Question

One holder of this office replaced a police commissioner with a state banking commissioner to ensure that Prohibition would not be enforced. Samuel Seabury led (10[1])the Hofstadter Committee to investigate the corruption of one holder of this office, who called bribes “beneficence.” (-5[1])In an anti-crime campaign, another holder of this position claimed that he would “drive the bums out of town” before being photographed using a sledgehammer (10[4])to destroy (10[3])a slot (10[1])machine. (10[8]-5[1])That holder of this position (10[1])ordered (10[2])the arrests of Frank Costello and Lucky (10[1])Luciano (-5[1])after (10[1])winning an election on a Fusion ticket endorsed by Franklin (10[1])D. Roosevelt. (10[1])Jimmy Walker’s resignation weakened (10[1])Tammany Hall’s (-5[1])control (10[1])of this (10[1])position. (10[2]-5[2])For 10 points, (10[1])Fiorello LaGuardia (10[2])held what position that governs the United States’ most populous city? (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: mayor of New York City [accept mayor of NYC; prompt on mayor]
<American History>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Akshar GoyalUIUC AUChicago B2410
Corwin Davidson (UG)UBC BSFU41-5
John John GrogerWashU BPurdue B6610
Roan DowlingIowaTexas C6610
Yaj Jhajhria (DII)UW BAlberta6610
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltWarwick A6610
Michal GerasimiukStanford MStanford L6810
Leo LawUF AUCF A6810
Mikey BrownBirminghamBristol B6810
Jisoo ParkUIUC CPurdue A7010
Ryan SunBerkeley BStanford A7110
Alex AkridgeIndiana AUChicago C7110
Davis JohnsonPurdue DUIUC B7110
Owen Arneson (D2)MissouriMcGill E7110
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL AVassar A7110
Bryce Cruise (D2)Texas AArkansas71-5
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (D2)NYU AOregon State7110
Sophie Higgs (DII)UW AUBC A7110
Biniam AlaroUF BFlorida Tech B7110
Andy HuffLSE ACambridge A7610
Arthur GaydenUChicago ANotre Dame7710
Omer KeskinOxford ADurham B7710
Will HollisterLehigh APenn State B8410
Aryan PathakUF EUF D85-5
Theodor MartinWashU DSIUE A8610
Justin LeeImperial ALSE B9610
Kai MadgwickManchesterSouthhampton B9810
Christian SherringtonSouthampton AImperial B10210
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BColorado College104-5
Carter HerronUChicago DNorthwestern A10510
Owen Gilroy (D2)Texas BVassar B10710
Owyn NoblePurdue CUIUC D10810
Mitchell Hackett (D2)Central OklahomaTexas D108-5
Jacob FriedmanUF FUF C10810
Benjamin WatsonOxford BCambridge C108-5
Samuel StellaFlorida State University AFlorida Tech A11110
Luca Balescu (D2)Texas DCentral Oklahoma11310
Piers MarchantCambridge DBristol A11310
Dexter Hine (UG)SFUUBC B12410
Roman BassettUF DUF E12410
Jacob Tow (UG)Colorado CollegeNYU B12510
Aaron Garcia (UG)ArkansasTexas A12510
Ian McDowellCambridge COxford B12510