Question
In the aftermath of this action, officials claimed that it was done to appease news crews complaining of the poor optics of a horse’s ass appearing behind a speaker’s head. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify this action taken with a blue tarp before a February 2003 PowerPoint presentation whose first slide claimed that a country was “failing to disarm.”
ANSWER: covering the tapestry of Guernica at the United Nations headquarters
[10e] The Guernica tapestry was more likely covered to remove any antiwar messaging present while this then-Secretary of State argued for declaration of war on Iraq.
ANSWER: Colin Powell [or Colin Luther Powell]
[10m] Powell’s presentation also warned of bioterrorism plots, citing the Wood Green ricin plot targeting this system. More than 50 people died from a series of terrorist bombings against this system on July 7, 2005.
ANSWER: London Underground [accept the Tube; prompt on London; prompt on answers indicating trains or subways in London]
<HG, American History>
Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at Duke | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Emory | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Maryland | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 33% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA Online | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Texas | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 33% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| George Washington A | George Washington B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Maryland B | Georgetown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johns Hopkins | Maryland A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |