Question
This author ended a book by questioning the “meaning of so tiny a being as the [...] sea lace.” Dorothy Freeman potentially began a romantic relationship with this author after moving to a seaside cottage in Maine. This author wrote a book which describes a “strange blight” of “white granular powder” in its first chapter, “A Fable for Tomorrow.” This author won the National Book Award for The Sea Around Us, which was inspired by her time as a (*) marine biologist in the Bureau of Fisheries. In her most famous book, this author highlighted the detrimental effects of bioaccumulation on human health and ecosystems. The dangers of DDT were described by, for 10 points, what author who warned against pesticides in Silent Spring? ■END■
ANSWER: Rachel Carson [or Rachel Louise Carson]
<Yingzhi Nyang, Literature - American - Nonfiction> ~25422~ <Editor: Chandler West>
= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 34 | 100% | 15% | 0% | 98.00 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alan Fan | Thomas Jefferson D | Winnebago | 36 | 20 |
Braden Booth | Dallas County | Richard Montgomery | 53 | 0 |
Joy An | Choate Rosemary Hall | Thomas Jefferson C | 54 | 0 |
Kaiwen Xiao | Irvington A | Parkway West | 54 | 0 |
Arthur Gayden | Detroit Country Day | Barrington A | 56 | 20 |
Cindy Gao | Belmont | St. Mark's | 58 | 20 |
Kaushik Gollamudi | Barrington B | Midtown | 66 | 20 |
Elliott Lee | Thomas Jefferson A | Rockford Auburn A | 70 | 0 |
Evan Schleck | Hunter A | Winston Churchill A | 76 | 20 |
Felix Sacks | Lincoln-Way East | Maggie Walker C | 80 | 10 |
Arjun Kala | University Lab | Troy | 80 | 0 |
Bryce Cruise | Heights | Mexico | 83 | 10 |
Krish Chinta | Innovation Academy A | Carbondale | 85 | 10 |
Ave Rieger | Northmont A | Chattahoochee A | 88 | 10 |
Rohan Navaneetha | Solon | Kinkaid | 93 | 0 |
Ayan Kohli | Hunter B | Saint Joseph | 95 | 10 |
Nathan Wu | Plymouth | Detroit Catholic Central A | 96 | 10 |
Chris Yoo | Thomas Jefferson B | Woodland | 96 | 10 |
Miley Henton | Hoover B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 96 | 10 |
Jeffrey Liu | Hinsdale Central | Stevenson A | 98 | 10 |
Keefer Lin | Chattahoochee B | Carl Sandburg | 98 | 10 |
Alex Xu | Canyon Crest | Mira Loma | 98 | 10 |
Omkar Marathe | William Fremd | Dunbar | 98 | 0 |
Aryan Pathak | Lake Highland | Washington | 98 | 10 |
Lucas Jraiche | Detroit Catholic Central B | Mercer County | 98 | 10 |
Eden Blakemore | John Adams A | John Adams B | 99 | 10 |
Sam Konkel | Johns Creek A | Maggie Walker A | 101 | 10 |
Grace Sun | Stevenson B | Elkhorn North | 103 | 10 |
Danny Shapiro | Johns Creek B | Walter Payton | 103 | 10 |
Tyler Song | Winston Churchill B | New Brighton | 107 | 10 |
David Bertolasi | Belvidere | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 107 | 10 |
Stella Broome | Maggie Walker B | West Point | 109 | 10 |
Ben Horning | Waukee | Norris | 121 | 10 |
Abigail Lee | Thomas Jefferson C | Choate Rosemary Hall | 122 | 10 |
Kaplan Evans | Parkway West | Irvington A | 122 | 10 |
Russell Dillak | Northmont B | Rockford Auburn B | 122 | 10 |
Rachel Ezrielev | Richard Montgomery | Dallas County | 123 | 10 |
Chakri Gudlavalleti | Dunbar | William Fremd | 123 | 10 |
Cole Hartung | Kinkaid | Solon | 123 | 10 |
Sinecio Morales | Rockford Auburn A | Thomas Jefferson A | 123 | 10 |
MarK Lee | Troy | University Lab | 123 | 10 |