Question

While CEO of Tele-Communication Inc, John C. Malone was given a nickname referencing this figure by Al Gore. The Fedayeen Saddam wore a uniform resembling this figure at the demand of Uday Hussein. During the parade for Humorina, the candidate for the Internet Party of Ukraine typically dresses up as this figure. After calling himself the “[this figure] of the administration,” Dick Cheney was lampooned as this figure on The Daily Show. Alexander Milov “decommunized” a statue of (*) Lenin in Odessa by replacing it with a statue of this figure. A grotesque of this (10[1])figure designed by Jay Hall Carpenter is included on the Washington National Cathedral in D.C. (10[1])Chopin’s (10[1])Marche funèbre and Holst’s Mars, Bringer of War were cited as inspirations for a “march” associated with this character, according to composer John Williams. For 10 points, name this Star Wars character who shocks Luke by stating “No, I am your father.” ■END■

ANSWER: Darth Vader [or Anakin Skywalker; prompt on Skywalker]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anderson WangA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?9310
Eve FleisigBerkeleynumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku10810
Taylor HarveyCry of the Common LoonStanford+10910

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%103.33
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%67%0%59.33
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%67%0%70.33
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%33%115.00