Tip O’Neill - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

This man popularized the adage “All politics is local” after losing a council race to start his career. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this politician who explained that “before 6 P.M., it’s all politics” when Ronald Reagan said that they were friends “after 6 P.M.” This man succeeded Carl Albert after he retired due to the Tongsun Park scandal.

ANSWER: Tip O’Neill [or Thomas Philip O’Neill, Jr.]

[10m] An O’Neill local success was securing federal support for this project, which included the O’Neill Tunnel when it opened in 2003. This project with a rhyming nickname connected Boston’s center to Logan Airport.

ANSWER: The “Big Dig” [or Central Artery/Tunnel Project; or CA/T Project]

[10e] The O’Neill Tunnel culminates in a bridge named after this battle that connects Boston to Charlestown. The “Freedom Trail” finishes at the site of this Revolutionary War battle, which largely took place on Breed’s Hill.

ANSWER: Battle of Bunker Hill

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Summary


Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	7	17.14	100%	57%	14%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	9	18.89	100%	67%	22%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	5	16.00	80%	60%	20%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	6	11.67	67%	50%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	11	8.18	55%	18%	9%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	6	20.00	83%	83%	33%

Data


Michigan State	CWRU B	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Ohio State B	Michigan C	10	0	10	20
CWRU A	Pittsburgh	0	10	10	20
James Madison B	Liberty C	0	0	10	10
Liberty A	VCU	0	0	10	10
James Madison A	Liberty B	0	0	10	10
South Carolina A	North Carolina C	0	10	10	20
Wake Forest	South Carolina B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Virginia	William and Mary	10	10	10	30
NC State A	North Carolina B	0	10	10	20
Illinois A	Chicago A	0	10	10	20
Chicago B	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Northwestern B	Chicago D	0	0	10	10
Chicago E	Indiana C	0	0	10	10
Illinois B	Indiana A	10	10	10	30
Illinois C	Notre Dame A	10	10	10	30
Indiana B	Notre Dame B	0	10	10	20
Northwestern D	Northwestern C	0	0	10	10
Purdue A	Chicago C	0	10	10	20
Southern Connecticut State	Bowdoin A	0	0	10	10
Brown	Dartmouth A	0	10	10	20
Bowdoin B	Dartmouth B	0	0	0	0
MIT	Harvard B	0	10	10	20
Brandeis B	Yale	10	10	10	30
Sewanee	Kentucky	0	0	0	0
Alabama A	Louisville A	0	0	10	10
Bruin	Mississipi State	0	10	10	20
Louisville B	Tennessee A	0	0	0	0
WashU A	Alabama B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee B	WashU B	0	10	10	20
Birmingham	UCL	0	0	10	10
Bristol	Manchester	0	0	10	10
Cambridge A	Cambridge B	10	0	10	20
Oxford C	City St. George's	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh A	Oxford A	0	0	10	10
Imperial B	Edinburgh B	0	10	0	10
Southampton A	LSE	0	0	10	10
Montpellier	Durham	0	0	0	0
Warwick B	Oxford B	0	0	0	0
Southampton B	Imperial C	0	0	0	0
Imperial A	Warwick A	0	10	10	20
NYU C	Catholic	0	0	0	0
John Jay	Vassar	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	10	20
NYU A	Johns Hopkins A	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	NYU B	0	10	10	20
Georgetown	Rutgers A	0	10	10	20