Booker T. Washington announces to the press that a pianist is “brainsick” after he reiterates his demand for this object to be restored during a hostage negotiation. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this object whose owner, Coalhouse Walker, begins bombing firehouses after it is damaged by a group of firemen.
ANSWER: Ford Model T [or Tin Lizzie; accept Leaping Lena pr flivver; prompt on car or automobile; prompt on Ford]
[10e] Coalhouse Walker takes his revenge on New York firefighters in this historical novel by E. L. Doctorow whose real-life characters include Evelyn Nesbit and Emma Goldman.
ANSWER: Ragtime
[10h] Ford himself appears in Ragtime, in which he and J. P. Morgan discuss this structure over lunch and found a secret society inspired by it. Morgan travels to this structure to scope out sites for a copy designed by McKim and White.
ANSWER: Great Pyramid of Giza [prompt on Pyramid]
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