Question

A company originally founded to produce this good opened the first tearoom in the UK, the ABC Tea Shop. One more recent innovation in the production of this good was the Chorleywood process, which greatly decreased the time required for an early stage of its manufacture. A 1951 mass poisoning in Pont-Saint-Esprit was blamed on “cursed [this good].” During the siege of Madrid, Francoist forces bombarded the city with this foodstuff, an event mirrored in the film El Cid. (-5[1])It’s not milk, but during World War II, calcium and iron were added to the (*) National [this foodstuff] to aid nutrition. A Ridley Scott directed advertisement for this foodstuff, which was voted as Britain’s Favourite Commercial in 2006, is sometimes titled ■END■

ANSWER: bread [accept any type of bread or loaf, also accept Aerated Bread Company; prompt on grain, wheat, rye, barley, or flour by asking “what was the final product those were made into?”]
= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Davis Everson-RoseWeird Klaus BarbiePalestrina Sawayama78-5
Andrew HartBHSUOur Job is Buzz13610
Seth KendalldoubleplusnegfiveJeff Weiner Fan Club13610
Mia McGillPalestrina SawayamaWeird Klaus Barbie1360

Summary

2023 UMN COOT08/19/2023Y367%0%33%136.00