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This company faced accusations of anti-Chinese discrimination when staffers at a show in Shanghai were filmed refusing to give free ice cream to Chinese people. Zaha Hadid designed the central building of a factory complex meant to bring together blue-collar and white-collar employees of this company. This company’s K100 was the first motorcycle with an anti-lock braking system. (*) Ernst Henne achieved 76 land speed world records on motorcycles produced by this company, (-5[1])the last of which was on its 500 Kompressor racing motorcycle. This company built the engines on the first jet-powered aircraft, the Messerschmitt Me 262. This company’s aircraft engines were inspected by prisoners at Dachau. For 10 points, name this car company headquartered in Munich, (10[1])the manufacturer of the X3 and i8. (0[1])■END■

ANSWER: BMW [or Bavarian Motor Works, or Bayerische Motoren Werke]
<BW, European History>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Akshay SeetharamClaremontSGV Ventures71-5
Josh XuALCUJason et al.11610
Will AlstonSGV VenturesClaremont1240

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