Question
A statue memorializing victims of this event as a figure with an outstretched hand was hit by a runaway streetcar in 1927. Balthazar Rau claimed that the German word “Ruhe” (“ROO-uh”) was a codeword during this event, whose aftermath involved the arrest and suicide of Louis Lingg. Pastor Samuel Fielden spoke at an open wagon before this event. Three men convicted after this event were pardoned by John Peter Altgeld. August Spies (“spees”) and Albert Parsons were among the four anarchists executed after this event for the murder of Mathias Degan, a police officer who died from a homemade bomb. For 10 points, McCormick workers striking for an eight-hour work day began what 1886 riot in Chicago? ■END■
ANSWER: Haymarket Riot [or the Haymarket Affair or the Haymarket Massacre or the Haymarket Incident; accept the Haymarket Square Riot]
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= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Cooper Roh | Columbia B | Columbia A | 45 | 10 |
Alex Moon | Penn A | Rowan A | 47 | 10 |
Andrew Minagar | Yale B | Penn B | 49 | 10 |
Karsten Rynearson | Yale A | Rutgers A | 60 | 10 |
Simon Emmanuel | Rutgers B | Yale C | 69 | 10 |
Carter McLean | Princeton A | Haverford | 79 | 10 |
Max Hausler | Vassar | NYU B | 102 | 10 |
Owen Mimno | NYU A | Cornell C | 114 | 10 |
Jupiter Ding | Princeton B | Bard A | 115 | 10 |