Question

A 1931 California Supreme Court decision condemning one of these areas paved the way for building Los Angeles’s Union Station and the 101 freeway. (-5[1])One of these areas in New York contained the headquarters of a “snakehead” operation that was busted in 2000. Against the wishes of boss (10[1])Abe Ruef, another of these areas was rebuilt with money from the Six Companies. A “bachelor’s society” of “paper sons” settled (10[1])in that one of these areas, (10[1])where Workingmen’s Party leader Denis Kearney (10[1])led riots in the 1870s. Gangs called tongs ran many businesses in these areas, which include a fast-growing locale in Flushing, Queens. For 10 points, (10[1])San Francisco is home to the US’s oldest (10[1])example (10[2])of what ethnic enclaves, home to many immigrants from Fújiàn (“foo-j’yen”) and Guǎngzhōu ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Chinatowns [or Tángrénjiē; or Tòhngyàhngāai; or Tang People Street; or Zhōngguóchéng; or Jūnggwoksìhng; or Huábù; or Wàhfauh; or Chinese district; accept Chinese neighborhoods; accept Little Taipei; accept Manhattan Chinatown or San Francisco Chinatown; prompt on neighborhoods; prompt on ethnic enclaves or slums until “ethnic enclaves” is read] (“Snakehead” is a general term for human trafficking organizations that bring Chinese people abroad.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)UNC C (UG)23-5
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)4710
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)UNC D (DII)6810
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)Maryland C (DII)7410
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII)UNC A (Grad)GWU B (Grad)8010
Brian Lai (DII)Virginia B (UG)JMU B (UG)10510
Derek Aldridge (DII)William & Mary A (UG)Liberty B (DII)11310
Evyn Keller (UG)GWU A (UG)Liberty A (Grad)11410
Munir Siddiqui (UG)Maryland B (UG)JMU A (UG)11410
Michael Eng (UG)UNC C (UG)Virginia C (UG)12710

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2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%74.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y9100%0%11%93.56
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota01/27/2024Y2100%0%0%79.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y6100%0%17%79.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers01/27/2024Y5100%0%20%87.80
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y5100%0%0%73.20