Question

The original usage of the term “comprador” denoted servants in this non-Portuguese city who went to market to buy for their households. This city is the capital of a province where native peoples referred to as Punti massacred a group whose name (-5[1])means “guest families” during a thirteen-year-long “Clan War.” That war was sparked by lingering resentment from the Red Turban’s failed attempt to capture this city. This city was the center of the (*) Thirteen Factories monopoly (10[4])which arose out (10[1])of the Qianlong emperor’s isolationist policy. It’s not Hong Kong, but two (-5[2])1841 battles during the First Opium War centered around this Pearl River port city, (10[1])which (10[1])was (10[2])the only city where foreign trade was allowed. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this capital of Guǎngdōng province, (10[1])which (10[1])lends its alternate name to a dialect of Chinese spoken in Hong Kong. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Guǎngzhōu [or Canton]
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Michael DuWaterlooOttawa C41-5
Andrew ZengStanford ABerkeley A7610
Ryan SunBerkeley BBerkeley C7610
Sky LiTorontoOttawa A7610
Aden SunChicago AVanderbilt7610
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL H2OMissouri A7910
Justin WytmarIllinois AIllinois B91-5
Ahmad ElrakhawiRITSyracuse+Rochester91-5
William HoustonChicago BIndiana10510
Raymond WangCornell RCornell MATLAB10610
Josh XuAuxiliary Lofthouse Cookie UniversityI will play anything with a buzzer in front of me10710
Neal JoshiWUSTL XYZSIUE10710
Stefan VladOttawa BMcDouble West-Carleton11510
Christopher JosephNotre Dame BPurdue A115-5
Kylan PowellSquidward Community CollegeMissouri B12410
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame APurdue B12510
Ben DahlPurdue ANotre Dame B13810
Ian TheysmeyerOttawa CWaterloo13910
Yash MandabiaIllinois BIllinois A13910
Sanjeev UppaluriSyracuse+RochesterRIT1390