Question
Excavations of this town by the inventor of the “Link Trainer” flight simulator, Ed Link, uncovered tobacco pipes and a nine-foot cannon. It’s not Groningen, but a story in which a resident of this town named Roche Braziliano tricked a Spanish governor into releasing him from prison was recorded in a history by Alexandre Exquemelin. This town’s “Gallows Point” served as a frequent execution spot. A leader of this town built Fort Charles and later led a (*) raid on Porto Bello. This town, known as the “Sodom of the New World” for its many taverns, served as the base of operations for the Brethren of the Coast along with the island of Tortuga. This town was destroyed by a 1692 earthquake that led to the disappearance of Henry Morgan’s corpse and the establishment of nearby Kingston. For 10 points, name this Jamaican town that served as a famous pirate hub in the 17th century. ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Jack van Nostrand | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | 82 | -5 |
Adrian Wong | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | 100 | 10 |
Erik Christensen | I'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 bottoms | 112 | -5 |
Gareth Thorlakson | Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | 112 | 10 |
Joey Sun | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | 138 | 10 |
Micah Colman | Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | 153 | 10 |
Stefan Vlad | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | 153 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | N | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 96.00 |
2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 98.00 |
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 116.33 |
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 40% | 131.20 |
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | N | 6 | 100% | 17% | 17% | 114.83 |
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | N | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 105.50 |
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100.00 |