Question

In this state, Democrats led by William Bright proposed a bill that they assumed John Campbell would veto, making him look bad, in response to a proclamation of Black rights by Joseph M. Carey. Justice of the peace Esther Hobart Morris left this state’s ghost town of South Pass City. A transfer of land in this state orchestrated by Edmund Denby helped propel the election of its governor William Ross; after dying, Ross was succeeded by (-5[1])his (10[1])wife Nellie, (-5[1])the nation’s (10[1])first (10[1])female governor. (10[10])“Cattle Kate” Watson (10[1])helped start this state’s Johnson County War. (10[2])Senator (10[1])Cynthia Lumiss is from (10[1])this (10[1])state, (10[3])whose first territorial (10[1])legislature (10[2])granted women the right to vote (10[3])in 1869, (10[4])which is why it’s called the “Equality State.” (10[4])For 10 points, name this least-populous (10[1])US (10[2])state (10[1])whose capital is Cheyenne. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Wyoming [or WY] (William Ross was elected in the aftermath of the Teapot Dome scandal.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaTennessee75-5
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AHarvard B7610
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)Liberty B (DII)78-5
Yared TadesseCornell ABinghamton8010
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)UNC D (DII)8110
Swapnil GargBerkeley ABerkeley B8310
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty C (DII)8310
Michael Brown (DII)GWU B (Grad)William & Mary A (UG)8310
Jaik HavlickArizona StateMinnesota C8310
Simon Zimmerman (DII)Ohio State AOhio State B8310
Anirudh Bharadwaj (DII)PennColumbia B8310
Moses KitakuleColumbia ANYU B8310
Oliver HargraveOxford AKCL8310
Jack LewisMTSUAlabama8310
Blake EnwillerVanderbilt BGeorgia Tech A8310
Lewys JenkinsBristolImperial A8610
Allan LeeStanford CStanford A9310
Isaiah SilversDurham ASheffield9310
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordColumbia C9410
Vinu HariharBerkeley CStanford B9810
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)JMU A (UG)9910
Shardul RaoMinnesota BIowa State10010
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayNYU A10010
Thomas HartWarwickDurham B10010
Mitchell IndekMichigan CMichigan A10310
Sarod NoriCornell BCornell C10410
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis BDartmouth A10410
Aleks Kozlowski (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)Maryland B (UG)11010
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicGeorgia Tech B11010
Jason GordonBrandeis ABoston University11010
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)JMU B (UG)11210
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)Liberty A (Grad)11210
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarRowan11210
Eliza DeanOxford BImperial B11210
Caleb Hines (DII)Liberty B (DII)Virginia A (UG)12010
Aidan Jordan (DII)KenyonCedarville12010
Elijah ScheinsonOxford CCambridge A12010
Brina RatangeeVanderbilt AHarding12010
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghCambridge C12610
Brian Lai (DII)Virginia B (UG)Duke A (UG)12710
Ben LaFondCambridge BKiel12710
Cade ReinbergerRIT BRIT A12810
William BarnesTennesseeSouth Carolina13310