Question
This group recruited Joseph and Reuben Field due to their work in Bullitt’s salt lick, leading them to become two of the “Nine Young Men from Kentucky.” The locations of this group’s actions was able to be traced through mercury content in “bilious pills” that they consumed. Although Pierre Cruzatte mistakenly shot this group’s leader in the thigh, the only member of this group to die during their most famous action was Charles Floyd. This group brought on Toussaint Charbonneau as a translator. The slave York was a part of this group, with which he became the first African-American to see the Pacific Ocean. For 10 points, name this group that Thomas Jefferson commissioned to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. ■END■
ANSWER: Lewis and Clark Expedition [or the Corps of Discovery; accept descriptions of Lewis and Clark’s group]
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Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Aiden Dartley | Rutgers A | Cornell C | 40 | 10 |
Forrest Weintraub | Columbia A | NYU A | 44 | 10 |
Cooper Roh | Columbia B | Yale A | 67 | 10 |
Carter McLean | Princeton A | Penn A | 82 | 10 |
Andrew Minagar | Yale B | Haverford | 84 | 10 |
Mina Smith | NYU B | Princeton B | 114 | 10 |