Question

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 (10[1])a slot machine. That holder of this position (10[1])ordered (10[1])the arrests of Frank Costello and Lucky Luciano after winning an election on a Fusion ticket endorsed by Franklin (10[1])D. Roosevelt. (10[1])Jimmy Walker’s resignation weakened (10[1])Tammany Hall’s control of this position. (-5[1])For 10 points, Fiorello LaGuardia (10[1])held what position that governs the United States’ most populous city? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: mayor of New York City [accept mayor of NYC; prompt on mayor]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltWarwick A6610
Mikey BrownBirminghamBristol B6810
Andy HuffLSE ACambridge A7610
Omer KeskinOxford ADurham B7710
Justin LeeImperial ALSE B9610
Kai MadgwickManchesterSouthhampton B9810
Christian SherringtonSouthampton AImperial B10210
Benjamin WatsonOxford BCambridge C108-5
Piers MarchantCambridge DBristol A11310
Ian McDowellCambridge COxford B12510

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