Question

A speech delivered in this city likened the speaker to an “infamous cloak, used to hide and cover over every kind of malice and tyranny.” The moneylender Minna was one of at least 800 Jews massacred in this city by followers of Count Emicho. (-5[1])The First Council of the Lateran was convened following an agreement in this city that instituted canonical elections. An edict named for this city was temporarily suspended by the Diet of (*) Speyer. While returning from this city, a staged kidnapping allowed a condemned heretic to take refuge in Wartburg Castle under Frederick the Wise’s protection. (-5[1])Calixtus II and Henry V ended the Investiture Controversy (-5[1])through a concordat in this city. When asked to recant at a meeting in this city, a religious reformer (10[1])claimed “here I stand. (10[1])I cannot do otherwise.” For 10 points, a 1521 diet at what German city condemned Martin Luther? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Worms [accept the Diet of Worms; accept the Edict of Worms; accept the Concordat of Worms; accept the Worms massacre] (The speech in the first line is the “Here I Stand” speech.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Gareth ThorlaksonSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 43-5
Mattias EhatammYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha98-5
Micah ColmanTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Kenas rational as the square root of two power bottoms107-5
Jason RohfritschRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange12610
Colin VeeversCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere13010
Joey SunModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit14710
Stefan Vladas rational as the square root of two power bottomsTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken14810
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut14810

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