Ulysses S. Grant - 2025 Penn Bowl

Question

Answer some questions about the Anti-Moiety Acts. For 10 points each:

[10e] The Anti-Moiety Acts, which cut the number of US tax agents, were passed by this president as part of the Revenue Acts of 1872 and 1874.

ANSWER: Ulysses S. Grant [or Hiram Ulysses Grant]

[10h] Grant abolished treasury agents who collected moieties after an incident named for a general with this surname. This surname was shared by a member of the Secret Six named Franklin, who funded John Brown.

ANSWER: Sanborn [accept John B. Sanborn or Franklin B. Sanborn]

[10m] The controversy led William A. Richardson to be replaced as Treasury Secretary by Benjamin Bristow, who had this other role. Attorney General Robert Bork also had this DOJ position, which represents the government before the Supreme Court.

ANSWER: Solicitor General of the United States

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Summary


2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	15.00	75%	75%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	16.67	83%	83%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State	11/08/25	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	4	17.50	75%	100%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	14.29	86%	57%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	10.00	50%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	12.22	67%	56%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	10.00	67%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - WashU	11/01/25	Y	2	10.00	50%	50%	0%

Data


RIT	Brandeis	10	0	10
Brown	Yale	10	10	20
Harvard	I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	10	10	20
MIT A	MIT B	0	10	10
CWRU	Michigan B	10	10	20
Ohio State A	Michigan C	10	10	20
Pittsburgh	Ohio State B	10	10	20
Columbia A	JHU A	10	10	20
Columbia B	Maryland C	10	10	20
Maryland A	Swarthmore	0	0	0
Maryland B	JHU B	10	10	20
Mount Sinai	John Jay	10	10	20
NYU B	NYU A	10	10	20
Central Oklahoma	Texas A	10	10	20
Texas B	Oklahoma	10	10	20
UChicago C	Illinois	10	10	20
Indiana	Northwestern A	10	10	20
Northwestern B	UChicago B	10	10	20
UChicago A	Purdue B	0	10	10
Wake Up Paddington A Washington Mystery	New Young Whigs of America	10	0	10
rusty shackleford	abg academy	10	10	20
Carleton A	Waterloo you are crooked	10	10	20
McGill B	Toronto Murder on the Rider Express	0	0	0
McGill Fartlets	Queen's is monitoring the situation	10	0	10
Ottawa 67s	#OpenToBuzz	10	10	20
Guelph perfomative male competition	Toronto E	10	0	10
Aweille Kevin Fan osti continue comme ça	Toronto Operation PBSuccess	10	10	20
Toronto G	Toronto Sunshine Bubbles	10	10	20
In Search of Lost Clues	Berkeley B	10	10	20
Berkeley C	Free Win	0	0	0
Stanford B	Stanford A	0	0	0
Berkeley A	The best time to buzz was twenty clues ago. The second best time to buzz is now	10	10	20
Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	10	0	10
Washed Scrubs	Galactic Ombudsmen	0	10	10
Chimp Brisket	Of Mice and Penn	10	0	10
Knorr Stock Clue	Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament	10	10	20
Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance	Coughing Baby	10	10	20
Bristold	The Bit and the Penndulum	10	10	20
Hail to the Sheaf	To buzz is to be perceived	10	10	20
question mark	Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins	0	0	0
why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it	Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh	0	0	0
UNC B	VT B	0	0	0
VT A	Planck Sinatra	10	10	20
Wise Duke	UNC A	10	0	10
WashU Kiki	Truman State	10	10	20
WashU Bouba	VJ Edgecombe School of Interior Design - Edwardsville	0	0	0