Conflict over this resource led to William Prendergast’s treason trial, where his Quaker wife Mehitabel served as defense counsel and lobbied for his pardon. Protests over this resource caused “Big Thunder” Boughton’s arrest. A young Martin Van Buren’s legal practice represented those challenging monopolies over this resource. Up to 10,000 rebels dressed in calico summoned each other with tin dinner horns during a rebellion sparked by both a (*) “quarter sale” provision on this resource and the Panic of 1837. Kieft’s War ended systems like Zwaanendael and Pavonia used to manage this resource, which was often subject to the headright system. For 10 points, name this resource that the Dutch West India Company divided into patroonships. ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 12 | 100% | 17% | 42% | 96.92 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Brownstein | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | 42 | 15 |
| Nathaniel Hull | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | 53 | 15 |
| Isaac Kirk-Davidoff | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | 56 | -5 |
| Vivek Sasse | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | 76 | 10 |
| Charles Hang | It's not X, but... defenders | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | 81 | 10 |
| Cooper Roh | Halifax Shipping Services | The RAND Coöperation | 81 | -5 |
| Tejas Raje | BHSU B | Floridovician | 84 | -5 |
| Henry Atkins | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | Broken Socal Scene | 99 | -5 |
| Mike Bentley | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | Enjoying the Hole Experience | 105 | -5 |
| Kevin Peng | Please sir, may I have some morb? | Do re mi fa serving negs | 108 | 10 |
| Sky Li | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | BHSU X | 113 | 10 |
| Lou Leere | Big is moving to Evanston! | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | 115 | 10 |
| Tracy Mirkin | Floridovician | BHSU B | 115 | 10 |
| Aseem Keyal | Broken Socal Scene | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | 115 | 10 |
| Dan Ni | Enjoying the Hole Experience | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | 115 | 10 |
| Natan Holtzman | The RAND Coöperation | Halifax Shipping Services | 115 | 10 |
| Conor Thompson | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | 115 | 10 |