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William Weeks introduced motifs for these buildings like the inverted pentagram and an ascending pattern of moon, sun, and star stones. In 1911, Gisbert Bossard and Max Florence took illicit photos of one of these buildings in a failed blackmail attempt. A ceremony held in these buildings sees four tokens exchanged through a veil, including the (15[1])“patriarchal grip” or “Sure Sign of the (*) Nail.” Sealing rooms are found in these (10[1])buildings, where people carrying a gold-striped card called a “recommend” can witness ordinances like eternal (10[1])marriage. After an endowment ceremony, people who enter these locations must wear a (10[1])namesake white undergarment. For (10[1])10 points, a golden statue of the angel Moroni often tops the spires of what holy buildings in a religion founded by Joseph Smith? ■END■

ANSWER: Mormon temples [or Latter Day Saints temples or LDS temples; accept Mormon churches or Latter Day Saints churches or LDS churches; prompt on temples or churches by asking “in what religion?”; reject“meetinghouses”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Conor ThompsonIowa StateVassar5615
Roan DowlingIowaMichigan B7010
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichigan AMichigan C8510
Teigue KellyPenn State APenn State B9810
Roxanne TangOhio StateOhio10310

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2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y3100%0%0%104.67
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y5100%20%0%82.40
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%67%102.00