Question

In a poem, people with this profession sleep “in the plastering slime” before “the jolly old rain” arrives. One of these people “escapes down some profound dull tunnel” to see an “encumbered sleeper” in the poem “Strange Meeting.” (10[1])The speaker of a poem about these people describes “white eyes writhing” on “his hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin.” These people “saw sunset glow” before ending up where “poppies blow.” A poem about these (10[1])people (10[1])titled for a Horace quote describes “guttering” and “choking” after cries (10[1])of “Gas! Gas!” (10[4])For 10 points, (10[1])name these people memorialized in John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields” and Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est.” ■END■

ANSWER: WWI soldiers [accept anything involving a member of the military; accept specific ranks like general or captain; accept American, British, or Canadian soldiers; prompt on fighters or warriors or combatants] (The first line is “Counter-Attack” by Siegfried Sassoon.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Alec WestSyracuseCornell C3710
Madelyn StochajRIT CCornell G7410
Elizabeth LarkinCornell FCornell B7510
Michael GeCornell DBinghamton A8610
Kritanu SahaCornell AU of Rochester A8910
Riley ShermanESFPenn State8910
Tom ScheriRIT ABinghamton C8910
Chris ScheriRIT BCornell E8910
Spencer AhnU of Rochester BBinghamton B9210

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%0%80.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%11%74.67
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%0%81.71
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY14100%0%0%83.14
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%89.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%70.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%14%82.14
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%77.89