Question

At the first of these events, one politician claimed that another could “prove a horse chestnut to be a chestnut horse.” Prior to one of these events in Charleston, spectators held up a large banner reading “Negro Equality,” which showed a white man, a Black woman, and a mixed-race child. Harry Jaffa (15[1])wrote a 1959 book arguing that these events marked a revival (15[1])of the Socratic tradition. (15[1])A participant in these events described another’s ideas as “thin as a (*) homeopathic (10[1])soup made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that starved to death.” Pitman (-5[1])shorthand allowed reporters to cover these events, (10[1])which started in a non-Canadian Ottawa and ended in Alton. (10[1])At the second one of these events, (10[1])a participant presented (10[1])his Freeport Doctrine. For 10 points, name these seven 1859 debates that pitted an incumbent Illinois senator against his (10[1])Republican challenger. ■END■

ANSWER: Lincoln–Douglas debates [accept equivalent descriptions that mention both Stephen Douglas AND Abraham Lincoln; prompt on partial answers]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt JacksonThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too5115
Aseem KeyalThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubTeam Name Think Detail6215
Will AlstonCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!Evans Hall destruction awaiters6615
Paul KasińskiThe CanadiansI would prefer not to7910
Cole HartungI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleQuasicrystal Silence93-5
Ned TagtmeierIn Search of Things Pastwave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp10010
Jaskaran SinghRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grillremembrance of lost time11010
Tejas RajeBHSUTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness11710
Andrew WangThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)Hang et al., Robert Browning12010
Doug SimonsQuasicrystal SilenceI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble13910

Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%33%11%93.78