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Round 8: Tossup 17

Two student activists in this city were executed by guillotine after being caught distributing leaflets by a janitor. The Ceaușescu regime hired Carlos the Jackal to bomb the Radio Free Europe office in this city. A 1958 plane crash in this city killed eight Manchester United players. (10[1])Georg Elser carried out a failed assassination attempt during the anniversary of an event that took place in this city, whose perpetrator had been sent to Landsberg Prison. The siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl were leaders of the White Rose anti-war (10[1])movement in this city. Edvard Beneš resigned in protest of an act of appeasement issued in this city, where the Beer Hall Putsch had failed. For 10 points, name this (10[1])Bavarian city, the site of an agreement that ceded the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany. ■END■

ANSWER: Munich [or München]
<CJ, European History> | Packet H - Yale A, Ohio State C, Illinois C, Virginia Tech B, MIT A
= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Khanh NguyenFlorida CFlorida B4610
Nicholas NguyenFlorida ACentral Florida C8710
Alexander NicholasCentral Florida ACentral Florida B11710

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site✓3100%33%74.00
California (South)Main Site✓4100%50%94.25
CanadaMain Site✓12100%33%87.25
FloridaMain Site✓3100%0%83.33
Great LakesMain Site✓4100%75%88.75
MidwestMain Site✓8100%13%63.38
OverflowMain Site✓4100%25%77.75
South CentralMain Site✓2100%50%86.50
SoutheastMain Site✓8100%38%85.75
UKMain Site✓12100%25%65.67
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓8100%13%56.88
Upstate NYMain Site✓4100%50%63.75