Question

In this city, conspirators wore white linen armbands and painted white crosses on their hats to recognize each other in the dark. This was the largest city where a poster appeared attacking the doctrine of transubstantiation during the Affair of the Placards. (-5[1])This city’s residents supported the Duke of Guise (“gheez”) in the Day of the Barricades. After converting to Catholicism, Henry of Navarre (10[1])allegedly (10[1])said this city (10[1])was (10[1])“well worth (10[1])a mass.” (10[2])In this city, Catherine de’ Medici and Charles IX ordered the killing of Huguenots in the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. For 10 points, kings like Louis XIV ruled from which city, (10[1])the capital of France? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Paris
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sam KonkelChicago APurdue A41-5
David NickelPurdue CNotre Dame B6210
Jonah HubertNotre Dame AChicago B6310
Azura GollamudiNorthwestern BSIUE6610
Sanika IyerIndianaNorthwestern A6710
Grace EarlyIowa AIllinois C6910
Sriram KoritalaIllinois ANotre Dame C7110
Conner YamnitzWashU AIllinois D7110
David ZhangIllinois BIowa B10210
Nitin MurthyPurdue AChicago A10710

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