Question

Chris Leslie trained this city’s “Camera Kids,” a group of orphans who took black and white photos of it after a conflict. 825 rows of empty red chairs were set up leading to this city’s Eternal Flame monument to commemorate a conflict. A cellist played Adagio in G (15[1])Minor for twenty-two straight days (15[2])to honor the victims (15[1])of a bombing in this city. A performance of Waiting for Godot was directed in this city by Susan (*) Sontag during a conflict that left concrete scars from mortar explosions that were filled with red resin to make its namesake “roses.” Two massacres occurred at this city’s Markale marketplace. Signs reading “pazi,” or “watch out,” lined this city’s Sniper Alley during a conflict ended by the Dayton Accords. For 10 points, name this capital city besieged during the Bosnian War. ■END■

ANSWER: Sarajevo
<Emmett Laurie, European History>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto WearyLa Clique du Château4715
Michael DuWaterloo HatsuneMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, Adrian5215
Ben WismathToronto JoyWaterloo Miku5215
Jason ZhangToronto RoflLibrary of Babel School of Continuing Studies5615

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%33%67%111.67
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y6100%50%33%85.83
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%100%0%49.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%67%125.67
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%80%0%59.20
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%100%0%51.75
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y4100%50%0%85.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%94.00