Question

Per a 2019 Nature paper, DNA in an early form of this substance found in Sylt·holm, Denmark allowed Jensen et al. to sequence a complete 5,700-year-old human genome. Terence Cosgrove developed a biodegradable version of this substance named Rev7 that was withdrawn from sale in the US after two years. A magnate who sold this substance commissioned Tournament House, the headquarters of Pasadena’s Rose Parade. This substance names an alley on Higuera (“ee-GAIR-uh”) Street flanked by 15-foot walls in San Luis Obispo, California. (10[1])A developer of this substance’s modern form, (10[1])Thomas Adams Jr., was inspired by former Mexican leader Antonio López de Santa Anna’s use (10[1])of chicle (10[12])(“CHEE-clay”). In part due (10[1])to (10[2])disruptions of MRT trains, Lee Kuan Yew pushed for a 1992 (10[1])ban on this (-5[1])substance (10[1])in Singapore. (10[1])For 10 points, what substance’s Big Red brand is sold by the Wrigley Company? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: chewing gum [or bubble gum; accept Chewing Gum Alley; accept Bubblegum Alley; prompt on chicle until read; prompt on birch or birch pitch by asking “that was used in a manner analogous to what modern substance?”] (Tournament House was commissioned by William Wrigley, Jr.)
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2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y22100%0%5%107.68

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Benjamin ChapmanToronto ANorth Carolina B8110
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUVirginia8810
June YinWUSTL BToronto B10310
Vikshar AthreyaRutgersChicago B10510
Charles HangWUSTL AIowa State10510
Athena ShaddenTexasColumbia B10510
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AVanderbilt10510
Ryan SunUC Berkeley BGeorgia State10510
Cooper RohColumbia AMichigan10510
Roxanne TangOhio StateStanford10510
Andrew WangIllinois AToronto C10510
Thomas GlotfeltyVirginia TechUCF10510
Adrian WongOttawaMaryland10510
Liam KusalikWaterloo ALSE10510
Jakob MyersIndianaIllinois B10510
Joel MilesMinnesotaChicago A10810
Kevin PengCornell BFlorida10910
Jem BurchYaleMIT10910
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley AArizona State12010
Teigue KellyPenn StateRIT123-5
Henry BonWinona StateBritish Columbia12410
Michael KearneyHarvardCornell A12610
Cade ReinbergerRITPenn State14110