Question

Description Acceptable. Television footage of this event was culled into a three-hour documentary titled Videograms of a Revolution. The Letter of the Six was published in the leadup to this event. (-5[1])During this event, a speech at Palace Square was derailed when a chant about a leader “and the people” unexpectedly changed to that leader “the dictator.” (15[2])This event was presaged by a truck and tractor worker strike two years (15[1])earlier. After this event, an AIDS epidemic (15[1])was revealed (-5[1])in its country’s (15[1])overflowing (*) orphanages. (10[6])This event began when protestors supporting Hungarian pastor László (10[1])Tőkés (10[2])(“toke-esh”) were (10[1])fired on by soldiers in Timisoara. (10[3])This event ended in (-5[1])a quick trial and execution (10[1])of a leader and (-5[1])his wife on Christmas Day, (10[1])1989. (10[1]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this event that overthrew the government (10[3])of Nicolae Ceaucescu. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Romanian Revolution [accept Christmas Revolution before mention; accept any answer indicating the fall or end of communism in Romania; accept answers mentioning the overthrow or execution of the Nikolai Ceacescu, Elena Ceaucescu, or the Ceacescus before mention]
<Emmett Laurie, European History>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael DuWaterloo HatsuneLa Clique du Château30-5
Henry AtkinsLibrary of Babel School of Continuing StudiesToronto Weary5615
Mark GrantBroken HeartsFoucault's Penndulum5615
Biniam AlaroFlorida AFSU A6915
Matt BoothFour Neg OmeletteScottish, Irish, Both or Neither7615
Vedant PatelDuke AUNC A78-5
Geoffrey WuColumbia BRutgers8115
Marcus Forbes-GreeneToronto JoyWaterloo Miku8310
Eli IssoksonBrandeisHarvard8310
Owen MimnoNYUJHU A8310
Caleb KendrickUMD AColumbia A8310
Richard PollardYes, Moderator3HK1MM8310
Joe TerreyEdinburghOld London Town8310
Ishan JoshiMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, AdrianToronto Rofl9210
Rahul KumarRiceTexas B9310
Omer KeskinBetrayed by Rita Izzatdust10 Negs that Shook the Quiz9310
Chinmay MurthyTexas AOklahoma A9410
Khanh NguyenFlorida BFSU B10010
Jason HongBrownTufts10010
Sarod NoriCornell ACornell B10010
Robert FreemanUSC AUNC C104-5
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay ASwarthmore10910
Jim FanUNC BUSC B113-5
Patrick TorreUMD BPitt11810
Theodore BenzmillerBoston CollegeMIT119-5
Owen GilroyTexas COklahoma B11910
Cade ReinbergerRITJHU B12010
Diego AlmarazUNC ADuke A12910
Jeffery AustinUNC CUSC A12910
Jeffery DeRomoUSC BUNC B12910
Ian ChowLa Clique du ChâteauWaterloo Hatsune13310
Nathan SheffieldMITBoston College1330