John Profumo - 2024 ACF Winter at Online

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 Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	6	13.33	67%	50%	17%
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


Vassar A	WUSTL A	10	10	20
Central Oklahoma	Texas D	0	10	10
NYU B	Colorado College	10	10	20
Iowa	Texas C	0	10	10
Missouri	McGill E	0	10	10
NYU A	Oregon State	10	10	20
Texas A	Arkansas	10	10	20
Texas B	Vassar B	0	10	10