Question

A group of missionaries were killed in this modern-day state after Marcus Whitman’s medical care caused a disproportionate (-5[1])number of deaths among Native Americans. That massacre sparked a conflict with Chief Five Crows known as the Cayuse War. A border dispute in this state was negotiated by James Douglas and Winfield Scott (15[1])and finally resolved by the third-party mediation Kaiser Wilhelm (15[1])I. (15[1])That dispute, the (*) Pig War, was fought (-5[1])over (10[1]-5[1])this state’s (10[1])claim (10[1])to the San Juan Islands. This state’s (10[1]-5[1])early settlement of Fort Nisqually was located on Puget Sound and is now commemorated in a museum in Tacoma. The Pike Place market is, for 10 points, located in which state that contains Olympia and (10[1])Seattle? (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Washington
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Summary

2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y4100%0%50%103.75
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite)2023-10-21Y8100%38%25%78.13

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Henry CafaroChicago BMichigan A17-5
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Davis JohnsonPurdue CPurdue B68-5
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