Question
A man best known for an action performed at one of these events recounted it in his autobiography Silent Gesture. Students chanted “We don’t want [these events], we want revolution!” while protesting one of these events, leading to the Tlatelolco massacre. During one of these events, a man codenamed “Issa” led terrorists from militant group Black September, and took Israeli participants hostage in an attack known as the Munich Massacre. John Carlos and Tommie Smith each raised a gloved fist in a “Black Power salute” while on the podium for the 200m sprint at one of these events. For 10 points, name these quadrennial athletic competitions overseen by the IOC. ■END■
ANSWER: Summer Olympic Games [or Summer Olympics; accept 1968 Mexico City Olympics; or 1972 Munich Olympics; prompt on sports event; anti-prompt on track and field race by asking “As part of what sort of broader athletic event?”, reject “Winter Olympics”]
<World History>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aksel Malatak | Syracuse | Cornell E | 47 | -5 |
Owen Linder | Binghamton A | Cornell C | 59 | 10 |
Brian Chen | Cornell G | Binghamton C | 60 | 10 |
Michael Ge | Cornell D | RIT B | 61 | 10 |
Brian Hoff | Cornell B | ESF | 61 | 10 |
Deric Wagner | Binghamton B | RIT C | 61 | 10 |
Pierce DeCain | Cornell F | U of Rochester A | 64 | 10 |
Annabelle Ford | Cornell A | Penn State | 69 | 10 |
Sammy Carstens | U of Rochester B | RIT A | 73 | 10 |
Vincent Misterkiewicz | Cornell E | Syracuse | 110 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 68.67 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 48.63 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 100% | 0% | 8% | 62.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 64.56 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 62.80 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 54.56 |