Question

According to the historian Norman J. W. Goda, members of this group began being bribed using the Konto 5 slush fund after one of its members was ostensibly expelled for marrying a prostitute. The historian Hannes Heer (“HAHN-nuss HARE”) was accused of falsifying information regarding this group during a 1990s traveling exhibition (10[1])which (10[1])was bombed by extremists (10[1])in Saarbrücken (“zahr-BROOK-un”). Former senior members of this group met secretly at Himmerod Abbey to approve a memorandum that (10[1])promulgated the myth of this group’s “clean hands.” (10[12])In (10[1])1986, (10[1])the magazine Profil scandalously revealed that a former Secretary General of the (10[1])UN (10[1]-5[1])had served as an intelligence officer attached to this military in Yugoslavia. For 10 points, Kurt Waldheim served in what military force, which carried out Operation Barbarossa? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Wehrmacht (“VARE-mockt”) [or the German military; accept specific branches like the German Army, Germany Navy, German Air Force, Luftwaffe, or Kriegsmarine; prompt on Nazi Party or NSDAP; reject “SS” or “Schutzstaffel”] (The second clue refers to Werner von Blomberg.)
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2496%0%4%82.83

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Alexander NicholsUCFMaryland4910
Cooper RohColumbia AIndiana5010
Bryce CruiseTexasHarvard5410
June YinWUSTL BUC Berkeley B7210
Biniam AlaroFloridaBritish Columbia8010
Conor ThompsonIowa StateChicago B8010
Truman HillVanderbiltColumbia B8010
Joseph ChambersVirginiaCornell B8010
Joel MilesMinnesotaJohns Hopkins8010
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley ANorth Carolina A8010
Todd MaslykMichiganOhio State8010
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BRIT8010
Charles HangWUSTL ARutgers8010
Michał GerasimiukStanfordChicago A8010
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AIllinois A8010
Michael DuWaterloo ANorthwestern8010
Skand ParvatikarArizona StateNYU8110
Adrian WongOttawaGeorgia State8210
Cormac BeirneLSEWaterloo B9410
Henry BonWinona StateIllinois B9510
Ani PerumallaPenn StateYale95-5
Noah ChinVirginia TechCornell A12210
Yrwin BatanMITToronto B1230
Joey SunToronto BMIT1230
Ben WismathToronto CGeorgia Tech12310
Alan XieYalePenn State12310