Question

In 2021, one athlete specializing in this distance controversially called out his rival for wearing “bullshit” super spikes made by Nike. Edwin Moses changed the conventions of an event of this (15[1])distance (15[1])by pioneering a uniform “13 step” stride (15[1])pattern. At the 2016 (15[1]-5[1])Olympics, despite “running blind on the outside”, (-5[1])Wayde Van Niekerk (15[1])won (15[1]-5[1])a gold medal in a race of this distance. (15[1]-5[1])At the 2020 Olympics, Dalilah Muhammad broke the (*) world record in a race of this distance (10[1])but lost to an even better time from (-5[1])Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. At the 2012 Olympics, Oscar Pistorius qualified (10[1])to compete for South Africa (10[1])in a solo event of this distance. (-5[1])The Norwegian Karsten Warholm (-5[1])holds the world record in, for 10 points, what distance equal to one lap (10[1])of an Olympic (10[4])regulation (10[2])track? (10[2])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: 400 metres
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tejas RajeFDA Poop ExperimentsUntitled HONK! Team3015
Jeff FrankDowntown Freddie BrownTosca Trio3115
Charlie FritzTHE SIXTH SENSEThe Holdovers3815
Claire WangThe Master and the MargaRITaThe RITes of Zhou42-5
Gareth AdamsonNosfera2: The Return of Bill Skarsgardnot overly fond of geese4215
Paul KasinskiMartingrobeAOL Instant Messengers49-5
Talia FanInside you there are two wolves. One is brave the other is defaultCreative Bankruptcy5215
Adam SwiftHolding Space for the Lyrics of TequilaThe House of the SpiRITs5315
Aaron KesslerWe'd Rather Be at SawConKermit to the Bit53-5
Elijah MandelbaumGuelph Neg 4Von Trapped62-5
Max Nieburgaslight gatekeep girlbuzzLast Among6215
Isaac MammelNieR: Nǃxau ǂTomataThe of us7810
Henry AtkinsA greyscale picture of Ishan JoshiBorn to fall out of a coconut tree forced to exist in the context86-5
Kristofer GrabovskisDavid and Parth Fan Clubbwthhybl9510
Daniel KolodnySyracuse University New York Everything Sports FunFowl Play10010
Sai YarlagaddaHonk it Like It's HotMcGill Asian Goodreads Junta107-5
Marcus Forbes-GreenTo 500 PPG and BeyondThere's No Spying In Quizbowl111-5
Gareth ThorlaksonSplashed Rat Memorial Highway Crash Investigation SiteWaterloo Cloze12510
James WangThe Second Coming of James WangPositive Attitude12810
Quinn VaughenCRITique of Pure ReasonESF Bee12810
Zack Wiffenhow hungry... (horse emoji)Negged Five Tossups Then I Freaked It12810
Yusuf BaigThe Tortured Trivia DepartmentThe Big Doofus12810
Corey SafinukCarleton of Not Minnesota FameCarleton of Ottawa Fame12910
Lucas HallNo Longer Free Agentswomt12910
David SnoddonSkibidiallo RizzirkzeeFill in the _______13010
Mike BentleyLaniel Automatic Pinball Schoolhonk tuah and squawk on that wing13010
Cole PatreauVon TrappedGuelph Neg 413110
Jennifer ZhuMcGill Asian Goodreads JuntaHonk it Like It's Hot13110
Monica ChahineBorn to fall out of a coconut tree forced to exist in the contextA greyscale picture of Ishan Joshi13110
Ahmed AbbasAOL Instant MessengersMartingrobe13110
Alden ThompsonThere's No Spying In QuizbowlTo 500 PPG and Beyond13110
Gabriel BrannonKermit to the BitWe'd Rather Be at SawCon13110

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2024 HONK! @ Waterloo2024-08-03Y8100%13%38%115.13
2024 HONK! @ Carleton2024-10-20Y4100%0%50%129.75
2024 HONK! @ Syracuse2024-12-07Y475%25%25%93.67
2025 HONK! @ Online2025-03-09Y10100%50%10%80.10