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One holder of this office replaced a police commissioner with a state banking commissioner to ensure that Prohibition would not be enforced. Samuel Seabury led the Hofstadter Committee to investigate the corruption of one holder of this office, who called bribes “beneficence.” In an anti-crime campaign, another holder of this position claimed that he would “drive the bums out of town” before being photographed using a sledgehammer (10[1])to destroy a slot machine. (10[3]-5[1])That holder of this position ordered the arrests of Frank Costello and Lucky Luciano after winning an election on a Fusion ticket endorsed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Jimmy Walker’s resignation weakened Tammany Hall’s (-5[1])control of this (10[1])position. (-5[1])For 10 points, Fiorello LaGuardia (10[1])held what position that governs the United States’ most populous city? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: mayor of New York City [accept mayor of NYC; prompt on mayor]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Roan DowlingIowaTexas C6610
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL AVassar A7110
Bryce Cruise (D2)Texas AArkansas71-5
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (D2)NYU AOregon State7110
Owen Arneson (D2)MissouriMcGill E7110
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BColorado College104-5
Owen Gilroy (D2)Texas BVassar B10710
Mitchell Hackett (D2)Central OklahomaTexas D108-5
Luca Balescu (D2)Texas DCentral Oklahoma11310
Aaron Garcia (UG)ArkansasTexas A12510
Jacob Tow (UG)Colorado CollegeNYU B12510