Question
This trial witness testified that the accused was a birdwatcher who bragged about sighting a prothonotary warbler, a breakthrough since the accused mentioned that specific bird when asked about his hobbies. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this person whose aptly-titled 1952 memoir Witness recounts his testimony in that trial, which included five hidden rolls of 35mm film.
ANSWER: Whittaker Chambers [or Jay Vivian Chambers] (The accused was Alger Hiss.)
[10e] Warblers were among the hundreds of birds bred by murderer Robert Stroud during his imprisonment in this California federal prison, which earned him the nickname of its “Birdman.”
ANSWER: Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary [accept Alcatraz Island; accept “Birdman of Alcatraz”]
[10h] This criminal was an expert on Kirtland’s warbler, having published on the bird alongside James Watson’s father. This criminal wrote a book about the birds of Puerto Rico while working as an X-ray technician on parole.
ANSWER: Nathan Leopold [or Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr.]
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Summary
| 2023 Chicago Open | 08/05/2023 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 83% | 17% |
Data
| Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | Quasicrystal Silence | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Team Name Think Detail | BHSU | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | Saint Peter Andre 3000 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| I would prefer not to | [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |