Question

Thousands of gymnasts flock to this city to learn under Gabby Douglas’s mentor, Liang Chow. (10[1])To prevent Halloween vandalism in the 1930s, this city’s Playground Commission encouraged residents to only give out candy after trick-or-treaters told a joke. Jaume Plensa’s Nomade is in a garden in this city (-5[1])named for the Pappajohn family. This city’s Henry Wallace House is in its Sherman Hill District. This city’s tallest building is owned by the insurance conglomerate (10[1])Principal. (10[1]-5[2])The World Food Prize is administered from this city by the estate of Norman Borlaug. (-5[1])Waukee and Ankeny (10[2])are suburbs of this city, (-5[2])the site (10[1])of a state fair (10[1]-5[1])where Norma Lyon crafted hundreds (-5[1])of butter (-5[1])cows. (10[2]-5[1])The largest gold dome in the US is on a building in this city (10[1])that [emphasize] replaced the “Old Capitol,” which is now part of its state’s flagship university, represented by the Hawkeyes. (10[4]-5[2])For 10 points, name this capital of Iowa. (10[2])■END■ (10[8])

ANSWER: Des Moines (“duh MOIN”)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%50%124.92

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Claire JonesChicago AWUSTL A1410
Joel MilesMinnesota ACornell B47-5
Natan HoltzmanStanford AYale A7310
Neal JoshiWUSTL BVirginia A74-5
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AUC Berkeley B74-5
Guy IndoranteIowa State APenn State A7410
Christopher SimsNorthwestern ATexas A89-5
Benjamin WeinerMinnesota BHouston A9210
Arjun NageswaranHarvard AToronto A9210
Todd MaslykMichigan AColumbia B97-5
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt APurdue A97-5
Enoch YuenImperial AFlorida B9910
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AIllinois A103-5
John John GrogerColumbia ANorth Carolina A10310
Jacob EgolDuke ACornell A108-5
Walter ZhangBrown AMaryland A110-5
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AGeorgia Tech B11110
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BJohns Hopkins A11110
Dennis ReppenChicago CUC Berkeley A111-5
Steven LiuMIT AIndiana A12510
Kevin FanMcGill AClaremont A144-5
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AFlorida A144-5
Collin AceRutgers BNYU A14410
William GrogerColumbia BMichigan A14410
Matthew SiffYale BRutgers A14410
John MarvinChicago BOhio State A14410
Tracy MirkinFlorida AGeorgia Tech A15210
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AChicago C15210
Justin WytmarIllinois ASouth Carolina A15310
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AVanderbilt A15310
Caleb KendrickMaryland ABrown A15310
Brad MacLaineTexas ANorthwestern A15310
Kevin ParkClaremont AMcGill A15310
Sarod NoriCornell BMinnesota A15310
Alana DickeyVirginia AWUSTL B15310
Raymond WangCornell ADuke A15310