Question
In 1912, this state forcibly removed a mixed-race fishing community from Malaga Island. The memoir The Passing of the Armies was written by a general and professor from this state, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, who led a unit from this state on a bayonet charge down Little Round Top at Gettysburg. A candidate from this state lost the 1884 Presidential election to Grover Cleveland after being derided as a “continental liar.” James G. Blaine was from this state, which named a warship that exploded in Havana Harbor and helped spark the Spanish-American War. For 10 points, the easternmost point in the continental United States is in what state governed from Augusta? ■END■
ANSWER: Maine [accept USS Maine; accept 20th of Maine or 20th Maine Infantry Regiment]
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Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Wade | Fordham | Delaware B | 8 | -5 |
Kaiden Carey (DII) | Penn | Maryland | 34 | 10 |
Ashish Kumbhardare | Rowan | Swarthmore A | 36 | -5 |
Finn Doyle (DII) | Princeton | NYU A | 49 | 10 |
Frank Paz (DII) | Swarthmore A | Rowan | 65 | 10 |
Alex Shi (DII) | Swarthmore B | Columbia A | 72 | 10 |
Andrew Yang (UG) | Columbia B | NYU C | 91 | 10 |
Luke McCrory (DII) | NYU B | Rutgers | 100 | 10 |
Katy | Delaware B | Fordham | 110 | 10 |