Question

Note to players: Description acceptable. After participating in this action, one man composed the song “I am Going to the Lordy.” (10[1])James Parker tried to prevent a man from performing this action while standing in a queue for the Temple of Music. Emma Goldman was arrested for supposedly planning one instance of this action, and was ostracized (-5[1])after refusing to condemn it. After performing this action in a Washington D.C. (-5[1])railroad station, a man (-5[1])declared that (10[1])he was “a Stalwart of the Stalwarts.” For 10 points, (10[1])what criminal action was successfully performed by Charles Guiteau against James (10[2])Garfield (10[1]-5[1])and by Leon Czolgosz (10[2])(“chol-GOSH”) against William McKinley? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: assassinating the President of the United States [or equivalent descriptions like shooting the President or killing or murdering the President; accept assassination of James Garfield or assassination of William McKinley; prompt on assassinations or murders or shootings or equivalents]
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%44%86.22
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY989%0%22%66.88
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY786%0%43%82.83
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY14100%0%14%73.07
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%22%74.22
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%20.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%43%85.43
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%0%63.89

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joshua RafaeilCornell CSyracuse2010
Giuseppe PiccirilliBinghamton ACornell D56-5
Claire WangRIT CCornell G69-5
Chris ScheriRIT BCornell E73-5
Kritanu SahaCornell AU of Rochester A7510
Sam HofeckerPenn StateESF8510
Aaron SalitCornell ERIT B9610
Spencer AhnU of Rochester BBinghamton B9610
Brian HoffCornell BCornell F9710
Elijah O'Sick JohnsonBinghamton CRIT A97-5
Michael GeCornell DBinghamton A10110
Brian ChenCornell GRIT C10110
Danny CutbillRIT ABinghamton C10510