Question
Answer the following about British scandals of 1963, for 10 points each.
[10m] Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan resigned in 1963 amid the fallout from an “affair” when this Secretary of State for War lied about his extramarital relations with 19-year-old model Christine Keeler.
ANSWER: John Profumo [accept Profumo affair]
[10h] The 1963 divorce trial of Ian Campbell, the duke of this historic Scottish county, caused a media frenzy when the presiding judge declared Campbell’s socialite wife Margaret Whigham to have a “debased sexual appetite.”
ANSWER: Argyll [or Argyllshire; accept the Duke of Argyll or Duchess of Argyll; accept Argyll v. Argyll]
[10e] The 1963 defection of Kim Philby, a high-ranking intelligence officer, increased public awareness of a group of five alumni of this second-oldest English university, who were recruited as Soviet spies.
ANSWER: University of Cambridge [accept Cambridge Five]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 44% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 20% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 100% | 78% | 33% |
Data
| Lehigh A | Penn State B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |