60 Minutes - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

In April 2025, this show’s executive producer Bill Owens resigned, citing editorial interference. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this longtime weekly CBS News program. Donald Trump sued CBS for 20 billion dollars for allegedly deceptively editing an interview of Kamala Harris conducted by this program.

ANSWER: 60 Minutes

[10h] Although the lawsuit had little legal basis, some have speculated that Paramount settled for 16 million dollars because Paramount’s planned merger with this company needs to be approved by Trump’s FCC. This company was founded and led by David Ellison, son of Oracle tycoon Larry Ellison.

ANSWER: Skydance Media

[10e] CBS’s cancellation of The Late Show, hosted by this comedian, was also seen as a bribe in exchange for merger approval. This comedian previously hosted his namesake “Report” that parodied right-wing political pundits.

ANSWER: Stephen Colbert [accept The Colbert Report]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	26.00	100%	100%	60%
Canada	Main	Y	6	15.00	83%	50%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	12	15.00	83%	58%	8%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	15.71	71%	71%	14%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	20.00	86%	100%	14%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	24.00	100%	80%	60%
North	Main	Y	11	19.09	82%	91%	18%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	5	20.00	80%	100%	20%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	21.67	92%	92%	33%
UK	Main	Y	4	22.50	75%	100%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	18.75	88%	75%	25%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	20.00	75%	75%	50%

Data


Berkeley C	Berkeley B	10	10	10	30
Berkeley E	Berkeley D	10	10	10	30
Berkeley F	UCSC	10	0	10	20
Stanford B	Berkeley A	10	0	10	20
Stanford C	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
UCLA D	Claremont Scripps	0	0	10	10
UCLA A	UCLA B	10	0	10	20
Claremont Pitzer	UCLA C	0	0	0	0
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCI	0	0	10	10
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCSB	10	0	10	20
USC	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	10	10	30
Guelph A	Carleton	10	0	10	20
McMaster C	McGill B	0	0	10	10
McGill C	Toronto H	0	0	0	0
McMaster A	Queen's A	10	0	0	10
Ottawa	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	10	30
Toronto A	Toronto G	10	0	10	20
Toronto B	Guelph B	10	0	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto J	0	0	10	10
Toronto D	McGill A	0	0	10	10
Western Ontario	Toronto I	10	0	10	20
Toronto K	McMaster B	0	0	10	10
Queen's B	Waterloo	10	0	10	20
Melbourne B	ERAU A	0	0	0	0
FIU	UF E	10	0	10	20
UF C	FSU	0	10	0	10
Melbourne A	ERAU B	10	0	10	20
UCF B	UF B	10	0	10	20
UCF A	UF A	10	0	10	20
UF D	USF	10	0	10	20
CWRU D	CWRU C	10	10	10	30
MSU A	OSU D	10	0	0	10
MSU B	Pitt C	10	0	10	20
CWRU B	OSU A	10	0	10	20
OSU B	OSU C	10	0	10	20
CWRU A	Pitt A	10	0	10	20
Pitt B	Kenyon B	10	0	10	20
Liberty C	Liberty B	0	0	10	10
Tennessee A	Clemson A	10	0	10	20
Clemson B	James Madison	10	10	10	30
Virginia A	Liberty A	10	10	10	30
Roanoke	Tusculum	0	0	10	10
South Carolina A	Virginia Tech A	10	0	10	20
North Carolina C	South Carolina B	10	10	10	30
NC State	Tennessee B	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech B	Virginia B	10	10	10	30
North Carolina A	North Carolina B	10	10	10	30
Catholic University	Notre Dame E	10	0	10	20
Georgetown B	Maryland D	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins A	George Mason B	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins B	Penn B	0	0	0	0
George Mason C	Johns Hopkins C	10	0	10	20
VCU A	Maryland A	10	0	10	20
NYU A	Maryland C	10	10	10	30
NYU B	George Washington A	10	0	10	20
Georgetown A	Penn A	10	10	10	30
UMBC A	George Mason A	10	0	0	10
George Washington B	Maryland B	10	0	10	20
Columbia A	Rutgers C	10	0	10	20
Columbia C	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Princeton A	Lehigh A	10	0	10	20
Rutgers B	Rowan A	10	0	10	20
Swarthmore A	Vassar A	10	10	10	30
Missouri A	WashU C	10	0	10	20
WashU D	SIUE	10	0	10	20
WashU A	Missouri B	10	10	10	30
WashU B	William Woods	10	0	10	20
Macalester A	Minnesota B	10	10	10	30
Macalester B	Wisconsin	10	0	10	20
Minnesota A	Minnesota C	10	0	10	20
Carleton	St. Thomas	10	0	0	10
Iowa State	Nebraska	10	0	10	20
Amherst A	Dartmouth	10	0	10	20
BC A	Brown B	10	0	10	20
Yale B	BC B	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Clemenceau	BU	10	0	10	20
Amherst B	Bowdoin B	10	0	10	20
Brandeis Lloyd George	Brandeis Wilson	10	10	10	30
Brown A	Cornell-UG	10	0	10	20
MIT B	Brown C	10	0	10	20
MIT A	Yale A	0	0	10	10
Tufts A	Brandeis Orlando	10	10	10	30
Tufts B	Bowdoin A	10	0	0	10
Harvard	Williams	10	10	10	30
Washington A	British Columbia B	10	0	10	20
British Columbia D	Alberta	10	0	0	10
Simon Fraser	British Columbia A	10	10	10	30
Washington B	British Columbia C	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Alberta B	10	0	10	20
Texas A	Arizona State B	10	0	10	20
Iowa	McGill D	10	10	10	30
Northwestern A	UTD B	10	10	10	30
Northwestern C	Northwestern B	0	0	10	10
Ohio	Texas B	0	0	10	10
Tulsa	UTD A	10	0	0	10
UCO	Rose State	10	0	10	20
Cornell-DII	RIT A	10	0	0	10
RIT B	Binghamton A	10	10	10	30
Rochester	Binghamton B	0	0	10	10
Syracuse	ESF	10	10	10	30