Round 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 one of these events, which also featured Frederick Jackson Turner’s lecture on his Frontier Thesis. Leon Czolgosz (“chol-GOSH”) assassinated President (*) McKinley at one of these events in Buffalo. The Louisiana Purchase’s centennial was celebrated with one of these events in St. Louis. For 10 points, the “White City” and a Ferris wheel were featured at the 1893 Chicago one of what global exhibitions? ■END■
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
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
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 |