Question

A Quaker producer of this good named Elias Bockett published the satirical poem (*) "Blunt to Walpole" in response to the passage of a law taxing its production. The puss and mew was a device that gave customers this good after they inserted coins into a mounted statue of a cat. A tract by Thomas Wilson against this good was cited as a contributor to crime in An Enquiry Into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers by Henry Fielding. A “craze” named for this good originated when William of Orange introduced jenever from Holland. William Hogarth created a print of a “lane” named for this good blaming it for society’s ills, contrasted with the wholesomeness of beer. For 10 points, name this juniper-flavored distilled spirit popular in 18th-century London, later combined into a popular cocktail with tonic water. ■END■

ANSWER: gin [accept Gin Craze; accept Gin Lane; prompt on alcohol or liquor or spirits]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, European History>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Moses KitakuleColumbiaJHU A86-5
Austin GuoPrincetonJHU B92-5
Eshan PantNYU ANYU B10610
Sinecio MoralesJHU AColumbia10710
Elizabeth JewlalJHU BPrinceton13910

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%33%33%102.33
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%100%139.00
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%0%100%135.25
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%60%0%65.60
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%100%138.00
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%67%117.33
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y475%0%75%126.33
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%13%75%114.13
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%50%0%62.50