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Round 12: Tossup 17

Two student activists in this city were executed by guillotine after being caught distributing leaflets by a janitor. The (10[1])Ceaușescu regime hired Carlos the Jackal to bomb the Radio Free Europe office in this city. A 1958 plane crash (-5[1])in this city killed eight Manchester United players. (-5[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 (-5[1])Hans and Sophie Scholl were leaders of the White Rose anti-war movement in this city. Edvard Beneš resigned in protest of an act of appeasement (10[1])issued in this city, where the Beer Hall Putsch had failed. For 10 points, (10[1])name this Bavarian city, the site (10[1])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
Joshua KochMichigan AOhio State A1810
Carter PisockyMichigan CCWRU A38-5
Anthony YinCWRU BMichigan State46-5
Rachel FanousMichigan BPittsburgh76-5
Jake MeltzerCWRU AMichigan C10110
Ariel FaederPittsburghMichigan B11510
Andrew HarmsMichigan StateCWRU B12110

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