Question

This person convinced Thomas Harriot to settle in Myrtle Grove, a plantation developed after the end of the Desmond Rebellions. This person urged Richard Hakluyt to publish Discourse Concerning Western Planting to garner royal support for his (15[1])schemes. This person (15[1])captured Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, (15[1])whose amiable release was insufficient in preventing an invasion led by the Duke of Medina Sidonia. (15[1]-5[1])The exposure of this person’s (-5[1])secretive marriage to a (*) lady-in-waiting named (-5[1])Elizabeth Throckmorton forced him to try (-5[1])to find El Dorado up the Orinoco River. (-5[1])The implication (-5[1])of this explorer in the Main Plot (10[1])spawned a trial that publicized the matter of hearsay. For 10 points, name this explorer who sent John White to establish the (10[2])Roanoke Colony (10[1]-5[1])in a future (10[2])American (10[1])state whose (10[1])capital is (10[1])named after him. (10[1])■END■ (10[9]0[2])

ANSWER: Walter Raleigh [or Sir Walter Raleigh; accept Raleigh, North Carolina]
<GP, British and Commonwealth History>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 ARCADIA at DukeEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%0%124.00
2023 ARCADIA at EmoryEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%25%117.50
2023 ARCADIA at ImperialImperialY5100%60%20%80.00
2023 ARCADIA at MarylandMaryland, OnlineY367%0%0%123.00
2023 ARCADIA OnlineMaryland, OnlineY3100%0%67%126.67
2023 ARCADIA at TexasOhio State, TexasY3100%33%33%97.67
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio StateOhio State, TexasY367%0%67%125.50

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Daniel MaFarrellmagnetismBoston College60-5
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JamesMichigan AKenyon B71-5
Arthur StadlinOhio State BOhio State A 77-5
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech AGeorgia B85-5
Tony CosiminiGanon Evans Fan ClubArizona State87-5
Quentin MotGeorgia Tech BTennessee A9410
Jeffrey XuGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech D11610
Patrick TorreMaryland AGeorge Washington A11610
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina BNC State11810
Kevin LiuTexas BTAG Magnet: Taylor's Version118-5
NoahKenyon AMichigan B12110
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerArizona StateGanon Evans Fan Club12110
Jeffery AustinNorth Carolina ADuke12210
Daniel NeylonTAMUTexas C12410
Robert FreemanSouth Carolina AJames Madison B12610
Anton AkroushMSU A and FriendZen and the Art of Buzzing12910
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Luke ZhangEmory AGeorgia A13010
Sara SimkinsGeorgia BGeorgia Tech A13010
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Rose ConwayCambridge BImperial B1300
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