Packet 8: Bonus 14
Attempts to prevent this event were damaged by Daily Mail editors refusing to call this event “a revolutionary move which can only succeed by destroying the government.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this event that began on the 3rd May 1926 and took place “in defence of miners.”
ANSWER: 1926 general strike [prompt on strike]
[10e] This editor of the British Gazette condemned the strike. This newspaper writer and former Chancellor of the Exchequer was Prime Minister during much of the Second World War.
ANSWER: Winston Churchill
[10h] Though this trade union leader coordinated the strike, he was unenthusiastic. This politician later founded an anti-Communist propaganda department in the government while serving as Clement Attlee’s Foreign Secretary.
ANSWER: Ernest Bevin
<Briticisers, European History> | Packet H
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 16.15 | 92% | 46% | 23% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham B | Durham A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Edinburgh A | Durham C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Sheffield A | Durham D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sheffield B | Edinburgh C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| York | Edinburgh B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 50% | 38% |