Sentence:  The thrill of discovery quickly wore off. TV crews and reporters were soon scurrying frantically to satisfy the medium's insatiable appetite for novelty, sometimes achieving massive inanity instead. During coverage of the first great <WSD>banquet</WSD>, correspondents—who had not been given menus—variously described those little orange balls decorating the table's center as pomegranates, oranges or JellO. (They were actually North China tangerines.) 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A large celebratory meal; a feast.