Packet 7: Bonus 3

These objects were used to make namesake dresses in rural America during the Great Depression. For 10 points each:
[10h] The George P. Plant Company produced popular varieties of what objects that they named “Gingham Girls”?
ANSWER: sacks [or bags; accept cloth sacks or cloth bags; accept cotton sacks or cotton bags; accept flour sacks or flour bags; accept feed sacks or feed sack dresses]
[10m] Feed sack dresses became more fashionable in rural areas due to the creation of pastel “Tint-Sax” bags by the Percy Kent Company in this city. Prior to his conviction for tax evasion, Tom Pendergast led a political machine in this city.
ANSWER: Kansas City [or KC]
[10e] The Great Depression led to the rise of apron-frock hybrid dresses nicknamed for this politician. This politician also nicknames shanty towns for the homeless built during the Depression.
ANSWER: Herbert Hoover [or Herbert Clark Hoover; accept Hoovervilles; accept “Hooverettes”]
<Editors, American History> | P. Playoffs 7 (Editors 7)

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British ColumbiaMIT0101020ME
BruinJohns Hopkins0101020ME
Chicago BBrown10101030HME
CornellNorthwestern B001010E
GeorgetownNorth Carolina0101020ME
Georgia Tech AVirginia0101020ME
Georgia Tech CMinnesota1001020HE
Illinois BMaryland B10101030HME
IndianaColumbia A0101020ME
Maryland AUC Berkeley B0101020ME
MichiganGeorgia Tech B1001020HE
NYU BStanford B10101030HME
Ohio StatePenn State0101020ME
RutgersColumbia B0101020ME
Stanford ANYU A0101020ME
SwarthmorePurdue001010E
TexasUCLA1001020HE
Toronto ANorthwestern A10101030HME
Toronto BIllinois A1001020HE
UC Berkeley AChicago A10101030HME
VanderbiltPittsburgh10101030HME
Virginia TechHarvard10101030HME
WashUCambridge10101030HME
WaterlooUCF0101020ME

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2422.50100%75%50%