Securities and Exchange Commission - 2024 Chicago Open

Question

In the intentionally cheesy video series “Office Hours,” the head of this agency explains topics in front of a plain gray wall intercut with bizarre stock footage and CGI graphics. A 7–2 opinion authored by Elena Kagan ruled in favor of Raymond Lucia that the Constitution’s Appointments Clause applies (-5[1])to some of this agency’s employees. A later case found that Texas radio host George Jarkesy (15[1])(“JARK-uh-see”) had been deprived (15[2])of his Seventh Amendment right to jury trial (15[1])by this agency’s powerful (*) administrative (10[1])law courts. In April 2024, this agency paused the implementation of its climate disclosure rules for public (-5[1])companies, which had drawn conservative ire. (-5[1])The crypto industry argues it should be regulated (10[2])by the CFTC, not (10[1])this agency, (10[1]-5[1])which sued Coinbase in 2023 for its “unregistered” services selling crypto. (10[1])For 10 points, Gary Gensler runs what agency created to regulate capital markets after the Great Depression? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Securities and Exchange Commission [or SEC]

<JK, Modern World>

= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Jerry Vinokurov	The Oldest Men in the World	Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer	48	-5
Matt Jackson	LMM's LLM MLM	I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)	64	15
Nikhil Desai	First Cause, First Cause, make me young!	Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy	67	15
Gareth Thorlakson	The Empire Bikes Back	Punished "Venom" BHSU	67	15
Corry Wang	genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet	var merchants	75	15
Emma Victoria Byron	NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)	There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see	80	10
Anwen Kelleher	NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)	when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything	97	-5
Adam Fine	sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone	A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence	103	-5
Naveed Chowdhury	Lisan al-Quib	AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH	111	10
Jason Shi	The Dyatlov Passement incident	BHSU B	111	10
Charles Hang	Les Missourables	The Jeam Team	115	10
Doug Simons	Lying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago	Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret	117	10
Caleb Kendrick	We Need New Names	it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown	117	-5
Rasheeq Azad	Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes	SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE	128	10
Ryan Rosenberg	A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence	sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone	145	10
Omkar Marathe	Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team	Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A	146	0
Swapnil Garg	it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown	We Need New Names	146	0
Conor Thompson	Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer	The Oldest Men in the World	146	10
Gautam Kandlikar	when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything	NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)	146	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 Chicago Open	07/28/2024	Y	15	87%	27%	27%	105.54