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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Anton Akroush (DII) | Michigan State A | Miami B (UG) | 31 | 10 |
Matthew Stall (DII) | CWRU B (DII) | Michigan D (UG) | 38 | -5 |
Alan Lee (UG) | CWRU A (UG) | Miami C (DII) | 39 | 10 |
Elijah Quan (DII) | Michigan C | Michigan State B | 39 | 10 |
Connor McClellan (UG) | Miami A (UG) | Ohio State A (UG) | 39 | 10 |
Adam Monusko (UG) | Michigan A (UG) | Ohio State C (DII) | 40 | 10 |
Beckett Gilmore (DII) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | West Virginia A (UG) | 56 | 10 |
Leo Tao (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | 61 | 10 |
Reed Sexton (UG) | Michigan D (UG) | CWRU B (DII) | 84 | 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 |