office buildings - 2023 PACE NSC

Question

One common design for the interior of this type of building stems from an “Action” plan by Robert Propst. 43 miles of Pyrex glass tubing was used for (20[1])a curvy one of these buildings in Racine, Wisconsin commissioned by H. (20[1])F. Johnson from Frank (0[1])Lloyd (20[1])Wright. (20[3]0[5])One of these buildings (20[1]0[1])co-designed by Jony Ive (0[1])and Norman Foster (0[1])is nicknamed “the spaceship” due to its circular design. (0[1])In the 1990s, high-status examples of these buildings (0[1])often had many (*) Aeron chairs from Herman (10[1])Miller. (10[2])These buildings, (10[1])which may stereotypically include a C-suite in one of its corners, (10[2]0[2])sometimes (10[1])employ hot desking when using (10[1])an open plan rather than cubicles. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[4])name these buildings where white-collar employees work. (10[6]0[1])■END■ (10[8])

ANSWER: office buildings [accept corporate headquarters; accept Johnson Wax Headquarters; accept Apple Headquarters or Apple Offices or Apple Park; prompt on workplaces; prompt on businesses; reject “factories” or “stores”]

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2023 PACE NSC	06/10/2023	Y	35	97%	20%	0%	93.41

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Andrew Shi	Thomas Jefferson A	Woodland	27	20
Arthur Gayden	Detroit Country Day	Parkway West	39	20
Matthew Kohn	Hunter A	Irvington A	43	0
Jason Jacob	Stevenson B	Mercer County	44	20
Jonah Hubert	Dunbar	Barrington A	45	0
Omkar Marathe	William Fremd	Hunter B	45	20
Dominic Apap	Detroit Catholic Central B	John Adams B	45	0
Ryan Dai	Carbondale	Midtown	45	20
Ryan Fitzgerald	Northmont A	Richard Montgomery	45	20
Aatreyo Bhattacharyya	Mira Loma	Thomas Jefferson D	45	0
Bryce Cruise	Heights	University Lab	45	0
Jiming Chen	Hinsdale Central	Waukee	45	0
Will Carstens	Detroit Catholic Central A	Belvidere	49	20
Monit Karmaker	Stevenson A	Moberly	49	0
Colette Kendrick	Winston Churchill B	Cincinnati Hills Christian	53	0
Bridget Scranton	Northmont B	Walter Payton	56	0
Carson Jacobson	Winnebago	Johns Creek A	65	0
Matthew Liu	Chattahoochee A	West Point	73	0
Rushil Murikinati	Plymouth	Thomas Jefferson C	80	10
Cole Hartung	Kinkaid	Choate Rosemary Hall	81	10
Hayden Ley	Washington	Thomas Jefferson B	81	10
Christian Allen	Dallas County	Johns Creek B	83	10
Cindy Gao	Belmont	Canyon Crest	94	0
Michael Camilleri	John Adams A	Norris	94	10
Aditya Shivaswamy	St. Mark's	Innovation Academy A	94	10
Hatice Caliskan	Carl Sandburg	Maggie Walker C	94	0
Anila Moparthi	Lincoln-Way East	Mexico	95	10
Sam McNamee	Maggie Walker A	Rockford Auburn A	100	10
Kevin Peng	Winston Churchill A	Rockford Auburn B	106	10
Yaj Jhajhria	Canyon Crest	Belmont	109	10
Amanda Campbell	Maggie Walker C	Carl Sandburg	109	10
Isaac McCollum	Hoover B	Saint Joseph	109	10
Keefer Lin	Chattahoochee B	Detroit Catholic Central C	109	10
Owen Willenborg	Norman	Barrington B	116	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Chattahoochee A	116	10
Joslyn Smith	Elkhorn North	New Brighton	116	0
Sam Konkel	Johns Creek A	Winnebago	116	10
Javik Hodson	Moberly	Stevenson A	116	10
Atharva Upadhye	Waukee	Hinsdale Central	116	10
Charles Young	Barrington A	Dunbar	116	10
Noah McRedmond	Cincinnati Hills Christian	Winston Churchill B	117	10
Adam Hartz	John Adams B	Detroit Catholic Central B	117	10
Arjun Kala	University Lab	Heights	117	10
Vincent Wang	Irvington A	Hunter A	117	10
Stella Broome	Maggie Walker B	Solon	117	10
Matias Roa	Walter Payton	Northmont B	117	10
Brian Zhou	Thomas Jefferson D	Mira Loma	117	10
Luke Puttnam	Innovation Academy B	Troy	117	10