRedmond | Cincinnati Hills Christian | Stevenson B | 106 | 10 | 
| Sam Konkel | Johns Creek A | Mira Loma | 117 | 10 | 
| Charles Heydt | Midtown | Carl Sandburg | 117 | 10 | 
| Javik Hodson | Moberly | John Adams B | 117 | 10 | 
| Merrick Hill | Winnebago | Stevenson A | 117 | 10 | 
| Arjun Kala | University Lab | Detroit Catholic Central A | 117 | 10 | 
| Sean Harbison | West Point | Detroit Catholic Central C | 118 | 10 | 
| Rushil Murikinati | Plymouth | Troy | 121 | 10 | 
| Michael Zheng | Irvington A | Chattahoochee A | 122 | 10 |