Question

This person ordered the dismantlement of Duddington Manor while its owner, Daniel Carroll, was absent obtaining a summons to prevent such an act. Peter Colt replaced this person when the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures fell into financial disarray. This person designed the badges used by the Society of the Cincinnati, as well as the engravings used to illustrate Baron von Steuben’s (“SHTOY-ben’s”) “Blue Book.” (-5[1])Alexander Hamilton (-5[1])tasked this person with harnessing water power in Paterson, New Jersey. This person planned an unfinished mansion for Robert Morris. The McMillan Plan sought to realize this (10[1])person’s original vision for a project that had been altered by Andrew Ellicott (10[2])to (10[1])straighten the diagonal (10[2]-5[1])Massachusetts (10[1])Avenue. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name (10[1])this (10[1])French-born (10[1])architect (10[3])who designed (10[1])a grid system for Washington, (10[2])DC. (10[1])■END■ (0[5])

ANSWER: Pierre Charles L’Enfant (“lawn-FAWN”) [or Peter Charles L’Enfant; accept L’Enfant Plan; reject “Enfant”]
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2483%0%13%113.50

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
James StevensonMichiganYale A63-5
Ben SterlingYale BClaremont Colleges65-5
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AMichigan9210
Matt JacksonChicago AWaterloo10510
Ashish SubramanianDukeVirginia10510
Sarod NoriCornell BChicago D10610
Aum MundheRutgersColumbia B10910
Andrew ZengStanfordNorth Carolina A10910
Neal JoshiWUSTL BToronto B109-5
Jakob MyersIndianaChicago B11010
Conor ThompsonIowa StateNorthwestern11110
Andrew KelleyKentuckyVanderbilt11110
Eve FleisigBerkeley AJohns Hopkins11410
Joel MilesMinnesota ATexas11510
Charles HangWUSTL ACornell A11610
Liam StarnesChicago CSouth Carolina11710
Arunn SankarGeorgia TechBrown11810
Nicolas EdwardsMcGillTruman State11810
Owen MimnoNYUToronto A11810
Anirudh BharadwajPennFlorida12010
Cooper RohColumbia APurdue12510
Ivvone ZhouNorth Carolina BHarvard12510
Dean Ah NowClaremont CollegesYale B12610
Connor MayersMarylandIllinois1270
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BMinnesota B1270
Ishan JoshiOttawaArizona State1270
Jaik HavlickArizona StateOttawa1270
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto BWUSTL B1270