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Round 3: Tossup 13

A burning one of these things is called a “baby-killer” in a piece of British World War I propaganda. (15[1])An April 1933 storm off of New Jersey killed 73 people when it destroyed one of these things, the Akron. A reporter for (15[1])WLS radio interviewed (15[1])Captain (15[1])Max Pruss in the aftermath of an event involving one of these vehicles, which the spire of the (*) Empire State Building was designed to accommodate. (10[1])While in Lakehurst, New Jersey, Herbert Morrison exclaimed “oh, the humanity!” when one of these vehicles crashed. A German count names, for 10 points, what aircraft like the Hindenburg which are similar to blimps? ■END■

ANSWER: zeppelins [or airships or dirigibles; accept Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin; reject “blimps”] (Blimps are a specific type of airship which lack a structural frame, unlike zeppelins which have one.)
<Other History — Sam Macchi> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 3
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Mkd VinodhFremd Larpersson toliver1815
Virinchi TataQuaker OatsPOA4115
Rohan Jain(not so) Evil Empirewashed and braindead!!!4415
Jade DaiBombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung TrioASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden)4515
Suchet KuturuCopilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournamentccny potato salad7010

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Rube Goldberg XIX11/20/2025✓1681%13%50%82.62
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS11/20/2025✓5100%80%0%43.60
SPOOKY IX11/20/2025✓560%40%60%65.67