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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 (10[1])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 (10[1])planning one instance of this action, and was ostracized after refusing to condemn it. After performing this action in a Washington D.C. railroad station, (10[3]-5[1])a man declared that he was “a Stalwart of (10[1])the Stalwarts.” (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, what criminal action (10[1])was successfully performed by Charles (10[1])Guiteau (10[1])against James Garfield (10[1])and by Leon Czolgosz (“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

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Bharath RamGeorgia Tech ATennessee A2010
Cohen WiegersEmory AMississippi State A2210
Gannon RiceClemson ASouthern4710
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech CAlabama A7110
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech CAlabama A7110
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech CAlabama A7110
John McqueenSouth Carolina BEmory Oxford71-5
Varun VenkatagiriGeorgia AAuburn B8010
Anna HinkleGeorgia Tech BVanderbilt A8210
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AGeorgia Tech D82-5
Kabir ZamanSouth Carolina AGeorgia Tech E8210
John ShieldsClemson BFurman8810
Coy MierAuburn CTennessee B9310
Justin HetrickBelmontVanderbilt B9410
Ayan GuhaGeorgia Tech DAuburn A9710
Daniel ChenEmory OxfordSouth Carolina B10510