Question
In the prelude to this battle, a bombardment by the Lively was called off by Samuel Graves due to irritation at having been woken up. This battle’s initial frontal assault was led by John Pitcairn, who fell and died in his son’s arms. A general in this battle refused to take a strategically important “Neck” due to his belief that his forces would prevail regardless over a “rabble.” The initial stages of this battle were largely obscured by smoke from fires set in (*) Charlestown. This battle was prompted by Artemas Ward’s order to Israel Putnam to construct a redoubt in the aftermath of Henry Clinton and John Burgoyne’s arrival. During this battle, forces led by William Prescott inflicted a Pyrrhic victory on Thomas Gage. For 10 points, name this early Revolutionary War battle that was largely fought around Breed’s Hill. ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Gareth Thorlakson | Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | 94 | 10 |
Jack van Nostrand | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | 107 | -5 |
Henry Atkins | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | 108 | 10 |
Adrian Wong | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | 119 | -5 |
Jared He | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | 139 | 10 |
Stefan Vlad | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | 140 | 10 |
Erik Christensen | I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | 140 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 125.00 |
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 40% | 124.20 |
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 106.67 |
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 113.33 |
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 140.00 |