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Round 1: Tossup 20

In this state, Charles Grandison Finney led the first university to graduate Black women. The Kirtland Temple is in this state, where in 1830, Lyman Beecher became president of its Lane Seminary and oversaw 1834 abolitionist debates. A former Shaker settlement in this state names (-5[1])its suburb of Shaker Heights. A young John Brown (10[1])moved to the Connecticut Western Reserve in this state, the easternmost in which public schools were created under the Northwest Ordinance. After Virginia, this state has produced the most U.S. Presidents. For (10[1])10 points, the Toledo War was fought (10[1])between Michigan and what state, where a Roman hero is the namesake of Cincinnati? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Ohio [or OH] (Charles Grandison Finney led Oberlin College.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Malcolm MeynMcGill CMcGill B44-5
Rebecca LiOttawa AMcGill E5310
Alden ThompsonCarleton AOttawa C8510
Kingsley ChenMcGill AOttawa D9210
Galen MuellerMcGill BMcGill C10710

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Northern CaliforniaMain✓4100%50%78.00
Southern CaliforniaMain✓7100%71%94.14
Eastern Canada (1)Main✓4100%25%84.25
FloridaMain✓4100%0%79.50
Great LakesMain✓10100%30%60.70
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain✓9100%22%71.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain✓11100%27%71.27
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain✓1100%0%62.00
MidwestMain✓9100%22%71.56
NorthMain✓4100%25%59.25
NortheastMain✓2100%0%51.50
PacificMain✓8100%13%61.00
South CentralMain✓6100%17%79.33
SoutheastMain✓1292%25%68.27
Upstate NYMain✓5100%0%58.20