Question
Because this organization’s members were called “black friars,” some have interpreted the hanging of “God’s Banker” from London’s Blackfriars Bridge as a conspiracy against them. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this secret masonic lodge and far-right criminal organization founded by Licio Gelli (“jelly”), which was believed to have siphoned funds in the Banco Ambrosiano Scandal.
ANSWER: Propaganda Due (“DOO-ay”) [or P2]
[10e] Propaganda Due’s members included this media mogul and populist Italian Prime Minister of the Forza Italia party. This man, who died in June 2023, hosted controversial “bunga bunga” parties.
ANSWER: Silvio Berlusconi
[10m] Gelli and P2 were accused of supporting far-right groups like the NAR during this two-decade-long period of political violence in Italy. Gelli also was accused of subverting efforts to rescue the kidnapped Aldo Moro during this period.
ANSWER: Years of Lead [or Anni di Piombo]
<GT, European History>
Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Duke | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Emory | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 50% | 75% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Imperial | Imperial | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | Y | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 100% | 20% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Maryland | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 33% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA Online | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Texas | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Bristol | Cambridge B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Warwick | Durham | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Imperial B | Edinburgh | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cambridge A | Imperial A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Birmingham | Oxford | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |