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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Li | Duke B | James Madison A | 35 | -5 |
Antonio LaNave | Virginia Tech A | UNC B | 42 | 10 |
Derek Aldridge | William & Mary | Appalachian State B | 53 | 10 |
Max Khurzman | UNC A | UNC D | 56 | 10 |
Simon Burstein | Virginia | Duke A | 61 | 10 |
Cameron Wiliams | Appalachian State A | Virginia Tech B | 64 | 10 |
Miller Doerr | Liberty B | James Madison B | 69 | 10 |
John Gamble | NC State | UNC C | 69 | 10 |
Caleb Hines | Liberty A | Tusculum | 70 | 10 |
Carly Hemani | James Madison A | Duke B | 97 | 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 |