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A leader in this industry’s debt to the Waldorf Astoria owner caused his Wardenclyffe Tower to be blown up for scrap. Citizens of Schenectady legendarily came up with an extra $7,500 to lure a titan in this industry, (-5[1])who spent his later years searching for a domestic source of rubber in the Everglades. (-5[1])A company in this industry developed a two-part “stopper” product to fulfill a contract with the (-5[1])Chicago’s World Fair, which displayed its (*) “Egg of Columbus.” Tensions in this industry were raised by William Kemmler’s botched execution. A pioneer of this industry ran an “Invention Factory” (10[1])that contained early phonograph prototypes and backed a “direct” system over his rival’s “alternating” design. (10[1])For 10 points, George Westinghouse feuded in what industry’s “war of the currents” with Thomas Edison? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: electrical industry [or electric power industry or electric generation industry; prompt on power industry or power generation industry]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Akshar GoyalIllinois OrangeSIUE37-5
Andrew WangIllinois BlueNotre Dame52-5
Owyn NoblePurdue BChicago A68-5
Kennedy GallaherNotre DameIllinois Blue9710
William HoustonChicago BPurdue A11210
Logan MathisSIUEIllinois Orange12810
John MarvinChicago APurdue B12910

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