Question

John Bengough’s political cartoon Whither Are We Drifting sees this man loom over his nation’s fallen personification while declaring, “These hands are clean!” despite a request for $10,000 inscribed on his palm. This was the alphabetically later politician whose ministry blindsided the Reform and “Red” Party by “double shuffling” government ministers to retain power. This politician’s alcoholism caused him to miss (15[1])telegrams warning him (-5[1])of the (*) Fenian Raids. (10[3])The Davin (10[1])Report (10[2])advised this prime minister’s government to implement (10[1]-5[3])the assimilationist residential school system for Indigenous (-5[1])youth. Hugh Allen (-5[1])used American funds (10[1])to elect this prime (-5[1])minister to secure a railroad (10[1])contract. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])the Pacific Scandal (10[1])caused (10[1])the (10[1])resignation (10[2])of what Conservative, first (-5[1])prime minister (10[1])of Canada? (10[2])■END■ (10[2]0[10])

ANSWER: John A. Macdonald [or Sir John Alexander Macdonald]
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Summary

2024 ARCADIA at Claremont2024-11-02Y3100%0%0%105.67
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y6100%17%0%66.83
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y475%0%50%105.67
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y250%0%50%117.00
2024 ARCADIA at Duke2024-12-06Y250%0%50%107.00
2024 ARCADIA at GT2024-12-06Y5100%0%40%105.60
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick2024-12-06Y425%0%25%109.00
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech2024-12-06Y425%0%50%90.00
2024 ARCADIA Online2025-05-17Y1100%0%0%77.00

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Cranmer MGinnMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiCarleton A6015
Owyn NoblePurdue BSIUE63-5
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AWaterloo Aspidistra6710
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha6710
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom6710
Manu SankaranLambertJohns Creek6910
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto Disband the Club 2k24Toronto B7010
Nick EdwardsMcGill AWaterloo Cloze7010
Camden WilliamsToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming TitansIn the Mood for Buzz7710
Aidan BernardoFlorida TechUSF77-5
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ABerkeley Past77-5
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A77-5
Sam McNameeNotre DameIllinois Orange84-5
Rachel BenthamCambridge BLSE A87-5
Biniam AlaroUF AUCF A9010
Jacob RosenbergInnovation Academy CGeorgia Tech C94-5
William HoustonChicago BPurdue A9910
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ANorth Carolina A100-5
Kaiwen XiaoALCUClaremont10010
Andrew WangIllinois BlueChicago A10310
Nitish SudhakarGeorgia Tech CInnovation Academy C10610
Zachary BornsteinVirginia Tech CVirginia Tech B10710
Gary LinU[C]SDJason et al.10810
Ryan SharpeLSE BCambridge A10910
Will AlstonSGV VenturesAnderson et al.10910
Nicholas NguyenUF CUF B113-5
Logan MathisSIUEPurdue B11510
Eric ChenBerkeley PastBerkeley A11710
Darren KellisMiltonInnovation Academy A11710
Addison WigginsUSFFlorida Tech1180
Clete ReinbergerValenciaUCF B1180
Graham CopeUF BUF C1180
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford1180
Michal GerasimiukStanfordBerkeley B1180
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B11810
Towery McNeilMississippi StateGeorgia Tech D11810
James ByrneBristolImperial A1180
Rahim DinaImperial ABristol1180
Michael WuSouthamptonImperial B1180
Charlie LowmanImperial BSouthampton1180
Henry JamesonLSE ACambridge B1180