Draconian measures instituted in this state in 1995 by Rob Perry are described in the foreword to Georgelle Hirliman’s book The Hate Factory, which chronicled an event that was also the subject of Roger Morris’s The Devil’s Butcher Shop. This state’s governors Jerry Apodaca and Bruce King were named defendants in a suit that resulted in a sweeping consent decree. In 1980, at least 33 inmates died at this state’s namesake (*) penitentiary after appalling conditions sparked the most violent US prison riot. In this state, Governor Bill Richardson worked with Richard Branson to build the commercial Spaceport America. A governor of this state was later selected as the Libertarian 2012 and 2016 Presidential candidate. For 10 points, name this gubernatorial home of Gary Johnson and the site of the Trinity nuclear test. ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 10 | 100% | 10% | 20% | 92.00 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naveed Chowdhury | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | 70 | 15 |
| Matt Lafer | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | 71 | 10 |
| Stephen Walsh | Do re mi fa serving negs | BHSU B | 81 | -5 |
| Michael Coates | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | Big is moving to Evanston! | 89 | 10 |
| Alexander Nero | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | The RAND Coöperation | 91 | 10 |
| Eric Mukherjee | Floridovician | Broken Socal Scene | 91 | 10 |
| Charles Hang | It's not X, but... defenders | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | 91 | 10 |
| Doug Simons | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | Enjoying the Hole Experience | 91 | 10 |
| Will Alston | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | 96 | 10 |
| Tejas Raje | BHSU B | Do re mi fa serving negs | 98 | 10 |
| Aaron Zhou | Please sir, may I have some morb? | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | 109 | -5 |
| Swapnil Garg | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | Please sir, may I have some morb? | 132 | 10 |