Packet A: Bonus 13

A 1983 Navy SEAL operation in this country rescued Paul Scoon from house arrest. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country which was invaded by the U.S. in Operation Urgent Fury, six days after its prime minister Maurice Bishop was killed in a coup.
ANSWER: Grenada
[10e] The U.S. invasion expelled troops from this country and the Soviet Union from Grenada. CIA-trained exiles failed to overthrow this country’s dictator Fidel Castro in the Bay of Pigs invasion.
ANSWER: Cuba [or Republic of Cuba]
[10m] After the invasion of Grenada, the Joint Chiefs of Staff were elevated as principal advisors through a bill named for William Nichols and this senator. The “Daisy ad” targeted this Arizona Republican in 1964.
ANSWER: Barry Goldwater [or Barry Morris Goldwater; accept Goldwater–Nichols Act]
<Lancaster A, American History> | Packet A

HeardPPBE %M %H %
9621.56100%68%48%

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Northern CaliforniaMain420.00100%75%25%
Southern CaliforniaMain721.43100%71%43%
Eastern Canada (1)Main415.00100%25%25%
FloridaMain420.00100%75%25%
Great LakesMain1025.00100%80%70%
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain917.78100%56%22%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain1123.64100%82%55%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain110.00100%0%0%
MidwestMain920.00100%67%33%
NorthMain425.00100%75%75%
NortheastMain225.00100%50%100%
PacificMain823.75100%88%50%
South CentralMain620.00100%50%50%
SoutheastMain1224.17100%67%75%
Upstate NYMain518.00100%60%20%