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Internet evidence of a 1998 forced sale of this good by Mario Costeja González (“koss-TAY-hah gon-SAH-less”) led to a 2014 EU court case establishing the “right to be forgotten.” An industry focused (-5[1])on this good (-5[1])is governed by the “three red (-5[1])lines” (-5[1])policy based (-5[1])on a CCP (-5[1])principle that this good should “not (10[1])[be] for speculation.” (10[1])Country (-5[1])Garden (10[2])is a Chinese company (10[1]-5[1])that sells this good, (10[2]-5[1])as was the debt-plagued Evergrande. (10[6])Freddie Mac (-5[1])and Fannie (10[2])Mae (10[1]-5[1])are (10[1]-5[1])government (10[1])agencies (10[1]-5[1])intended to help (10[1])consumers purchase this good, (10[1])which buyers can receive further (-5[1])assistance purchasing from the FHA. For 10 points, Zillow’s (10[1])affordability (10[1])calculator (10[2])is used to estimate (10[1])down payments for mortgages (10[1])to buy what good? (10[1])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: real estate [or housing or houses or homes; accept “houses are for living, not for speculation;” prompt on property; prompt on land]
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Zaid AsifNYU AGeorge Mason A29-5
William KikerDartmouth AAmherst A32-5
Alan FanWashington SteelheadWashington Pink38-5
Alan ZhangBritish Columbia CBritish Columbia B39-5
Skand ParvatikarArizona State BWashington Sockeye41-5
Isabella JohanssonNYU CColumbia B44-5
Nathan ZhaoMaryland BMaryland A5010
Stephen OttewellToronto BMcMaster A5310
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis MozartMIT A54-5
David CiardellaVermont BTufts A5510
Logan Van PeltWashington CohoWashington Masu5510
Liam MarklandAlberta AArizona State A5910
Anya SrinivasanWashington AtlanticAlberta B59-5
Joe O'ConnorGeorge Mason BRutgers D6310
Ben SchindelmanVassar AJohns Hopkins6310
Ethan YoungWilliams ABrown A63-5
Magnolia Schnirman BarríaNYU BRutgers B6810
Ben SpirtasMaryland CRutgers A6810
Jackson PriceDartmouth BBoston College A6810
Anthony XuAmherst ADartmouth A6810
Taiki TakahashiDartmouth CHarvard6810
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AChipola College6810
Jack MarguilesStony BrookPenn70-5
Caedmon HollandLehigh BColumbia A7210
Alex GrigoriadesLehigh APrinceton7210
Christopher BradleySouthern Connecticut State University ATufts C73-5
Andy LiuBritish Columbia AWashington State7310
John ShellyRowanGeorge Mason C7410
David NickelPurdue AWashU Grizzlers74-5
George MatsumuraWashington ChumTexas7510
Ben MoweryVermont AUConn A76-5
Alex FormanCornell DRIT A7610
Akif IsmailWilliams CMIT B7910
Dylan TanouyeTufts BBrandeis Bach8310
Johnny MyersWilliams BBrown B88-5
Henry Rutherford-BraunBritish Columbia BBritish Columbia C9710
Hanson HunynhBoston University BBoston College B9810
Ezra SiegartelVassar BRutgers C9910
Malvin TsetseMIT ABrandeis Mozart9910
Jack MeyersBrown BWilliams B10310
Sam HewittWashU GrizzlersPurdue A10710
John HalsunUConn AVermont A11110
Neal TandonColumbia BNYU C11210
Jeremy KatenGeorge Mason ANYU A11210
Zachary LeblangPennStony Brook11210
Thomas NewillTufts CSouthern Connecticut State University A11210
Lucas GuanBrown AWilliams A11210
Simarya AhujaWashington SockeyeArizona State B11210
Luke SimonAlberta BWashington Atlantic11210
Helen NevesBoise StateWashington Chinook11210
Carson KesslerWashington PinkWashington Steelhead11210

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Eastern Canada (2)US1100%0%53.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS12100%25%80.42
MidwestUS1100%100%107.00
NortheastUS12100%50%88.00
PacificUS9100%44%89.67
SoutheastUS1100%0%68.00
Upstate NYUS1100%0%76.00