Mississippi - 2024 Chicago Open

Question

In this state, Aaron Henry led the “Loyalists” against the “Regulars” of governor Bill Waller. In 2002, Antonin Scalia’s opinion in Branch v. Smith upheld a redistricting plan in this state that aided the son of his hunting buddy Charles Pickering. This is the home state of Democratic direct mail strategist Hal Malchow, who had himself euthanized in March 2024. After winning exactly half its districts in 1999, this state’s most recent Democrat governor, Ronnie Musgrove, (15[1])was chosen by its legislature in a since-abolished procedure. A (*) hard-of-hearing senator from this state would have (-5[1])been (-5[1])the sole reviewer (10[1])of the Nixon (-5[2])tapes in the “Stennis compromise.” (10[1])A (-5[1])Sovereignty (10[1])Commission (-5[1])handled desegregation in this state, where the Freedom Democratic Party (10[1])was founded by Fannie Lou Hamer. (10[2])For 10 points, name this now solidly-Republican state whose flagship university was desegregated by James Meredith. ■END■ (10[5]0[1])

ANSWER: Mississippi [or MS; accept Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party or Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission]

<MJ, American History>

= Average correct buzz position

Summary


2024 Chicago Open	07/28/2024	Y	13	92%	8%	46%	120.33

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Nikhil Desai	First Cause, First Cause, make me young!	Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes	75	15
Emmett Laurie	I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)	Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A	92	-5
Dylan Minarik	Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret	A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence	93	-5
Vivek Sasse	There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see	NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)	96	10
Eric Chen	Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy	BHSU B	99	-5
Gareth Thorlakson	The Empire Bikes Back	SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE	99	-5
Jaskaran Singh	The Dyatlov Passement incident	NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)	104	10
Rob Carson	Punished "Venom" BHSU	Lying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago	105	-5
Chris Ray	We Need New Names	Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team	106	10
Mike Cheyne	The Oldest Men in the World	it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown	107	-5
Rohan Kher	var merchants	The Jeam Team	117	10
Matt Lafer	when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything	Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer	123	10
Amogh Kulkarni	AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH	sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone	123	10
Doug Simons	Lying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago	Punished "Venom" BHSU	140	10
Ryan Rosenberg	A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence	Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret	140	10
Akshar Goyal	SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE	The Empire Bikes Back	140	10
Swapnil Garg	it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown	The Oldest Men in the World	140	10
Walter Zhao	Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A	I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)	140	0
Tejas Raje	BHSU B	Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy	140	10