2025 Spec Script - Buzzpoints

Rahul Keyal
The buzzers don't ring - they just screech in pain.

Round	Packet	#	Category	Answer	Buzzpoint	Value	First	Top 3	Rank	Rebound
1	1	12	India	Malayalam	163	0
1	1	16	USA	*In Cold Blood*	171	10			13	✓
1	1	17	Germany	Richter	109	10			5
1	1	19	USA	George Eastman	112	10		✓	3
1	1	20	France	Costa-Gavras	163	10			11	✓
1	1	21	Japan	*Ugetsu*	136	-5
2	2	3	Europe	Umberto Eco	121	10		✓	2
2	2	7	UK	*Hunger*	111	10			7
2	2	9	USA	the orgy from *Eyes Wide Shut*	146	-5
2	2	10	South Korea	beaches	168	10			11
2	2	11	USA	John Wayne	164	-5
2	2	13	UK	*Watership Down*	155	10			11
2	2	18	Middle East	Asghar Farhadi	157	-5
2	2	20	Europe	*Cries and Whispers*	150	-5
3	3	4	Mixed	emperors	109	-5
3	3	13	USA	Herbie Hancock	75	15		✓	3
3	3	17	UK	David Hockney	88	15			6
3	3	19	Germany	Rudolf Arnheim	162	0
4	4	2	USA	Dirk Diggler	167	10			6
4	4	6	France	Jacques Derrida	153	10			6
4	4	7	Mixed	The *Divine Comedy*	111	10			9
4	4	11	UK	Mark Fisher	143	10			5
4	4	12	South Korea	Kim	106	10			9
4	4	14	UK	Tom Stoppard	107	-5
5	5	6	Russia	Arseny Tarkovsky	119	-5
5	5	8	UK	Laura Mulvey	118	10			7
5	5	11	France	Marcel	113	10			5
5	5	16	USA	Joyce Carol Oates	94	15			8
5	5	21	Europe	Switzerland	51	-5
6	6	5	France	Jean Genet	75	-5
6	6	11	USA	Sam Shepard	135	10			5
6	6	16	France	Gilles Deleuze	111	10			5
7	7	1	Japan	Jun’ichirō Tanizaki	69	-5
7	7	3	USA	Jackie Kennedy	128	10			11
7	7	4	India	Tagore	180	10			14
7	7	13	USA	Mark	177	0
7	7	19	USA	Jonathan Lethem	100	10		✓	3
7	7	20	Europe	Chantal Akerman	100	10			11
8	8	12	Russia	Dziga Vertov	86	15			4
9	9	3	South Korea	Bong Joon-ho	118	-5
9	9	7	UK	Smith	76	15			7
9	9	11	France	André Bazin	123	-5
9	9	12	Hong Kong	*Days of Being Wild*	161	0
10	10	2	USA	Hunter S. Thompson	109	10			5
10	10	6	India	Raj Kapoor	168	0
10	10	11	USA	Budd Schulberg	108	-5
10	10	20	Mixed	isles	137	10			8
11	11	1	USA	Joan Didion	78	15		✓	2
11	11	16	Mixed	pianists	52	15	✓	✓	1

Rahul KeyalThe buzzers don't ring - they just screech in pain.

Rahul Keyal
The buzzers don't ring - they just screech in pain.