Question

In the 19th century, wealthy bourgeoisie in this city built tall but skinny single-family homes known as “master's houses.” The artist Carey Young secretly filmed lawyers working in a large building in this city that cost 10 times architect Joseph Poelaert’s original budget. The protagonist of W. G. Sebald’s novel Austerlitz searches for masonic symbols in this city’s Palais de (10[1])Justice (10[1]-5[1])(“pah-LAY duh zhoo-STEECE”). This city (-5[1])lends its name to a verb describing the wanton destruction (10[1])of historic buildings. (-5[1])This city claims (-5[1])to be home to the world’s first Art (-5[1])Nouveau building, (10[1])the (-5[1])Hôtel Tassel, (10[2]-5[1])which (10[1])was designed by Victor Horta. (10[2])Words such as (-5[1])“Gymnich” and “trilogues” are characteristic of a unique form of English spoken by non-native Eurocrats in this city’s Berlaymont Building. For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name this city (10[1])whose (10[1])European Quarter contains the administrative center of the EU. (10[1])■END■ (10[10])

ANSWER: Brussels [or Ville de Bruxelles; or Stad Brussel; accept Brusselization]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%33%114.58

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
John MarvinChicago BChicago A5910
Todd MaslykMichigan ANYU A6010
Michael MaysImperial AUC Berkeley B60-5
Sarod NoriCornell BIndiana A62-5
Clark SmithOhio State ACornell A7210
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AJohns Hopkins A75-5
Michał GerasimiukYale ADuke A78-5
Natan HoltzmanStanford AGeorgia Tech A86-5
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AMaryland A8810
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AColumbia A89-5
Grace LiuMIT ANorthwestern A91-5
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AGeorgia Tech B9110
Justin WytmarIllinois AClaremont A9110
Joseph ChambersVirginia ARutgers A9210
Ani PerumallaPenn State AMcGill A9710
Jisoo YooTexas AChicago C9710
Anson BernsBrown AFlorida A100-5
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard ANorth Carolina A12110
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AYale B12310
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BRutgers B12610
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AMinnesota A12710
Zane KierzykIndiana ACornell B13610
Graham CopeFlorida ABrown A13710
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AVanderbilt A13710
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AMIT A13710
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AStanford A13710
John John GrogerColumbia AUC Berkeley A13710
Conor ThompsonIowa State AWUSTL B13710
Benjamin WeinerMinnesota BColumbia B13710
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AHouston A13710
Steven YuanUC Berkeley BImperial A13710
Jacob EgolDuke AYale A13710