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 Minor (15[2])for twenty-two straight days to honor the victims of a bombing (-5[1])in this city. (15[1])A performance of Waiting for Godot was directed in this city by Susan (*) Sontag during a conflict (-5[1])that left concrete scars (10[1])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■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Sarajevo
<Emmett Laurie, European History>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
William GrogerColumbia BUMD B4815
Caleb KendrickUMD APitt4815
Aum MundheRutgersCornell B59-5
Raymond WangCornell ARIT6215
Owen MimnoNYUSwarthmore79-5
Cooper RohColumbia AJHU A8310
Richard NiuCornell BRutgers13710
Ben RotkoSwarthmoreNYU13710

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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
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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