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In a poem, people with this profession sleep “in the plastering slime” before “the jolly old rain” arrives. One of these people “escapes down some profound dull tunnel” to see an “encumbered sleeper” in the poem “Strange Meeting.” (10[1])The speaker of a poem about these people describes “white eyes writhing” on “his hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin.” These people “saw sunset glow” before ending up where “poppies blow.” (10[1])A poem about these people (10[1])titled for a Horace quote describes “guttering” and “choking” after cries of “Gas! Gas!” (10[1])For 10 points, name (10[1])these people memorialized in John (-5[1])McCrae’s “In Flanders (10[1])Fields” and Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est.” ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: WWI soldiers [accept anything involving a member of the military; accept specific ranks like general or captain; accept American, British, or Canadian soldiers; prompt on fighters or warriors or combatants] (The first line is “Counter-Attack” by Siegfried Sassoon.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ethan Furman (DII)Penn A (DII)Columbia J (DII)3710
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)NYU A (UG)7010
Mary ScheidelFordham AColumbia B7510
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Rutgers A (UG)8910
Lucas Shedlock (UG)Princeton A (UG)Bard A (UG)9310
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BNYU B98-5
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Maryland B (DII)10110
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BRutgers B11010

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%0%80.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%11%74.67
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%0%81.71
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY14100%0%0%83.14
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%89.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%70.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%14%82.14
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%77.89