2025 SHOW-ME Four - Buzzpoints

Benjamin Edmunds
Utica Academy

Round	Packet	#	Category	Answer	Buzzpoint	Value	First	Top 3	Rank	Rebound
1	1	1	Pop Culture	horse racing	51	15		✓	2
1	1	3	Science - Biology	reptiles	43	-5
1	1	5	Other Academic	fish	67	10			8
1	1	6	Literature - Mixed/Other	radios	74	10			12
1	1	7	History - Mixed/Other	Charles	48	-5
1	1	8	Science - Physics	stress	95	10			10	✓
1	1	9	History - World	Gamal Abdel Nasser	24	15		✓	3
1	1	10	Literature - Poetry	Dante Alighieri	75	10			9
1	1	11	Literature - Long Fiction	*Persepolis*	21	15	✓	✓	1
1	1	13	History - European	Poland-Lithuania	25	15			4
1	1	14	Literature - Long Fiction	Toni Morrison	109	10			15
1	1	15	Fine Arts - Visual	luncheon	67	10			7
1	1	18	Philosophy	France	59	15			5
1	1	19	History - American	Bill Clinton	18	15	✓	✓	1
1	1	20	Fine Arts - Auditory	Antonio Vivaldi	69	10			6
2	2	1	Fine Arts - Auditory	Felix Mendelssohn	62	-5
2	2	3	Science - Chemistry	atomic orbitals	51	10			4
2	2	5	Fine Arts - Visual	Raphael	74	10			7
2	2	7	Science - Physics	angle of incidence	50	10		✓	2
2	2	8	Literature - Long Fiction	*Robinson Crusoe*	100	10			12
2	2	9	Social Science	consonants	27	15	✓	✓	1
2	2	10	History - European	Nicholas II	19	15		✓	2
2	2	11	Religion	Bible	78	10			13
2	2	12	Science - Biology	flagella	31	-5
2	2	15	History - Mixed/Other	gold mining	61	10			9
2	2	17	History - World	Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi	52	-5
3	3	1	Geography	Caspian Sea	38	15			6
3	3	2	Literature - Mixed/Other	Walden	109	10			16
3	3	3	Science - Chemistry	volume	76	-5
3	3	4	History - World	Republic of Liberia	25	15		✓	2
3	3	6	History - European	Greece	26	15		✓	2
3	3	7	Social Science	taxes	35	15		✓	2
3	3	8	History - American	Harry S. Truman	32	15			6
3	3	9	Literature - Long Fiction	The *Hound of the Baskervilles*	44	-5
3	3	10	Literature - Drama	witches	83	10			11
3	3	15	Literature - Mixed/Other	Leo Tolstoy	57	15			7
3	3	16	Current Events	Mark Carney	63	-5
3	3	17	Fine Arts - Visual	England	92	10			5
3	3	20	Religion	Yoga	44	15			5
4	4	1	Fine Arts - Auditory	Beethoven’s 9th Symphony	76	10			4
4	4	4	History - Mixed/Other	Labour Party	28	15	✓	✓	1
4	4	5	Science - Physics	waves	43	15			5
4	4	6	Literature - Long Fiction	Gustave Flaubert	61	15			6
4	4	7	History - American	Kansas	43	15			6
4	4	8	Science - Earth	Cretaceous period	38	-5
4	4	9	Current Events	Roman Catholic Church	44	15			5
4	4	10	History - European	Charlemagne	73	10			13
4	4	11	Science - Biology	peroxisomes	66	10			7
4	4	12	Geography	Montréal	30	15		✓	2	✓
4	4	14	History - World	War of the Triple Alliance	62	10			7
4	4	15	Science - Chemistry	bases	94	10			10	✓
4	4	17	Fine Arts - Visual	Mount Fuji	78	10			11
4	4	19	Philosophy	Confucius	65	10			7
5	5	1	Science - Biology	sense of smell	58	-5
5	5	5	Philosophy	Bertrand Russell	65	10			6
5	5	7	Science - Physics	electromagnetism	57	10		✓	3
5	5	8	Literature - Poetry	Classical Chinese	34	15		✓	3
5	5	9	History - American	the Pentagon	49	10			9
5	5	10	History - World	Indian Ocean	28	15	✓	✓	1
5	5	12	History - Other	boats	30	15		✓	3
5	5	13	Mythology	birds	110	10			13	✓
5	5	14	History - European	Venice	38	15			4
5	5	15	Fine Arts - Visual	painting	34	15	✓	✓	1
5	5	16	Other Academic	Frank Sinatra	45	15	✓	✓	1
5	5	17	Science - Chemistry	crystals	40	-5
5	5	18	Literature - Long Fiction	The *Decameron*	87	10			9
5	5	20	Literature - Long Fiction	*Ulysses*	59	-5
6	6	1	Science - Astronomy	black holes	41	15			8
6	6	2	Literature - Long Fiction	*Fathers and Sons*	104	10			8
6	6	3	History - American	world’s fairs	53	15			6
6	6	4	Religion	death	20	-5
6	6	5	Fine Arts - Visual	calligraphy	33	15		✓	2
6	6	6	Literature - Mixed/Other	playing cards	121	10			15	✓
6	6	7	History - European	the Netherlands	24	15			4
6	6	8	Literature - Drama	*Six Characters* in Search of an Author	107	10			11
6	6	9	Fine Arts - Auditory	rhythm	35	15	✓	✓	1
6	6	10	Science - Physics	vacuum	57	-5
6	6	11	Geography	Massachusetts	84	10			10
6	6	12	History - World	Baghdad	48	-5
6	6	14	Social Science	capital	52	15		✓	3
6	6	15	Current Events	London	91	10			9
6	6	16	Fine Arts - Other	Soviet Union	56	15			7
7	7	1	Literature - Long Fiction	Czech	92	10			8
7	7	2	Science - Chemistry	color	62	10			4
7	7	4	History - American	Fourteenth Amendment	47	10			5
7	7	5	Philosophy	Jean-Jacques Rousseau	44	15			7
7	7	6	Literature - Long Fiction	Harper Lee	58	15		✓	3
7	7	7	Literature - Mixed/Other	Latin	26	15		✓	3
7	7	8	Science - Biology	tumors	58	10			9
7	7	10	Fine Arts - Visual	dots	37	15			7
7	7	11	Science - Physics	diodes	32	-5
7	7	12	History - World	Palestine	42	15			5
7	7	13	Mythology	Nile River	66	10			9
7	7	14	History - Other	Marc Antony	83	10			10
7	7	15	Science - Earth	earthquakes	78	10			12
7	7	16	Literature - Poetry	Rabindranath Tagore	92	10			11
7	7	17	Religion	Rastafari	53	15			7
7	7	18	Fine Arts - Other	United States of America	80	10			7
7	7	19	History - European	steel	30	15			4
7	7	20	Fine Arts - Auditory	masses	47	15			5
8	8	2	Literature - Long Fiction	South Africa	49	15			5
8	8	3	History - Other	Olympic Games	53	10			8
8	8	4	History - European	House of Bourbon	11	-5
8	8	6	History - World	stone	51	15			5
8	8	9	Other Academic	blue	30	15		✓	2
8	8	10	Fine Arts - Auditory	Louis Armstrong	49	15			6
8	8	11	Pop Culture	*King of the Hill*	26	15			4
8	8	12	Science - Math	complex numbers	45	15			7
8	8	13	Literature - Long Fiction	The *House of the Spirits*	107	10			10	✓
8	8	14	Science - Computer	quantum	65	10			10
8	8	15	Fine Arts - Visual	Titian	90	10			8
8	8	16	History - American	George Washington	59	10			14
8	8	17	Literature - Mixed/Other	Jonathan Swift	55	15			8
8	8	20	Philosophy	science	64	10			8
9	9	3	Literature - Mixed/Other	Achilles	59	15			9
9	9	5	History - American	Los Angeles	71	-5
9	9	6	Current Events	Amy Coney Barrett	79	-5
9	9	8	Science - Biology	teeth	52	-5
9	9	9	Literature - Mixed/Other	Franz Kafka	91	10			11
9	9	10	Fine Arts - Auditory	rivers	65	10			5
9	9	11	Social Science	speech	49	-5
9	9	12	Pop Culture	Scarlett Johansson	43	15			5
9	9	14	Science - Physics	protons	109	10			14	✓
9	9	16	Religion	Hajj	49	15		✓	3
9	9	17	History - European	Germany	38	15			6
9	9	18	Fine Arts - Other	Nashville, Tennessee	51	-5
10	10	1	Current Events	Mayor of New York City	61	10		✓	3
10	10	3	History - European	being burned at the stake	66	10			6
10	10	5	Religion	Ganesh	70	-5
10	10	8	Social Science	Jean Piaget	57	10			4
10	10	9	Science - Math	prime numbers	24	15		✓	2
10	10	11	Science - Astronomy	Jupiter	113	10			14	✓
10	10	12	Fine Arts - Other	*Psycho*	54	-5
10	10	15	Science - Biology	chromosomes	102	10			13	✓
10	10	16	Mythology	water	76	10		✓	3
10	10	17	Literature - Mixed/Other	Rudyard Kipling	57	10		✓	2

Benjamin EdmundsUtica Academy

Benjamin Edmunds
Utica Academy