Question
After a politician in this city narrowly escaped a machine gun ambush, he declared that his attempted assassins “shoot like pigs.” The only of those assassins to escape was Georges Watin, who was also known as “The Lame Woman.” The electoral success of the UDR party ended a series of strikes in this city which saw the conclusion of the (*) Grenelle Accords. During those May 1968 riots, a head of state living in this city was forced to flee to West Germany. That head of state faced an assassination attempt by the OAS in this city for his stance on Algerian independence. For 10 points, name this city on the Seine from which the French Fifth Republic is governed. ■END■
ANSWER: Paris, France
<AG, European History>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Reilly Melville | Purdue C | Ohio State A | 20 | -5 |
Henry Cafaro | Chicago B | Ohio State B | 41 | 15 |
Quynh Phung | Purdue A | SIUE B | 61 | 10 |
Danielle Webb | SIUE A | Michigan B | 73 | 10 |
Nermeen Rahman | Chicago C | Missouri | 81 | 10 |
Subhamitra Banerjee Roychoudhury | Michigan A | WUSTL | 101 | 10 |
Simon Zimmerman | Ohio State A | Purdue C | 101 | 10 |
Max Hodes | Chicago D | Ohio State C | 102 | 10 |
Robert Condron | Chicago A | Purdue B | 107 | 10 |
Summary
2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 104.75 |
2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0.00 |
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 100% | 13% | 13% | 83.38 |