Packet 15: 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
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 96 | 21.56 | 100% | 68% | 48% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston University B | Southern Connecticut State University A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | HE |
| Tufts A | Williams A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 21.43 | 100% | 71% | 43% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 25.00 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 56% | 22% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 11 | 23.64 | 100% | 82% | 55% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 50% | 100% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 23.75 | 100% | 88% | 50% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 24.17 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |