Question

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. (-5[1])This company’s K100 was the first motorcycle with an anti-lock braking (-5[1])system. (*) Ernst Henne achieved 76 land speed world records on motorcycles produced by this company, 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 (-5[1])aircraft engines were inspected by prisoners at Dachau. For 10 points, name this car company headquartered (-5[1])in Munich, (10[2])the manufacturer (10[1])of the X3 and i8. (10[2]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: BMW [or Bavarian Motor Works, or Bayerische Motoren Werke]
<BW, European History>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Franklin WuToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaMcGill A45-5
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan ACarleton A56-5
Michael DuWaterloo AspidistraToronto Disband the Club 2k2498-5
Ethen SunToronto BOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom114-5
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicToronto A11610
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomToronto B11610
Xavier SpanoWaterloo ClozeMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii11810
Stefan MihaiCarleton AToronto Metropolitan A12410
Nick EdwardsMcGill AToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha1240
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto Disband the Club 2k24Waterloo Aspidistra12410

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