Question

People in this profession organized the “Monster Meeting” at Forest Creek. The chorus “one-a-pecker, Tuapeka” (“too-uh-peck-uh”) appears in a folk song commemorating people in this profession, many of whom settled in Dunedin, Otago. Members of this profession attacked (-5[1])Chinese coworkers at Burrangong and Lambing Flat. (10[1])People in this profession went on “fossicking” expeditions (10[1]-5[1])from the tent city of Canvas Town. Peter Lalor led (10[1])Ballarat (“bal-uh-RAT”) Reform League members in this profession into swearing allegiance to the Southern Cross. Dozens of people in this profession were killed defending the Eureka Stockade. Many people in this profession returned home (10[1])empty-handed from California (10[2])in 1849. For 10 points, name this profession whose members rushed to Victoria to extract a certain precious metal. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: gold mining [or gold panning or gold prospecting; accept fossicking before mention; prompt on mining by asking for what resource?”; prompt on migrants or immigrants or settlers or colonists]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anirudh BharadwajPenn APenn B36-5
Cooper RohColumbia BPrinceton A4310
Sam MacchiVassarColumbia A51-5
Jupiter DingPrinceton BYale A5110
Nathan ZhangCornell CRutgers B6110
Cyrus HodgsonBard ARowan A9410
Owen MimnoNYU ANYU B9710
Arjun BothraHaverfordYale C9710
Albert ZhangColumbia AVassar11710
Kaiden CareyPenn BPenn A11710

Summary

2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y8100%0%25%84.63