Question

Note to moderator: read answerline carefully. This president’s political opponents attacked him for handing over Hermione mutineer Thomas Nash to be hanged by the British in Jamaica. Publisher Matthew Lyon (20[1])won reelection from (20[1])jail (20[1])after attacking the (20[1])“selfish avarice” of this president. (20[1])New taxes imposed by this man’s administration prompted an auctioneer to rally Pennsylvania Dutch (20[1])farmers in Fries’s Rebellion. (20[2]0[1])A bill (20[1])signed into law by this president (20[1])increased from five years to fourteen years the minimum (20[1])time (20[1])needed for (*) naturalization (10[6]0[1])and was passed (10[1])during (10[1])the Quasi-War (10[4])with France. (10[4])This president’s appointment of a “midnight (10[1])judge” (10[1])prompted (10[1])the case Marbury (10[1])v. Madison. (10[1])This Federalist signed the Alien and Sedition Acts into law. For 10 points, name this president who succeeded George Washington. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: John Adams [accept answers like the elder Adams; prompt on Adams or J. Adams; reject “John Quincy Adams”]
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Summary

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Deven HagenThomas Jefferson ARockford Auburn A2920
Cole HartungKinkaidSolon3220
Arthur GaydenDetroit Country DayBarrington A3320
Sam McNameeMaggie Walker AJohns Creek A3620
Ethan BositaSt. Mark'sBelmont4120
Anthony ZhaoThomas Jefferson CChoate Rosemary Hall5520
Matthew LiuChattahoochee ANorthmont A5920
Will CarstensDetroit Catholic Central APlymouth5920
Ian LuHunter AWinston Churchill A590
Camden WilliamsMexicoHeights6120
Vishesh VermaTroyUniversity Lab6720
Johnathon Franke GordonStevenson BElkhorn North7620
Russell DillakNorthmont BRockford Auburn B7720
Aatreyo BhattacharyyaMira LomaCanyon Crest8010
Alan FanThomas Jefferson DWinnebago8010
Hari VeginatiStevenson AHinsdale Central800
Eric HuMaggie Walker BWest Point8010
Michael ZhengIrvington AParkway West8010
Caleb LeeLincoln-Way EastMaggie Walker C8010
Ryan ZhangThomas Jefferson BWoodland8010
Luke PuttnamInnovation Academy BNorman8310
Jonah HubertDunbarWilliam Fremd8410
Ulden GaoWinston Churchill BNew Brighton8610
Kaushik GollamudiBarrington BMidtown8610
Lucas JraicheDetroit Catholic Central BMercer County8610
Isaac McCollumHoover BDetroit Catholic Central C8610
Ben HorningWaukeeNorris8810
Thomas BelcherSaint JosephHunter B8810
Christian AllenDallas CountyRichard Montgomery8810
David BertolasiBelvidereCincinnati Hills Christian8810
Bol AgwickJohn Adams BJohn Adams A9410
Karl BarnickolWalter PaytonJohns Creek B9510
Keefer LinChattahoochee BCarl Sandburg9610
C. SchenkelWashingtonLake Highland9910
Ryan DaiCarbondaleInnovation Academy A10110
John Hines-ShahHinsdale CentralStevenson A12110
Aaron ZhouWinston Churchill AHunter A12210