Question
This feud was sparked by the death of Charlotte Augusta Gibbes, stoking tension between her daughter-in-law and sister-in-law. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name or describe this high-society feud between Caroline Schermerhorn and Mamie Paul, whose bitterness culminated in Mamie’s husband constructing a 13-story building next to Caroline’s mansion out of spite.
ANSWER: “Mrs. Astor” feud [accept answers mentioning a feud over who would receive the title “Mrs. Astor”; prompt on Astor]
[10e] William Waldorf and Caroline Astor built rival examples of these buildings which eventually merged into a single one. Henry Hardenbergh designed those buildings as well as the “Plaza” one overlooking Central Park.
ANSWER: hotels
[10m] A Ward McAllister list, as dictated by Caroline Astor, suggested that only this number of people in New York “mattered.” That list of this many people inspired a (emphasize) larger number in the title of an O. Henry book.
ANSWER: The Four Hundred (The O. Henry book is The Four Million.)
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Summary
| 2024 ESPN @ Brown | 04/06/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Cambridge | 04/06/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Chicago | 03/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Columbia | 03/23/2024 | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 100% | 57% | 14% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Duke | 03/23/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Online | 06/01/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Stanford | 03/09/2024 | N | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
Data
| Clark A | Jason Lovers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Jeffrey and Dahmers | Clark B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Labour's Lost Lovers | Triple Round Robin Lovers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Heat-Oppressed Brains | A VK a Day Keeps the Doctor Away | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behind | purdoobie brothers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Chicago A Minus Minus | Charlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Chicago B | BHSU | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Noli Me Tangerine | Nobodaddy but you | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Oh the Missouri | >:3 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan | malcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| JinAh and Jordan from Wikiquiz | boy's jitches (ft. DMA) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 1.g4 Test Mixture | Let's Fighting Love | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| mnemonists | NJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Parden the Interruption | Naocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sandmännchen im Helikopter | chamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| protobowling for soup | The Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| JJaryland | bruh | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Duke | UNC Hunny | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| UNC A | UNC B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Free-ish Agents | Houston Junior College | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The Present King of James is Bald | Tunks et al. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cleo: 5/7 movie | World's Fair Wiggle Walk | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| You, Me and the Big G | Eugene o'Negging | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |