Question

During this decade, William T. Golden recommended appointing Oliver Ellsworth Buckley as a presidential advisor instead of re-establishing the OSRD. While on leave from the MIT presidency towards this decade’s end, James Killian headed the initial PSAC. (15[1])Congress created the first federally-funded student loan program (15[1])in this decade (-5[1])as part of the National (-5[1])Defense Education (15[1])Act, (15[2])which occurred (15[1])during the International (-5[2])Geophysical Year. (15[3])New (15[1])Math began (-5[1])to reform (15[1]-5[2])STEM (-5[2])curricula (15[1])and (-5[1])(*) DARPA (-5[1])was established (10[2]-5[1])in this decade (-5[1])following Project (10[1])Vanguard’s failure. (10[1])American satellite Explorer 1 (-5[1])was launched in this decade (10[3])in response (10[2])to the (10[1])Soviet dog Laika’s (10[2])space flight. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, name this decade (-5[1])in which the Sputnik 1’s (10[2]-5[1])launch (10[1])began the Space (10[1])Race. (10[6])■END■ (10[12])

ANSWER: 1950s [prompt on 50s]
<VD, American History>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Towery McNeilMississippi StateInnovation Academy A3615
Samanyu BhupalamInnovation Academy BInnovation Academy C4415
Brody SadlerThe cult of SGAToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titans47-5
Max HodesChicago BPurdue B52-5
Lucas JohnsWarwick ACambridge A5415
Matt WilliamsSquidward Community CollegeWashU5515
Stefan VladOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomToronto A5515
Josh XuALCUSGV Ventures5715
Daniel MaMadmen and SpecialistsASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline60-5
Henry JamesonLSE AImperial B60-5
Eric ChenBerkeley PastBerkeley B6215
Liam StarnesChicago ANotre Dame6215
Andrew WangIllinois BlueIllinois Orange6215
Gary LinU[C]SDClaremont6315
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech BJohns Creek65-5
Vivian MaloufIn the Mood for Buzzshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique6715
Vinu HariharStanfordBerkeley A67-5
Vinu HariharStanfordBerkeley A67-5
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AVirginia Tech C68-5
Joanna XiaoGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech A68-5
Michael SunBrandeis BBrandeis A6915
Joel MilesPaddington in Peru (2024)Social credit go vroom70-5
Ariel FaederPittPenn State71-5
Brendan BaumerUCF BUSF7310
Nicholas NguyenUF CUCF A7310
Parth JagtapToronto BWaterloo Aspidistra73-5
Cormac StephensonSouthamptonWarwick C76-5
Richard LimBowdoin CClark Wilson7810
Paphon SusikakosolImperial ALSE B8010
Biniam AlaroUF AUF B84-5
Cade ReinbergerRITMaryland8910
Louis HarneyGeorgia Tech CMilton8910
Aneesh ShotriyaPurdue ASIUE8910
Nick EdwardsMcGill AToronto Metropolitan A9110
James ByrneBristolWarwick B9110
Issac MeredithTufts ABoston College A9310
Nitin RaoHarvardYale9610
Mike CheyneOld and Youngbingy academy9610
Donal RyanTrumanMissouri9810
Yusuf BaigMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha98-5
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto Disband the Club 2k24Waterloo Basic10010
James TangWaterloo ClozeCarleton A104-5
Fahian JoyAmherstMIT10910
Lance HulmeBowdoin BClark House10910
Emily KadolphVirginia Tech BNorth Carolina B109-5
Leo TaoSocial credit go vroomPaddington in Peru (2024)11010
Nova SinkVirginia Tech CVirginia Tech A11310
Owen RileyToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming TitansThe cult of SGA11410
Dominic HeffronFlorida TechValencia11410
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AStanford11410
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AStanford11410
Kevin LeCarleton AWaterloo Cloze11410
Charlie LowmanImperial BLSE A11410
Dylan TanouyeTufts BBoston College B11510
Zachary AdolphNorth Carolina BVirginia Tech B11510
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerASU->Stanford->ASU pipelineMadmen and Specialists11510
Ted GanPenn StatePitt11510
Graham CopeUF BUF A11510
Joey SunToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii11510
Michael DuWaterloo AspidistraToronto B11510
Edward KimJohns CreekGeorgia Tech B11510
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech D11510
Owyn NoblePurdue BChicago B11510
Tobin PayneWarwick CSouthampton11510
Jason ChengJason et al.Anderson et al.11510