Question
The advocacy group PEN America emphasized the “unprecedented” rate of this practice, noting that it had occurred more than 4,000 times during the second half of 2023. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this practice. The nonprofit Moms for Liberty disseminated a 111-page guidance document intended to facilitate this practice across the United States.
ANSWER: banning books [accept equivalents like removing books from schools; prompt on censorship]
[10h] After Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer, this “memoir-manifesto” by George M. Johnson tops the American Library Association’s list of “most-challenged books.” The title of this book references a character from Ava DuVernay’s drama Queen Sugar.
ANSWER: All Boys Aren’t Blue
[10e] The vast majority of recent book bans have occurred in this state. This state banned Critical Race Theory in educational settings and appointed conservative trustees to run a “New College” in Sarasota.
ANSWER: Florida [or FL]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 86% | 71% | 14% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 86% | 86% | 14% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 86% | 14% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 16.00 | 90% | 70% | 0% |