Packet 5: Bonus 10
From 1819 to 1926, this city was ruled by four queens titled Begum, the last of whom attended George V’s coronation wearing a burqa covered in medals. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this city where in 1984, methyl isocyanate leaked from a pesticide plant, causing the deadliest industrial disaster in history.
ANSWER: Bhopal [accept Bhopal Disaster]
[10e] The Bhopal Disaster occurred during the tenure of Rajiv, an Indian prime minister with this surname, whose mother Indira declared the Emergency as PM in the 1970s.
ANSWER: Gandhi [accept Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi]
[10m] Rajiv Gandhi’s other scandals included taking kickbacks from Bofors, an arms company in this country from which North Korea swindled thousands of cars. This European country’s Folkhemmet social welfare system was championed by Olof Palme.
ANSWER: Sweden
<Editors, World History> | Packet E
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 119 | 19.58 | 98% | 66% | 32% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham B | Sheffield B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | HE |
| Durham C | Durham D | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Edinburgh C | Edinburgh A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Sheffield A | Edinburgh D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| York | Durham A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 57% | 43% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 60% | 80% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 24.44 | 100% | 78% | 67% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 17.27 | 100% | 55% | 18% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 100% | 78% | 33% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 89% | 67% | 33% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 78% | 22% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 88% | 38% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 18.33 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 60% | 20% |