Bonus
A 2022 environmental study by Denic-Roberts et al. revealed metabolic effects of the mass deployment of the toxic agent Corexit during this event. For 10 points each:
[10m] What largest oil spill in history occurred when a platform on the Macondo Prospect exploded in 2010?
ANSWER: Deepwater Horizon oil spill [accept BP oil spill or British Petroleum oil spill]
[10h] Along with BP and Transocean, this company was found responsible for the Deepwater Horizon explosion. During the Clinton administration, this company’s CEO was Dick Cheney.
ANSWER: Halliburton [or Halliburton Company]
[10e] The Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred two decades after the Exxon Valdez struck a reef off the coast of this state. The longest serving House Republican, Don Young, supported oil drilling in the Arctic in this largest US state.
ANSWER: Alaska
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 111 | 18.11 | 99% | 60% | 23% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 63% | 13% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 43% | 14% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 29% | 29% |
| Florida | US | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 12 | 20.00 | 100% | 58% | 42% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 57% | 29% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 100% | 58% | 8% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 56% | 22% |
| North | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 11 | 20.91 | 100% | 73% | 36% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 89% | 78% | 22% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 11 | 20.00 | 100% | 73% | 27% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |