gold mining - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

An influx of workers in this industry in the Otago (“uh-TAH-go”) region caused New Zealand to replicate Australian policies such as an anti-Chinese head tax. For 10 points each:

[10e] Namesake “rushes” in what industry caused population booms in Victoria and the Yukon’s Klondike region?

ANSWER: gold mining [or gold prospecting; prompt on mining or prospecting]

[10h] Canadian and New Zealand gold rushes also adopted Australian license fees, which had caused this rebellion from the Victorian gold rush. This rebellion ended after the British squashed a namesake “Stockade” in Ballarat.

ANSWER: Eureka Rebellion [accept Eureka Stockade]

[10m] In the Klondike Gold Rush, order was largely maintained by this organization. Prospectors on the Chilcoot and White Passes were required to carry a year’s supply of food by members of this red-uniformed organization.

ANSWER: Royal Canadian Mounted Police [accept Mounties or RCMP or North-West Mounted Police or NWMP]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	18.57	86%	71%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	17.27	100%	46%	27%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	15.56	89%	56%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	78%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	22.22	100%	78%	44%
North	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Northeast	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	21.25	100%	88%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	6	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	20.00	91%	82%	27%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	12.00	80%	40%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%

Data


Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	10	0	10	20
UCSC	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Archer Queen	10	0	0	10
Claremont A	UCSD A	10	0	10	20
Claremont B	Claremont C	10	10	0	20
UC Irvine	UCLA C	10	0	10	20
UCLA B	UCLA E	10	10	10	30
UCLA D	UCLA F	10	0	10	20
UCSD B	UC Santa Barbara	10	0	10	20
USC A	USC B	0	0	0	0
Ottawa B	McGill A	10	0	10	20
Ottawa A	McGill B	10	0	10	20
McGill C	Ottawa D	10	0	10	20
Carleton A	McGill E	10	0	10	20
Guelph A	Toronto D	10	0	10	20
McMaster A	Toronto F	10	0	10	20
Toronto B	McMaster B	10	0	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto E	10	0	10	20
Waterloo A	Toronto G	10	0	10	20
McMaster C	Toronto H	10	0	10	20
Queen's A	Toronto I	10	0	10	20
Waterloo B	Toronto A	10	0	10	20
Florida A	South Florida A	10	10	10	30
UCF A	Florida B	10	0	10	20
Florida Tech B	Florida State A	10	0	10	20
Ohio State B	CWRU B	10	0	0	10
CWRU D	WVU B	10	10	0	20
Michigan State B	Kentucky	10	0	0	10
CWRU A	Louisville D	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	Michigan C	10	0	10	20
Michigan D	Michigan State A	10	0	0	10
CWRU C	Michigan State C	10	0	10	20
Louisville B	Michigan State D	10	0	0	10
Louisville A	Ohio State C	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	Ohio State D	10	0	10	20
Michigan B	WVU A	10	10	10	30
Duke A	UNC B	10	0	0	10
Tusculum A	JMU A	0	0	0	0
JMU B	William & Mary C	10	0	0	10
Virginia A	NCSU A	10	0	10	20
UNC A	Virginia Tech B	10	0	10	20
William & Mary B	UNC D	10	0	10	20
UNC C	VCU A	10	10	10	30
Liberty C	Virginia Tech C	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech A	William & Mary A	10	0	10	20
Columbia B	Columbia A	10	0	0	10
Rowan	Lehigh A	10	0	10	20
Rutgers A	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10
Maryland C	George Mason A	10	0	10	20
Maryland A	George Mason B	10	0	0	10
NYU A	George Mason C	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	NYU C	10	0	10	20
Princeton	Rutgers C	10	0	10	20
Rutgers D	Johns Hopkins	10	0	0	10
Stony Brook	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Vassar A	Penn	10	0	10	20
Lehigh B	Vassar B	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Purdue C	10	0	0	10
Indiana B	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Illinois Champaign	Illinois Canada	10	0	0	10
Illinois Orange	Illinois Urbana	10	0	10	20
Illinois Blue	Indiana A	10	10	10	30
WashU Grolars	Iowa B	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Rose-Hulman A	10	0	10	20
WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	10	10	10	30
Purdue D	William Woods University A	10	10	10	30
Michigan Tech	Iowa State	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin A	Macalester	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin C	Minnesota	10	0	10	20
St. Thomas	Wisconsin B	10	0	10	20
Boston College B	Southern Connecticut State University A	10	0	0	10
Alberta A	Washington Chinook	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Boise State	10	10	10	30
British Columbia B	Arizona State B	10	0	10	20
British Columbia A	Washington Steelhead	10	0	10	20
Texas	Washington Coho	10	0	0	10
Washington Chum	Washington Pink	10	0	10	20
Washington Sockeye	Washington Masu	10	0	10	20
Central Oklahoma B	Harding	10	0	10	20
Oklahoma	Kansas State B	10	0	10	20
Central Oklahoma A	Murray State College A	10	0	10	20
Tulsa A	Murray State College B	10	0	10	20
Nebraska A	Rose State	10	0	10	20
Nebraska C	Tulsa B	10	0	10	20
Alberta B	British Columbia C	10	0	10	20
Chipola College	Montevallo	10	10	10	30
Clemson B	Georgia Tech F	10	0	10	20
Clemson C	Alabama A	0	0	0	0
Auburn A	Georgia A	10	10	10	30
York	Durham A	0	0	0	0
Durham D	Durham C	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh C	Edinburgh A	10	0	10	20
Sheffield A	Edinburgh D	10	0	0	10
Sheffield B	Durham B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech D	10	0	10	20
Clemson A	Georgia Tech B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Tennessee B	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	10	10	10	30
Auburn B	Sewanne	10	0	10	20
Auburn C	South Carolina A	10	0	0	10
Emory A	Tennessee Tech	10	0	10	20
Imperial A	Bristol	10	0	10	20
Cambridge D	Cardiff	10	0	0	10
Cambridge A	Cambridge E	10	0	0	10
Imperial B	Birmingham	10	0	10	20
Imperial D	Cambridge C	10	0	0	10
Cambridge B	LSE	10	0	10	20
Southampton	Oxford	10	0	10	20
Imperial C	Warwick	10	0	0	10
Cornell C	Binghamton A	10	0	10	20
Cornell B	Cornell A	10	0	10	20
Cornell D	ESF	10	0	0	10
RIT A	Binghamton C	10	0	0	10
RIT B	Rochester	10	0	0	10