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A nurse named Alina relayed news of a strike in this city sparked by the firing of a woman over membership in the WZZW. A neo-socialist writer asked “Why Die for” [this city] (10[3])in an anti-war slogan published in a Parisian newspaper. In this city, a list of 21 demands made (10[1])by the Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee, or MKS, led to an agreement permitting politically independent (10[1])unions. At the start of one invasion, the Brownshirts aided local police in a fierce battle over this city’s Post Office. (10[1])At Versailles, a corridor of land west of this port city was granted to (10[1])a country led by Józef Piłsudski. (10[1])A 1980 strike in this city’s shipyards (10[1])led to the formation of Solidarity. For 10 points, a crisis over what “Free City” on the Baltic Sea was an immediate cause of the Nazi invasion of Poland? ■END■

ANSWER: Gdańsk [or the Free City of Danzig]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Zander Werner (DII)Virginia C (UG)GWU B (Grad)3210
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)JMU B (UG)3210
Aidan Casdin (UG)JMU A (UG)Virginia A (UG)3210
Meredie Cohen (DII)William & Mary A (UG)UNC A (Grad)5010
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)UNC B (UG)6410
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)8510
Jeffery Austin (DII)UNC D (DII)Duke A (UG)9910
Caleb Hines (DII)Liberty B (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)10510
Nathan Redford (DII)Liberty C (DII)Virginia B (UG)11210

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