Question

Note to players: description acceptable.In one portion of this record, a game between Dallas and Washington can be heard, as well as a man’s voice repeating the phrase “Hit it!” In this record, a voice claims that China has an “inbred” idea that “if you have the correct principles, you can dominate the world.” One portion of this record declares “That is the thing!”, calling for “Courage, boldness, (-5[2])guts!” and a lengthy portion of (*) buzzing in this record was allegedly created via a certain “stretch” (10[1])technique. (10[1])In one version of this record, an order to say “I can’t recall” was changed to a suggestion, and terms like “damn” and “hell” were replaced with the phrase “expletive deleted”. The “Smoking Gun” portion of this record features Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman discussing covering up a break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters with the President. For 10 points, name this audio record of conversations held by the 37th President of the United States. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Nixon tapes [or Watergate tapes; or White House tapes; accept anything that mentions Nixon and recordings in either tape or transcript form]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Shardul RaoOur Job is BuzzJeff Weiner Fan Club67-5
Danny VopavaWeird Klaus BarbieBHSU67-5
Conor ThompsondoubleplusnegfivePalestrina Sawayama8410
Rob CarsonBHSUWeird Klaus Barbie8510
Blake AndertJeff Weiner Fan ClubOur Job is Buzz16210

Summary

2023 UMN COOT08/19/2023Y3100%0%67%110.33