Question
As a CEO, Torkild Rieber violated Franklin Roosevelt’s neutrality policy to supply this good to Franco at cut-rate prices during the Spanish Civil War. The U.S. and Britain sought to prevent Spain from selling tungsten to Nazi Germany by restricting sales of this good to Spain. At a 1945 meeting onboard the USS Quincy, FDR struck a deal to gain access to this resource. During World War II, the Big Inch and Little Big Inch were created to transport this good across the U.S. The failed (*) Operation Tidal Wave bombed production centers of this good in Ploiești (plo-YESHT), Romania. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and conquest of Borneo were driven by a U.S. embargo on this good, which is extracted in Brunei. For 10 points, name this fossil fuel sold by companies like Texaco. ■END■
Summary
2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 67.00 |
2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 75.00 |
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 96.00 |
2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 100% | 25% | 25% | 95.75 |
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 78.50 |
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 121.00 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Stevie Miller | Maryland A | Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery | 15 | 15 |
Mike Bentley | Amartya Senpai Notice Me | WUSTL | 17 | 15 |
Jordan Brownstein | Maryland B- | Michigan | 22 | 15 |
Matt Jackson | Chicago A | Purdue | 57 | 15 |
James | Magisters Ludi | Oxford Hornets | 60 | 15 |
Jonathan Tran | Hutto Hippos | Cornell B- | 62 | 15 |
Hari Parameswaran | It's Joever | Berkeley B | 63 | 15 |
Michael Du | The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | Cameron et al. | 63 | -5 |
Ryan Sun | Berkeley A | Stanford A | 67 | -5 |
Amogh Kulkarni | Cornell C++ | Dr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq | 90 | -5 |
Stephen Liu | [Insert Lawyer Joke Here] | Stanford B | 92 | 10 |
Mike Cheyne | Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang | Houston and friends | 93 | 10 |
Chris Ray | Ohio State | Illinois+ | 94 | 10 |
Ian Chow | Milan et al. | The Passion According to C.H. | 94 | -5 |
Kevin Thomas | Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them | Maryland B+ | 95 | 10 |
Arya Karthik | The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B | What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU | 96 | 10 |
Chris Sims | Northwestern | Chicago B | 97 | 10 |
Ben | Buzzers Karamazov | Broken Imperial Nomads | 97 | 10 |
Gareth Thorlakson | Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | Parth et al. | 97 | 10 |
Jonathan Shauf | The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs | Rutgers Diaspora | 115 | 10 |
Ashvin Srivatsa | Epic Games | Mojo Shojo | 115 | 10 |
Daniel Hothem | Dr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq | Cornell C++ | 132 | 10 |
Ethan Strombeck | Stanford A | Berkeley A | 133 | 10 |
Erik Christensen | The Passion According to C.H. | Milan et al. | 133 | 10 |
Cameron Amini | Cameron et al. | The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | 133 | 10 |