Question

A poem titled for this profession claims “that Iago motherfucker will have to answer ... / for this small-handed-wrinkle / in this bumboclaat wrap in time” and is by Staceyann Chin. Another poem imagines a person in this profession “who grew up in a place so saturated with toxic waste that they didn’t have a choice about getting leukemia.” In a 2016 viral video, Mykki Blanco recited a Zoe Leonard poem titled for this job that was inspired by an announcement made by Eileen Myles. A man with this job joins (*) “Hercules’ cult to Mammon’s” in a poem describing (10[1])“a deep tremor / through the enormous vertebrae of the Andes.” A man with this job is called a “professor of energy” in a poem that claims he “is missing one thing: God!” For 10 points, Rubén Darío critiqued imperialism in a poem addressed to a holder of what political position? ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: presidents of the United States of America [or POTUS or equivalents; accept “Not My President” or “I want a president” or “I want a dyke for president”; prompt on American politician]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jaimie CarlsonLabour's Lost LoversClark A9910
Mason YuJason LoversClark B15110
Derek FinoClark BJason Lovers1510
Juliet MayerTriple Round Robin LoversJeffrey and Dahmers15110
Jeffrey FungJeffrey and DahmersTriple Round Robin Lovers1510

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y6100%50%0%102.33
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y6100%33%17%111.50
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%0%126.00
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y3100%0%0%133.67
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%50%0%100.50
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y4100%50%0%92.50