Question
Nathaniel Hawthorne loathed the post he was awarded in this city for writing Franklin Pierce’s campaign biography. In this city, one of Robert E. Lee’s pipes was auctioned off during a “Southern Bazaar” that raised funds for Confederate POWs. This city was home to the rival spy networks of Thomas Haines Dudley and James Dunwoody Bulloch. James Waddell ordered the final official lowering of the Confederate flag in this city when he surrendered the Shenandoah. This city was the site of the first US (*) overseas consulate. A shipyard near this city produced the Laird Rams and a sloop that became the focus of damage claims after sinking at the Battle of Cherbourg, the CSS Alabama. This city was the main destination of Confederate blockade runners in a country that suffered a “Cotton Famine” in nearby Lancashire. For 10 points, what port city was the center of the Atlantic slave trade in Britain? ■END■
Summary
2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 13 | 92% | 8% | 38% | 121.67 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Isaac Kirk-Davidoff | First Cause, First Cause, make me young! | The Dyatlov Passement incident | 11 | 15 |
Emmett Laurie | I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open) | Lying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago | 54 | -5 |
Matt Jackson | LMM's LLM MLM | genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet | 94 | 10 |
Jason Hong | The Jeam Team | Punished "Venom" BHSU | 100 | -5 |
Chris Ray | We Need New Names | when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything | 103 | 10 |
Ryan Rosenberg | A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence | SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE | 106 | 10 |
Dylan Minarik | Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret | The Empire Bikes Back | 110 | -5 |
Jerry Vinokurov | The Oldest Men in the World | BHSU B | 113 | -5 |
Charles Hang | Les Missourables | Lisan al-Quib | 113 | 10 |
Arya Karthik | Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team | Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer | 128 | -5 |
Rohan Kher | var merchants | Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A | 132 | 10 |
Eric Chen | Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy | NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess) | 141 | 10 |
Henry Atkins | The Empire Bikes Back | Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret | 152 | 10 |
Conor Thompson | Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer | Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team | 152 | 10 |
Andrew Hart | Punished "Venom" BHSU | The Jeam Team | 152 | 10 |
Tejas Raje | BHSU B | The Oldest Men in the World | 152 | 10 |
Emma Victoria Byron | NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess) | AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH | 152 | 10 |
Lou | Lying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago | I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open) | 152 | 0 |