Question

In this country, Roger Shepherd founded the indie music label Flying Nun. A 1954 murder in this country by teenagers Parker and Hulme inspired the Melanie Lynskey film Heavenly Creatures. Shigeru Ban designed a cardboard (10[1])cathedral for this country after (-5[1])a 2011 earthquake. (-5[1])The UN named March 15 (-5[1])as International Day to Combat Islamophobia after the 2019 mass shootings at mosques (10[1])in this country. (10[1])The extremely steep Baldwin Street is in this country’s city of Dunedin. This country’s highest mountain is Aoraki, (10[1])or Mount Cook. For 10 points, Christchurch is the most populous city on the South Island of what country, whose capital is Wellington? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: New Zealand [or Aotearoa]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jason Lee (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Columbia A (UG)3410
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Maryland A (DII)39-5
Ishan Joshi (DII)Rutgers BPrinceton A (UG)42-5
Jack Stuhlman (DII)Lehigh B (DII)NYU B47-5
Neilesh Shroti (UG)Columbia BPenn B (DII)6010
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Bard A (UG)6310
Ben Spirtas (DII)Maryland B (DII)Lehigh A (UG)8110
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Columbia J (DII)10510
Lucas Shedlock (UG)Princeton A (UG)Rutgers B10510
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BLehigh B (DII)10510

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY989%0%56%77.13
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY786%0%57%70.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%58%81.25
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%33%74.22
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%43%79.00
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY10100%0%60%75.50