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Round 7: Tossup 19

A factory for this material was constructed by Frederich Krupp in Essen. The firm Arthur McKee & Co was hired to design a factory for manufacturing this material in Magnitogorsk. The (15[1])London kontor of the Hanseatic league was named for this material. Production of this non-fuel material in Saarland and the Ruhr Valley was managed (-5[1])by an organization proposed by the Schuman Plan. (15[1])Henry (*) Bessemer (10[1])devised (10[1])a process (10[2])for removing (10[1])impurities during the production of this material. (10[1])This material and coal name a European “community” which preceded the EU. For 10 points, skyscrapers are often constructed from what (10[1])iron alloy? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: steel [accept the Steelyard; prompt on European Coal and Steel Community before “coal” and accept afterwards]
<European History — Sam Macchi> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 7
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Benjamin EdmundsUtica AcademyHillsdale Academy B3015
Ahmad AbdelhakDetroit Country Day BHillsdale Academy A54-5
Cole CampbellTroy AOkemos B6215
Michael WheelerGrand LedgeDetroit Catholic Central B6410
Ian HongOkemos AWhite Cloud A6510
Philip CalabreseDetroit Catholic Central ADeWitt A6710
Arthur Lijewski-LeeTraverse City Central AHillsdale Academy D6710
Seth LemmenWilliamstonChelsea6910
Advay PradhenTroy BRockford B7610
Ender MarchDeWitt BTraverse City Central B9710
Tim GaeblerHillsdale Academy ADetroit Country Day B10010
Grace SummersNew Buffalo AU of D Jesuit10010

Summary

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Rube Goldberg XIX11/20/2025✓1669%13%6%72.45
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS11/20/2025✓5100%100%0%28.40
SPOOKY IX11/20/2025✓5100%20%40%67.00