Question

A leader in this industry’s debt to the Waldorf Astoria owner caused his Wardenclyffe Tower to be blown up for scrap. Citizens of (-5[1])Schenectady (15[1])legendarily came up (15[1])with an extra $7,500 to lure a titan in this industry, (-5[2])who spent his later years searching for a domestic source of rubber in the Everglades. (15[1]-5[4])A company in (-5[1])this industry (-5[1])developed (-5[1])a (-5[1])two-part “stopper” (-5[1])product to fulfill a contract with the (-5[1])Chicago’s World Fair, which displayed its (*) “Egg of Columbus.” (10[1])Tensions in this industry were raised by William Kemmler’s botched execution. (10[2])A (10[1])pioneer (10[3])of (10[1])this industry (10[3])ran an “Invention Factory” (10[2])that contained (10[1]-5[1])early phonograph prototypes (10[1])and backed a (10[1])“direct” system (10[1])over his rival’s (10[1])“alternating” (10[4])design. (10[7])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[2])George Westinghouse feuded in what industry’s “war (10[1])of the currents” with Thomas Edison? (10[1])■END■ (10[11])

ANSWER: electrical industry [or electric power industry or electric generation industry; prompt on power industry or power generation industry]
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Edward KimJohns CreekGeorgia Tech D22-5
Eve FleisigBerkeley ABerkeley B2315
Joel MilesPaddington in Peru (2024)The cult of SGA2615
Tom ScheriRITPitt37-5
Akshar GoyalIllinois OrangeSIUE37-5
Thomas GlotfeltyVirginia Tech BNorth Carolina A5215
Kevin CronkVirginia Tech CNorth Carolina B52-5
Ted GanPenn StateMaryland52-5
Shaun IyerInnovation Academy AGeorgia Tech C52-5
Andrew WangIllinois BlueNotre Dame52-5
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii55-5
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Tegan Kapadiabingy academyIn the Mood for Buzz59-5
Ragylan SivakumarMITClark Wilson61-5
Owyn NoblePurdue BChicago A68-5
Benjamin ChapmanToronto AToronto B7710
William OrrYaleBowdoin C8810
James McCurleyHarvardTufts A8810
Akshay SeetharamClaremontAnderson et al.8910
Braden BoothMissouriSquidward Community College9010
Eric ChenBerkeley PastStanford9010
Justine FrenchU[C]SDALCU9010
Khanh NguyenUF BUF C9110
Benny ShtutmanSouth CarolinaVirginia Tech A9310
Mike CheyneOld and YoungToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titans9310
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge ASouthampton9310
Kennedy GallaherNotre DameIllinois Blue9710
Lucas JohnsWarwick AImperial A9710
Peter ScullyTufts BBoston College A99-5
Michael DuWaterloo AspidistraWaterloo Basic9910
Nick EdwardsMcGill ACarleton A10210
Derek FinoClark HouseAmherst10510
Fred GarveyTrumanWashU10710
Joseph CollinsImperial BCambridge B11010
Franklin WuToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaWaterloo Cloze11110
Adhrit YadavLambertInnovation Academy C11110
Andre WongLSE AWarwick C11110
Will AlstonSGV VenturesJason et al.11110
James MangravitiBoston College BBowdoin B11210
Michael SunBrandeis BBowdoin A11210
Vivian MaloufIn the Mood for Buzzbingy academy11210
Clete ReinbergerValenciaUSF11210
Biniam AlaroUF AUCF A11210
Darren KellisMiltonInnovation Academy B11210
William HoustonChicago BPurdue A11210
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Brendan BaumerUCF BFlorida Tech12210
Logan MathisSIUEIllinois Orange12810
Will PulvinoClark WilsonMIT12910
Aalok BhattacharyaBoston College ATufts B12910
Rasheeq AzadNorth Carolina BVirginia Tech C12910
Andrew ZengMadmen and Specialistsshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique12910
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Zac StaplerPittRIT12910
Halee CareyMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiToronto Metropolitan A12910
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech DJohns Creek12910
Louis HarneyGeorgia Tech CInnovation Academy A12910
John MarvinChicago APurdue B12910
Odysseas GabrielatosWarwick BLSE B12910