world’s fairs - 2025 SHOW-ME Four

Packet 6: Tossup 3

During one of these events, light from the star Arcturus was said to have finally arrived from an earlier one in the same city 40 years previously. Patrick Eugene Prendergast shot Mayor Carter Harrison III at (15[1])one of these (15[1])events, (15[2]-5[1])which also featured Frederick Jackson Turner’s (15[1])lecture (15[1])on his Frontier Thesis. Leon Czolgosz (“chol-GOSH”) assassinated (15[1])President (15[1]-5[1])(*) McKinley (-5[1])at one of these events (10[1])in Buffalo. (10[2])The Louisiana Purchase’s centennial was celebrated with one of these events in St. Louis. (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2]-5[1])the “White City” and a Ferris (10[1])wheel were featured (10[1])at the (-5[1])1893 (10[2])Chicago (10[3])one of what global (10[1])exhibitions? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: world’s fairs [accept expositions; accept A Century of Progress International Exposition or 1933-1934 Chicago World’s Fair; accept World’s Columbian Exposition or 1893 Chicago World’s Fair; accept Pan-American Exposition or 1901 Buffalo World’s Fair; accept Louisiana Purchase Exposition or 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair]

<American History — Andrew Gao> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 6

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Christian Curtis	Detroit Catholic Central A	Chelsea	35	15
Siddhu Nagarajan	son toliver	Quaker Oats	38	15
Andersen Meisner	Detroit Catholic Central B	Troy B	39	-5
Chris Holder	ASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden)	Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament	39	15
Eli Musicar	Fremd Larpers	(not so) Evil Empire	39	15
Daniel Leung	Okemos A	Holt	45	15
Jade Dai	Bombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung Trio	ccny potato salad	46	15
Benjamin Edmunds	Utica Academy	Troy A	53	15
Joey Cox	Williamston	U of D Jesuit	54	-5
Carson Tidwell	Merrol Hyde A	Merrol Hyde B	54	15
Rochan Saireddy	POA	washed and braindead!!!	55	-5
Henry Sullivan	Traverse City Central A	Detroit Country Day A	60	10
Liam Mooney	USN B	Athens Bible School	62	10
John Watts	Portland High	Franklin Road Academy	62	10
Khoa Ta	Owensboro	Harpeth Hall	76	-5
Martin Arce	Taylor	Hillsdale Academy D	79	-5
David Pan	Detroit Catholic Central C	Okemos B	79	10
Jackson Green	USN A	USN C	79	10
Emma Raducha	New Buffalo A	New Boston Huron	85	10
Gabrielle Terkeurst	Rockford A	Hillsdale Academy B	88	10
Dom Reardon	Traverse City Central B	Detroit Country Day B	90	-5
Michael Wheeler	Grand Ledge	Hillsdale Academy A	91	10
Jay Foreback	DeWitt A	Hillsdale Academy C	91	10
Mason D'Lamater	White Cloud A	Coldwater	92	10
Callen Hakes	DeWitt B	Rockford B	92	10
Ahmad Abdelhak	Detroit Country Day B	Traverse City Central B	92	10
Aashika Gogineni	washed and braindead!!!	POA	96	10
James Elliott	White Cloud B	New Buffalo B	97	10
Siddharth Verma	Troy B	Detroit Catholic Central B	98	0
Iain Gaebler	Hillsdale Academy D	Taylor	98	0
George Plymale	U of D Jesuit	Williamston	98	10
Charlotte Mikos	Harpeth Hall	Owensboro	98	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
Rube Goldberg XIX	11/20/2025	✓	16	88%	19%	25%	78.43
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS	11/20/2025	✓	5	100%	80%	20%	51.60
SPOOKY IX	11/20/2025	✓	5	100%	20%	20%	71.00