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This city’s night sky was described by James Parton as “hell with the lid off.” This city’s mayor Richard Caliguiri led it through a “Renaissance II” period of economic diversification in the 1980s, prompted by the decline of factories such as Edgar Thomson. This city was home to the legendary seven-foot-tall Croatian worker Joe Magarac. In a (emphasize) suburb of this city, Hugh O’Donnell led workers who shot leftover fireworks at a flotilla of landing barges, but governor Robert Pattison’s militia later broke up their strike. Today, this city’s Technology Center and SouthSide Works complexes are atop the sites of (10[1])old Jones and Laughlin (“LOFF-lin”) factories. During a strike near this city, Alexander Berkman tried to stab Henry Clay (10[2])Frick. For 10 points, the Homestead strike was near what city, home to Carnegie Steel and many other steel companies? ■END■

ANSWER: Pittsburgh [prompt on Homestead by asking “Homestead is a suburb of what city?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Emmett Bicknell (DII)CedarvilleKenyon9910
Roxanne Tang (UG)Ohio State AMichigan A11710
Mitchell IndekMichigan CMichigan B11710