Question
Norman Lear attributed his life of activism to stumbling across this man’s antisemitic radio broadcasts as a boy. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this “Radio Priest” who reached a peak of 30 million Americans in the 1930s. He opposed both free markets and communism from his base in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak.
ANSWER: Charles Coughlin (“COG-lin”) [or Charles Edward Coughlin or Father Coughlin]
[10e] Coughlin initially supported but then opposed this president, remarking that America could choose him “or Ruin.” Coughlin cast this president’s landmark series of work programs as “Christ’s Deal.”
ANSWER: Franklin Delano Roosevelt [or FDR; prompt on Roosevelt]
[10h] Coughlin formed the Union Party to challenge Roosevelt for president in 1936, nominating a representative from this state named William Lemke. Senator Gerald Nye was an antisemite from this state who opposed entry into World War II.
ANSWER: North Dakota [or ND]
<GT, American History>
Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| In the Mood for Buzz | Madmen and Specialists | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Social credit go vroom | Old and Young | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Paddington in Peru (2024) | ASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |