Question

A short-lived publicly funded “anti-defamation agency” in this city aimed to boycott companies that referred to it pejoratively, such as S.O.S. Soap Pads. A mayor (15[1])of this city famously said “if this machine says a man lied, he lied” before failing a polygraph test, ending his gubernatorial bid. Gregore J. Sambor (15[1])resigned from this city’s police department in the wake of an event prompted by the killing of James Ramp. (15[1])During a confrontation (15[1])with a group that followed (15[1])“The (*) Guidelines,” a mayor of this city was (10[1])heavily criticized for using a helicopter (10[1])to drop a Tovex (10[5])bomb (10[1])on a neighborhood (10[1])home, (10[2])causing (10[1])a fire (10[1])that took the lives of 11 people. (10[1])In this city, mayors Wilson Goode and Frank Rizzo participated in a standoff against John Africa. For 10 points, name this city whose police department fought MOVE during the 1980s, the most populous in Pennsylvania. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%67%0%65.33
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025N3100%0%0%89.00
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025N3100%33%0%93.67
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y5100%0%0%107.20
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%33%0%83.50
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2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%33%0%91.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Hari ParameswaranCry of the Common LoonStanford+2415
Adam FineThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Notre Dame5015
Akshar GoyalWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?BHSU Rebirth6915
Sam MooreSimple VibesGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz7215
Nathaniel HullBerkeleynumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku7715
Mike BentleyMusic to Help You Stop SmokingBHSU ReFantazio8510
William HoustonThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five DaysClown Squad9110
Emmett Lauriejeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club12 Litres of Green Tea9510
Anwen KelleherNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)just one more half-dot bro9510
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up as rational as the square root of two power bottoms9510
Gareth ThorlaksonSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit9510
Jason GolfinosWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs9510
Charles HangWashUhawk two of9610
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken9910
Ian McDowellCambridgeCien Años de Quizboledad10010
Ryan RosenbergCope is the thing with feathersWalston et. al.10010
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange10110
Claire JonesDefying SuavityLimp Franceskit10310
Sean HigginsClown SenpaisNortheast by Northwestern11010
Joey SunModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere14610