Question
Communist party leader Manuel Figueroa won a landmark court case in this country that smoothed the pathway for small electoral parties to stand in federal elections. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country that Soviet Embassy clerk Igor Gouzenko defected to in 1945, three days after the end of World War II.
ANSWER: Canada [accept Figueroa v Canada (AG)]
[10e] The Gouzenko defection is sometimes considered the first action of this period of geopolitical posturing between the Western and Eastern Blocs characterized by a nuclear arms race.
ANSWER: Cold War
[10m] Upon defecting, Gouzenko offered proof of a Soviet spy ring in Canada that prompted the government to deploy an inquiry empowered by this statute, which was invoked again a couple decades later by Pierre Trudeau during the October Crisis.
ANSWER: War Measures Act
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Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at Duke | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Emory | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 0% | 25% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Imperial | Imperial | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Maryland | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA Online | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Texas | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| George Washington A | George Washington B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland A | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgetown | Maryland B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |