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This man’s personal assistant Claus von Bülow was acquitted for attempting to murder his wife in 1979. Interior designer Penelope Kitson refused to marry this man over his abusive past, (10[1])including reportedly forcing his wife to climb Mount Vesuvius while eight months pregnant. This man purchased William Skelly’s Spartan Aircraft Company and started making camper trailers. This man, whose mother ironically devised a family trust to curb his spendthrift tendencies, owned the “Nancy Taylor No. 1” site outside of (-5[1])Tulsa. This man’s son commissioned a “house” as an official residence for mayors like Tom Bradley and Eric Garcetti. (-5[1])This man only (10[1])paid the maximum (10[1])tax (10[1])deductible (10[1])amount as ransom for his (10[1])kidnapped (10[3])grandson, (10[6])whose left ear was cut off (10[2])by (10[1])the (10[1])’Ndrangheta (“un-DRAHN-get-uh”) mafia. For 10 points, what oil magnate names a private art museum (10[1])in Los Angeles? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: J. Paul Getty [or Jean Paul Getty Sr.; accept the Getty, Getty Center, Getty Museum, Getty Villa, or J. Paul Getty Museum; accept Getty House; accept Getty Trust]
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y22100%0%9%110.77

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