Question

Description Acceptable. Television footage of this event was culled into a three-hour documentary titled Videograms of a Revolution. The Letter of the Six was published in the leadup to this event. During this event, a speech at Palace Square was derailed when a chant about a leader “and the people” unexpectedly changed to that leader “the dictator.” This event was presaged by a truck and tractor worker strike two years earlier. After this event, an AIDS epidemic was revealed (-5[1])in its country’s overflowing (*) orphanages. This event began when protestors supporting Hungarian pastor László Tőkés (“toke-esh”) were fired on by soldiers in Timisoara. This event ended in (-5[1])a quick trial and execution of a leader and (-5[1])his wife on Christmas Day, 1989. For 10 points, name this event that overthrew the government (10[3])of Nicolae Ceaucescu. ■END■

ANSWER: Romanian Revolution [accept Christmas Revolution before mention; accept any answer indicating the fall or end of communism in Romania; accept answers mentioning the overthrow or execution of the Nikolai Ceacescu, Elena Ceaucescu, or the Ceacescus before mention]
<Emmett Laurie, European History>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vedant PatelDuke AUNC A78-5
Robert FreemanUSC AUNC C104-5
Jim FanUNC BUSC B113-5
Diego AlmarazUNC ADuke A12910
Jeffery AustinUNC CUSC A12910
Jeffery DeRomoUSC BUNC B12910

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2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%14%0%99.14
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y367%0%33%91.50
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