Iran–Contra Affair - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

The Tower Commission criticized CIA director William Casey for failing to properly advise the president and Congress during this event. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this 1987 scandal in which missiles were sold to negotiate hostage releases while the funds were funneled to opposing the Sandinistas.

ANSWER: Iran–Contra Affair

[10h] The Tower Commission implicated this member of the National Security Council for securing payments to Nicaragua. The secretary Fawn Hall shredded hundreds of documents for this man, who later became President of the NRA.

ANSWER: Oliver North [or Oliver Laurence North]

[10e] The Tower Commission was established by this president whose reputation was tarnished by the Iran-Contra Affair. This president’s wife Nancy coined the phrase “Just Say No” during the War on Drugs.

ANSWER: Ronald Reagan [or Ronald Wilson Reagan]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
Florida	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	8	27.50	100%	100%	75%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Midwest	Main	Y	6	28.33	100%	83%	100%
North	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	28.00	100%	100%	80%
South Central	Main	Y	3	26.67	100%	100%	67%
Southeast	Main	Y	4	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%

Data


Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Archer Queen	10	0	10	20
Stanford B	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	0	10	20
McGill B	Carleton A	10	0	10	20
McGill C	Ottawa B	10	10	10	30
Waterloo C	McMaster A	10	0	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto F	10	10	10	30
Waterloo A	Queen's A	10	0	10	20
Florida A	Florida State A	10	10	10	30
Kentucky	Louisville B	10	10	10	30
CWRU D	Louisville D	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	Ohio State B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State C	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
Pittsburgh	Michigan State C	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	Michigan State D	10	10	10	30
Michigan State A	Ohio State D	10	10	10	30
CWRU A	WVU B	10	0	10	20
Virginia A	Liberty C	10	0	10	20
UNC C	JMU A	10	10	10	30
George Mason B	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Rutgers B	Vassar A	10	10	10	30
Illinois Blue	Purdue D	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	Illinois Champaign	10	10	10	30
Chicago A	Illinois Orange	0	10	10	20
Rose-Hulman A	Indiana A	10	10	10	30
William Woods University A	Iowa B	10	10	10	30
St. Thomas	Macalester	10	0	10	20
Brandeis Bach	Dartmouth B	10	10	10	30
Brown B	Brandeis Mozart	10	0	10	20
Brown A	Williams C	10	10	10	30
Tufts A	MIT A	10	10	10	30
Vermont B	Dartmouth A	10	10	10	30
Nebraska C	Murray State College A	10	10	10	30
Tulsa A	Oklahoma	10	0	10	20
Central Oklahoma A	Rose State	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt A	Clemson B	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt C	Georgia A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Alabama A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Auburn A	10	10	10	30
Cornell A	Binghamton B	10	10	10	30
Cornell D	Rochester	10	0	10	20
Purdue A	Illinois Urbana	10	10	10	30