Bugsy Siegel - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

This person established the oldest continuously operating casino on the Las Vegas Strip. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this Jewish American mobster who influenced the National Crime Syndicate along with his friend Meyer Lansky. He received his nickname from comments that he was as erratic as an insect.

ANSWER: Bugsy Siegel [or Benjamin Siegel; prompt on Bugsy]

[10e] Siegel’s development of the Las Vegas Strip was heavily supported by this criminal society, whose organizations are commonly referred to as Cosa Nostra.

ANSWER: the Mafia [or the Italian Mob]

[10h] Siegel was murdered in the home of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, who inspired the name of this casino hotel for her long legs. Lansky approved of the creation of the Nevada Projects Corporation to create this hotel.

ANSWER: Flamingo Las Vegas [accept Flamingo Hilton; accept Flamingo Hotel]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	23.33	100%	67%	67%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Canada	Main Site	Y	12	16.67	100%	42%	25%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	18.00	100%	0%	80%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	15.56	89%	44%	22%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	18.75	100%	50%	38%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	25%	50%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	18.75	100%	50%	38%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%

Data


Berkeley D	Berkeley B	10	10	10	30
Stanford A	Berkeley A	10	10	10	30
UCSD B	UC Irvine	0	10	0	10
Arizona State	UC Santa Barbara	10	10	10	30
UCSD A	UCLA A	0	10	0	10
UCLA B	UCSD C	10	10	0	20
Toronto G	Brock	0	10	0	10
Carleton University	Guelph	10	10	0	20
McMaster A	Toronto B	10	10	10	30
McMaster B	Western B	10	10	10	30
Toronto C	McGill B	0	10	0	10
Toronto D	Toronto F	0	10	0	10
Toronto E	McGill A	0	10	0	10
UBC A	Ottawa	0	10	10	20
UBC B	Waterloo B	10	10	0	20
Waterloo A	Queen's	0	10	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Western A	10	10	0	20
Western C	Simon Fraser	0	10	0	10
Central Florida A	Florida B	10	10	0	20
Central Florida B	Florida A	0	10	0	10
Florida C	Central Florida C	0	10	0	10
Michigan C	CWRU B	0	10	10	20
CWRU A	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Pittsburgh	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	Ohio State B	0	10	10	20
Michigan State	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
South Carolina B	Duke	0	0	0	0
North Carolina C	James Madison B	10	10	0	20
NC State B	Liberty A	0	10	0	10
North Carolina A	NC State A	10	10	0	20
James Madison A	North Carolina B	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	VCU	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	William and Mary	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech B	Wake Forest	10	10	0	20
Chicago A	Northwestern C	10	10	10	30
Chicago C	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
Chicago D	Illinois C	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Chicago E	10	10	10	30
Illinois A	Indiana C	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	Northwestern D	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame A	Purdue B	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	Notre Dame B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Carleton College	0	10	0	10
Claremont	Missouri B	0	10	0	10
Missouri A	Iowa State	0	10	10	20
Minnesota A	Washington B	10	10	10	30
Berkeley C	Stanford B	0	10	0	10
Texas A	Texas A&M A	0	10	0	10
Murray State A	Texas B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Bruin	Louisville A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Sewanee	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt B	Tennessee A	0	10	0	10
WashU A	Louisville B	10	10	10	30
Bristol	Cambridge C	0	10	0	10
Birmingham	Cardiff	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	Southampton A	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	City St. George's	0	10	0	10
LSE	Imperial C	0	10	0	10
Manchester	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Montpellier	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Edinburgh B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Oxford B	0	10	0	10
UCL	Durham	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	Oxford C	0	10	0	10
Warwick B	Southampton B	0	10	0	10
Maryland C	Catholic	0	10	0	10
John Jay	Swarthmore	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Columbia C	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	Maryland A	10	10	10	30
Georgetown	NYU A	10	10	0	20
NYU B	Johns Hopkins B	10	10	10	30
Rutgers A	NYU C	10	10	10	30
Vassar	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10
Kentucky	Alabama B	0	10	0	10
WashU B	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Cornell A	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20
RIT	Binghamton B	10	10	0	20
Cornell B	Penn State	10	10	0	20
Cornell C	Rochester	0	10	10	20