Question
A board of engineers that oversaw this city in the early 20th century was chaired by Henry Martyn Robert and included a non-Swedish Alfred Noble. The philanthropist Jacob Schiff financed a movement named after this city that diverted Jewish immigrants away from East Coast cities. The history of this city is often separated into a “Golden Era” and an “Open Era”, the latter of which included illegal gambling at the Sam and Rose Maceo-run Balinese Room. The posting of (*) General Order No. 3 in this city by Gordon Granger provides the origin of Juneteenth. This city grew from the colony of Campeche, and was named for the governor of Spanish Louisiana during most of the American Revolution. A 10-mile seawall was built in this city after it was struck by the deadliest natural disaster in US history. For 10 points, name this Texas city hit by a devastating hurricane in 1900. ■END■
Summary
2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 53.67 |
2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 59.67 |
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 96.00 |
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | N | 5 | 100% | 0% | 60% | 134.20 |
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | N | 6 | 83% | 0% | 17% | 92.80 |
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | N | 3 | 100% | 67% | 33% | 71.33 |
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 95.33 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Nathaniel Hull | Berkeley | A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs | 29 | 15 |
Hari Parameswaran | Cry of the Common Loon | Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | 35 | 15 |
Jordan Brownstein | "Powers a question on Stancyzk" that's a clown question bro | Banned from ARGOS | 44 | -5 |
Michael Kearney | |madam| | Pahkin' the Ahgo | 44 | 15 |
Vivian Malouf | throw away your cards, rally in the streets | Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | 44 | 15 |
Conor Thompson | Thompson et al. | UBC | 60 | 15 |
Henry Bon | I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | 75 | 15 |
Walter Zhang | Import Pandas | Hu up Jinning they Tao | 93 | 10 |
Claire Jones | Defying Suavity | Limp Francekit | 93 | 10 |
Shiv Seshan | Cambridge | Cien Años de Quizboledad | 95 | 10 |
Ryan Sun | number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku | Stanford+ | 97 | 10 |
Agnijo Banerjee | Simple Vibes | Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz | 98 | 10 |
JinAh Kim | Banned from ARGOS | "Powers a question on Stancyzk" that's a clown question bro | 151 | 10 |