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Many newspapers in this city documented the rat-catching exploits of the stray dogs Bummer and Lazarus. The “taxi dance (10[1])hall” and Terrific Street developed in this city’s Barbary Coast red-light district. In this city, William Eppelsheimer designed the Clay Street Hill Railroad. From 1900-1904, this city endured (10[1])the United States’s first bubonic plague epidemic. The “Sandlot,” located outside (10[1])this city’s hall, was the site of many Denis Kearney speeches. (10[1])The Palace Hotel burned down during a (10[1])natural (10[1])disaster in this city that led Frederick Funston to declare (10[1])martial law. Chinese (10[1])immigration (10[1])to the .S was controlled by the Angel Island station in this city’s bay. For 10 points, name this West Coast city which experienced a deadly 1906 earthquake. ■END■

ANSWER: San Francisco, California [accept SF]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cooper RohColumbia BYale B1810
Audrey ChoHaverfordVassar4610
Basha ShapiroBard ANYU B5710
Richard NiuCornell CYale A6810
Aiden DartleyRutgers ANYU A7510
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BPenn B7610
Austin GuoPrinceton ARowan A8610
John John GrogerColumbia APenn A8910
Jupiter DingPrinceton BYale C9010

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