Packet 3: Bonus 12
The John Birch Society opposed this event, claiming that it was a plot to secretly celebrate the anniversary of Lenin’s birth. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this annual event, whose 1970 establishment was spurred on by the efforts of Gaylord Nelson and many “environmental teach-ins.”
ANSWER: Earth Day
[10h] The group ENACT organized a 1970 “environmental teach-in” at this university that put a car on trial. A speech delivered at this university described a place “where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods.”
ANSWER: University of Michigan [accept UMich] (The speech is Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” speech.)
[10m] For the first Earth Day, cartoonist Walt Kelly created a poster modifying a phrase beginning with these words to say “he is us.” These five words begin a report to William Henry Harrison after the defeat of Robert Barclay.
ANSWER: “We have met the enemy” [accept “We have met the enemy and they are ours”; accept “We have met the enemy and he is us”] (The report is from Oliver Hazard Perry following his victory at the Battle of Lake Erie.)
<UCLA, American History> | C. Prelims 3 - Cambridge + UCLA + Stanford B + Virginia
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 19.05 | 95% | 62% | 33% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia A | North Carolina | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Cornell | Waterloo | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Georgia Tech A | Chicago A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia Tech B | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech C | Bruin | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Indiana | Columbia B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
| Maryland A | MIT | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Minnesota | Penn State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| NYU A | Brown | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Northwestern A | Illinois B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern B | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| Pittsburgh | NYU B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | Michigan | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| Swarthmore | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Texas | Georgetown | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto A | Purdue | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto B | Chicago B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | British Columbia | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| UCF | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Vanderbilt | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| WashU | Ohio State | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 21 | 19.05 | 95% | 62% | 33% |