Question

This location developed rapidly after John McKane arranged a price of 1,500 dollars for property worth over 100,000 dollars, which was happily paid by railroad magnate Austin Corbin. Abe “Kid Twist” Reles (“RELL-iss”) suspiciously died after falling out a window at this location’s Half Moon Hotel. After the St. Louis World’s Fair, Truman Hunt moved his Igorrote (“ee-goh-ROHT”) human zoo to this location. (10[1])A man with a center hair part and an unnaturally wide smile symbolized this location as a “funny face” (10[1])logo nicknamed (10[1])“Tillie.” (10[1])Topsy (-5[1])the elephant (10[1]-5[2])was electrocuted (10[1]-5[1])for (-5[1])publicity (10[2]-5[2])in this location, (10[2]-5[2])where George Tilyou’s (10[1]-5[1])design of (10[1])Steeplechase Park inspired competitors like Dreamland and Luna Park. While working in this location, Charles Feltman invented the hot dog. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, America’s first roller coaster, the Switchback Railway, was built in what Brooklyn neighborhood? (10[2])■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: Coney Island [accept Luna Park, Steeplechase Park, or Dreamland until “Steeplechase” is read; accept Brighton Beach; accept Gravesend; accept Sea Gate; prompt on Brooklyn or NYC or New York City until “Brooklyn” is read]
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2496%0%42%107.26

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Wenying WuToronto AMaryland6010
Ben SterlingYale BVirginia7910
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUMichigan8110
Jack RadoColumbia BWUSTL B8210
Henry CafaroChicago BWaterloo83-5
Matthew SiffYale ABerkeley A8510
David BassJohns HopkinsIowa State85-5
Cooper RohColumbia ATexas85-5
Andrew ZengStanfordMinnesota A8710
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BTruman State87-5
Matt JacksonChicago ACornell A88-5
Arunn SankarGeorgia TechIllinois89-5
Liam StarnesChicago CVanderbilt8910
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AWUSTL A89-5
Anirudh BharadwajPennOttawa8910
Eric GunterNorth Carolina BCornell B92-5
Andrew KelleyKentuckyHarvard92-5
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth CarolinaMcGill9210
Kevin ParkClaremont CollegesArizona State9210
Andrew SalijNorthwesternBrown9510
Graham CopeFloridaRutgers95-5
Jakob MyersIndianaPurdue9710
Ashish SubramanianDukeToronto B11710
William HoustonChicago DMinnesota B11810
Mark TawfikRutgersFlorida13310
Justin WytmarIllinoisGeorgia Tech13310
Jeffrey FungHarvardKentucky13410
Conor ThompsonIowa StateJohns Hopkins13410
Raymond WangCornell AChicago A13410
Matthew LehmannWUSTL ANorth Carolina A13410
Mitchell ShaddenTexasColumbia A13410
Fred GarveyTruman StateBerkeley B13410
Michael DuWaterlooChicago B13410