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 in order to (-5[1])garner royal support for his schemes. This person captured (-5[1])Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, whose amiable release was insufficient in preventing an invasion led by the Duke of Medina Sidonia. (-5[2])The exposure of this person’s secretive marriage to a (*) lady-in-waiting named Elizabeth Throckmorton (10[1])forced him to (10[1])try to find El Dorado up the Orinoco River. (10[4]-5[1])The implication of this explorer in the Main Plot spawned a trial that publicized the matter of hearsay. For 10 points, name this explorer who sent John White to establish the Roanoke Colony (10[1]-5[2])in a future (10[1])American (10[1])state whose capital is named after him. ■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: Walter Raleigh [accept Raleigh, North Carolina]
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 ARCADIA at UC BerkeleyPremiereY2100%0%50%103.50
2023 ARCADIA at Carleton UniversityPremiereY2100%0%0%82.50
2023 ARCADIA at Claremont CollegesPremiereY1100%0%100%132.00
2023 ARCADIA at IndianaPremiereY580%0%20%93.00
2023 ARCADIA at RITPremiereY2100%0%100%132.00
2023 ARCADIA at WUSTLPremiereY367%0%67%128.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AStanford A33-5
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeMissouri B42-5
Josh XuAuxiliary Lofthouse Cookie UniversityI will play anything with a buzzer in front of me62-5
Raymond WangCornell RCornell MATLAB62-5
Jisoo ParkIllinois BIllinois A7510
Nicolas EdwardsMcDouble West-CarletonOttawa B7810
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley C8710
Sky LiTorontoOttawa A8710
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltChicago A8710
Tanuj ChandekarIndianaChicago B8710
Zach JosephNotre Dame APurdue B87-5
Andrew ZengStanford ABerkeley A12010
Ahmad ElrakhawiRITSyracuse+Rochester120-5
Drew ScheinerMissouri AWUSTL H2O120-5
Matthew AmanteNotre Dame BPurdue A12310
Terry GriggsSIUEWUSTL XYZ12410
Anderson WangI will play anything with a buzzer in front of meAuxiliary Lofthouse Cookie University13210
Davis JohnsonPurdue BNotre Dame A1320
Nathan ZhangCornell MATLABCornell R13210
Sanjeev UppaluriSyracuse+RochesterRIT13210
Dede BinkhoelterMissouri BSquidward Community College13210
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL H2OMissouri A1320