Question

In a novel, every resident of a crack den in this city is killed by a gang leader styling himself (15[1])as a Western outlaw, who later dies by fire in prison. Rowdy, dancing shepherds take over this city in “Profane Comedy,” part of an epic poem by the author of Yo-Yo Boing! (15[5])After (15[1]-5[1])leaving (15[2])Kingston, (15[1])Josey Wales (15[2])and the Storm Posse (15[1])move to this city (15[1])in Marlon (15[1])James’s (-5[1])novel (15[1])A Brief (-5[1])History of Seven Killings. (15[2]-5[1])Sophie Caco falls in love with Joseph in this city in (*) Breath, Eyes, Memory (-5[1])by Edwidge Danticat (10[2]-5[2])(“DAHN-tee-KAH”). Authors like Pedro Pietri (-5[1])and Giannina Braschi have performed at a “Poets Cafe” (10[3])named for an ethnicity (10[1])in this city. A Jamaican (10[1])author who settled in this city (10[1])in (10[1])the 1910s described the “murderous, (10[1]-5[1])cowardly pack” (10[1])in his poem “If We Must Die.” For 10 points, (10[1])Claude McKay (10[2])contributed (10[1])to what city’s (10[3])Harlem (10[1])Renaissance? (10[3])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: New York City [or NYC; accept Harlem until read; accept Brooklyn; accept Nuyorican Poets Cafe] (The second sentence refers to Braschi’s Empire of Dreams.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Swapnil GargBerkeley ABerkeley Past1915
William OrrYaleBoston College A5115
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeTruman5115
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford5115
Tony ChenToronto AToronto Disband the Club 2k245115
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech AInnovation Academy A5115
Andrew ZengMadmen and SpecialistsToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titans52-5
Parth JagtapToronto BMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii5215
Andrew WangIllinois BluePurdue B5315
Justine FrenchU[C]SDAnderson et al.5315
Joy AnHarvardBowdoin A5415
Braden BoothMissouriWashU5615
King VidorIn the Mood for BuzzSocial credit go vroom5615
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ANorth Carolina B6015
Joel MilesPaddington in Peru (2024)she limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique6415
Richard LinAmherstBrandeis A6615
Collin LeckThe cult of SGAOld and Young67-5
Will AlstonSGV VenturesALCU6815
Akshar GoyalIllinois OrangePurdue A70-5
Mattias EhatammWaterloo AspidistraOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom7415
Mattias EhatammWaterloo AspidistraOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom7415
Manu SankaranLambertMilton74-5
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge ALSE A88-5
Thomas TibbettsUCF AUSF91-5
Quentin MotGeorgia Tech BInnovation Academy C9110
Towery McNeilMississippi StateJohns Creek91-5
Andy HuffLSE BBristol9110
Henry KeatingUCF BUF C95-5
Yrwin BatanMITBoston College B10410
Bryan UgazASU->Stanford->ASU pipelinebingy academy10410
Kevin ParkClaremontJason et al.10410
Joey SunToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaCarleton A10810
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AVirginia Tech C11310
Liam StarnesChicago ANotre Dame11910
Nick EdwardsMcGill AWaterloo Basic12010
Orion KellerVirginia Tech BSouth Carolina12510
Khanh NguyenUF BFlorida Tech125-5
Ariel FaederPittMaryland12710
Omkar MaratheToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming TitansMadmen and Specialists13710
Jay KimChicago BSIUE13910
Michael WuSouthamptonImperial A13910
Ted GanPenn StateRIT14010
Biniam AlaroUF AValencia14310
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AWaterloo Cloze14310
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick BWarwick A14310
Dylan TanouyeTufts BBowdoin C14410
Joseph XuBowdoin BClark Wilson14510
Valerie UnzuetaFlorida TechUF B14510
Shiv SeshanCambridge BWarwick C14510
Madeline StrausTufts ABrandeis B14610
Selene WuBUClark House14610
Mike CheyneOld and YoungThe cult of SGA14610
Matthew AndersenUF CUCF B14610
Addison WigginsUSFUCF A14610
Darren KellisMiltonLambert14610
Edward KimJohns CreekMississippi State14610
David MathewPurdue AIllinois Orange14610
Albert NyangLSE ACambridge A14610