Question

Members of this family made a series of tontines, or “mortality lotteries,” with fellow “Musketeer” Bill Frohlich. In the 1950s, a member of this family bribed the official Henry Welch while pioneering a form of direct marketing at the advertising firm William Douglas McAdams. A secretary with the pseudonym “Ann Hedonia” scoured internet forums for this family, as disclosed in a 2021 book by Patrick Radden Keefe. (15[1]-5[2])Laura Poitras’s (15[2])documentary (*) All the Beauty and the (10[2])Bloodshed recounts protests (10[1])against this family (10[1])by Nan Goldin’s P.A.I.N. Group. (10[1])This family, who names an Asian art gallery in DC that’s adjacent (10[1])to the Freer Gallery, paid $6 billion in a 2022 settlement that reorganized their company into the public-benefit corporation Knoa. For 10 points, a wing at the Met was formerly named after what family profited off the spread of OxyContin as owners of Purdue Pharma? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Sackler family [accept specific family members such as Arthur Sackler] (Patrick Radden Keefe’s book is Empire of Pain.)
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y10100%30%20%83.20

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Swapnil GargEvans Hall destruction awaitersDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too66-5
Jaskaran SinghRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni GrillThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)6615
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Ethan StrombeckTeam Name Think DetailBHSU6815
Tracy MirkinThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!6815
Will NedigerThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubSaint Peter Andre 30007410
Halle FriedmanIn Search of Things Pastremembrance of lost time7410
Kevin WangI would prefer not to[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?7710
James OreficeHang et al., Robert BrowningThe Canadians8010
Iain CarpenterDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid TooEvans Hall destruction awaiters8510
Vincent DuQuasicrystal SilenceTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness9710
Seth Ebnerwave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gpI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble14310