Question

This politician’s handwritten note to Representative Scott Klug flipped Klug’s vote and secured a narrow passage of a bill that was later terminated by a 10-year sunset provision. This politician (15[1])signed into law a bill that paradoxically included William Hughes’s amendment to prevent civilian sales of machine guns. This politician was (15[1])the first presidential candidate to earn an NRA endorsement. (15[1])This politician cracked down on (*) “copwatching” by signing (10[1])into law (10[2])the (10[1])Mulford (10[1])Act, (10[10])which (10[1]-5[1])became (10[3])national (10[1])news when armed Black Panthers (10[4])occupied (10[4])the State (10[2])Capitol. (10[2]-5[1])This president’s press secretary (10[1])is the namesake of a 1993 (10[1]-5[1])bill that mandated federal background checks on firearm purchases; (10[3])that bill is the Brady Law. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this president who survived an assassination (10[1])attempt (10[2])months (10[1])after his inauguration in 1981. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Ronald Reagan [or Ronald Wilson Reagan] (The 1986 Firearms Owners’ Protection Act paradoxically included Hughes’s amendment.)
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Brody SadlerThe cult of SGAIn the Mood for Buzz2915
James MangravitiBoston College BBowdoin A5015
Michael DuWaterloo AspidistraToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha5915
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ABerkeley B6710
Yrwin BatanMITHarvard6910
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AWaterloo Cloze6910
Joel MilesPaddington in Peru (2024)Old and Young7010
Kevin ParkClaremontAnderson et al.7110
Fred GarveyTrumanWashU7210
Brendan BaumerUCF BUF A7210
Parth JagtapToronto BCarleton A7210
Stefan VladOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii7210
Nick EdwardsMcGill AToronto Metropolitan A7210
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto Disband the Club 2k24Waterloo Basic7210
Ian Droessler WilsonInnovation Academy BGeorgia Tech A7210
Edward KimJohns CreekGeorgia Tech C7210
Manu SankaranLambertMississippi State7210
Josh XuALCUJason et al.7210
Kabir ZamanSouth CarolinaNorth Carolina A7310
Henry JamesonLSE ASouthampton73-5
Andrew ZengMadmen and SpecialistsSocial credit go vroom7410
Khang Leshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetiqueASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline7410
Sam McNameeNotre DamePurdue A7410
Yash MandaviaIllinois OrangeChicago A7510
Zachary AdolphNorth Carolina BVirginia Tech B8010
Patrick TorreMarylandPenn State8010
Arjun KalaIllinois BlueChicago B8010
Gary LinU[C]SDSGV Ventures8010
Madeline StrausTufts AClark Wilson8110
Richard LimBowdoin CBrandeis A8110
Ryan HappelSIUEPurdue B8110
Harry CraneWarwick CBristol8110
Rivera RiveraValenciaUF C8310
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley PastStanford8310
Lance HulmeBowdoin BBrandeis B84-5
Antonio LaNaveVirginia Tech AVirginia Tech C8410
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge AWarwick B8410
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech D8810
Owen RileyToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titansbingy academy94-5
Cormac BeirneLSE BImperial B9410
Aalok BhattacharyaBoston College AClark House10310
William OrrYaleBU10310
Braden BoothMissouriSquidward Community College10310
Danny PeelenPittRIT10910
Wyatt CurryMissouriTruman11010
Peter ScullyTufts BAmherst11910
Graham CopeUF BUSF12010
Shiv SeshanCambridge BWarwick A12010
Thomas TibbettsUCF AFlorida Tech12110
Michael SunBrandeis BBowdoin B12710
Aryan Desarapubingy academyToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titans12710
Michael WuSouthamptonLSE A12710