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 for twenty-two straight days to honor the victims of a bombing in this city. (-5[1])A performance of Waiting (-5[1])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 (10[1])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. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Sarajevo
<Emmett Laurie, European History>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Evelina TcherniakRiceTexas C62-5
Jisoo YooTexas AOklahoma B66-5
Oliver WuOklahoma ATexas B10410
Christopher LloydOklahoma BTexas A13610
Owen GilroyTexas CRice13710

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