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This event’s organizers included Mary Brewster and Susanna White, the latter of whom had a son named Peregrine. Some historians hypothesized that a version of this event occurred 56 years earlier under the direction of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The 19th-century preacher Alexander Young may have coined the name for this event in his edition of Edward Winslow’s account. Since 1970, Cole’s Hill has been the site of an annual commemoration of this event known as the National Day of Mourning. The “myth” of this event was promoted (-5[1])by Sarah Josepha Hale, who campaigned for a holiday based on it tied to accounts featuring (-5[1])Samoset, Tisquantum, (10[1])and Massasoit. (10[2])For 10 points, name this 1621 harvest festival probably attended by 50 English settlers (10[2])and 90 Wampanoags (10[2])at Plymouth. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: First Thanksgiving [accept answers describing the feast or meal between the Pilgrims and Native Americans in 1621]
<Chicago A, American History>
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California2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%96.33
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%103.83
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%107.17
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%33%112.83
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%101.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%113.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%112.00
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%20%118.90

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Elliot CosnettOxford BImperial B87-5
Arya KarthikOxford ACambridge A103-5
Ben LaFondCambridge BCambridge C10510
Justin LeeImperial ALSE10710
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CSouthampton A10710
Nathan EasowManchesterSheffield12110
Harry CraneWarwick BDurham12110
Fahim AfzalCambridge DSouthampton B12410
James ByrneBristolWarwick A12410
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AOxford A12610
Louis CameronCambridge EOxford C12710
Joseph CollinsImperial BOxford B12710