Question

According to legend, Alfred von Vacano (“AHL-fred foan FUH-kah-noh”) sold a variety of this good under the name “Viennese” before its name was changed because it sounded too “bourgeois.” Some people who sold this good were known as “kissers” because they kissed a cross when taking an oath not to steal. Production of a version of this good called samogon (“sam-uh-GOAN”) caused extreme (10[1])dry goods shortages. A country’s production of this good was curtailed after the death of Prince Olaf in Vilnius at the start of World War I, exacerbating hyperinflation. A monopoly on selling this good through the kabak system provided a third of state revenue (10[2])in the Russian Empire. (10[1])In a (10[1])yellow (10[1])Soviet (10[2])propaganda poster, (10[2])a man in a blue (10[2])suit (10[3])declines (10[1]-5[1])this good (10[3])by raising (10[1])his palm and declaring “nyet!” (10[1])A near-monopoly (10[1])on this good in Moscow was controlled by P. A. Smirnov. For 10 points, the sale of what good (10[1])was limited by Mikhail Gorbachev’s so-called “dry law”? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: alcohol [accept vodka, beer, wine, spirits, hard liquor, booze, moonshine, ethanol, or ethyl alcohol; prompt on drinks or beverages]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michał GerasimiukYale ABrown A5810
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AChicago A10210
Todd MaslykMichigan AVanderbilt A10210
Gio MazzeoVirginia APenn A10610
Justin HawkinsIndiana AColumbia A10810
Andrew SalijNorthwestern AChicago C10910
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BColumbia B11010
Dean Ah NowClaremont APenn State A11010
Grace LiuMIT AHarvard A11210
Shardul RaoMinnesota ANorth Carolina A11210
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley AToronto A11710
Eric WolfsbergStanford ADuke A11710
Connor MayersMaryland AChicago B11810
Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale BIowa State A11810
Jonathan TranCornell AWUSTL A11810
Dan NiCornell BTexas A11910
Halle FriedmanNYU AFlorida B119-5
Joelle SmartRutgers AIllinois A12110
Alan WuRutgers BMinnesota B12110
Leah HonsingerFlorida AOhio State A12110
Jack ObermanSouth Carolina AWUSTL B12310
John BroussardHouston AJohns Hopkins A12810
Kevin FanMcGill AGeorgia Tech B13010
Michael MaysImperial APurdue A14910
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BNYU A15810