In 1912, the Toronto Daily Star promised $200 for doing this action the most times. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this action carried out over 500,000 times by teenager Beatrice White, which was meant to prevent disease in inner cities.
ANSWER: killing flies [or swatting flies; accept descriptive answers mentioning flies; prompt on more general terms like bugs or animals]
[10m] In America, Jean Dawson promoted anti-fly campaigns in this city to combat polio. In the 1960s, mayor Carl Stokes promised environmental cleanup after a fire in this city, which was also one of the sparks behind the EPA.
ANSWER: Cleveland (That was when the Cuyahoga was on fire.)
[10e] Flies were one of the Four Pests targeted under the orders of Mao Zedong during this campaign which aimed to quickly modernize China’s economy, but instead resulted in one of the deadliest famines in human history.
ANSWER: Great Leap Forward [or the Second Five Year Plan]
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