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This event’s perpetrator was imprisoned in Terezín, where he died of tuberculosis. (10[1])After this event, one city's Hotel Europa (10[1])was damaged in riots encouraged by Governor Oskar Potiorek (10[1])(“put-YOUR-ek”). One participant in this event failed to commit suicide after eating expired cyanide (10[2])and jumping (10[1])in a river that was only (-5[1])six inches (10[1])deep. The Salonika Trial persecuted leaders of the (10[1])organization behind this event, the Black Hand. (10[1])After the victim’s car stalled outside Moritz Schiller’s Delicatessen, Gavrilo Princip shot this event’s central figure. For 10 points, name this event where an Austrian archduke was killed, a leading short-term cause of World War I. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [accept any answers implying that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed; prompt on assassination; prompt on death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Owyn NoblePurdue BChicago A1110
Jiping FangIllinois AIowa A1810
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame APurdue A2710
Azura GollamudiNorthwestern BIllinois B4010
Sebastian PujetWashU AIndiana4010
Owen McCoyIllinois DNorthwestern A4210
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BNotre Dame C48-5
Waverly O'MalleyIowa BIllinois C5010
Danielle WebbSIUEChicago B5810
David NickelPurdue CWashU B6510
Max KoldaNotre Dame CNotre Dame B10210