Question
This man’s efforts prompted the passage of the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885, which raised the age of consent to 16 years old. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this advocate for “government by journalism” and editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, who purchased the 13-year-old Eliza Armstrong to expose the abuses of child prostitution in “The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon.”
ANSWER: W. T. Stead [or William Thomas Stead]
[10m] Following the Armstrong case, Stead was arrested alongside Rebecca Jarrett and Bramwell, a member of this family. In 1865, a Methodist preacher from this family founded an organization dedicated to helping the homeless.
ANSWER: Booth [accept General William Booth; accept Bramwell Booth] (That organization is the Salvation Army.)
[10e] While the Criminal Law Amendment Act raised the age of consent, its Labouchère Amendment criminalizing “gross indecency” was used to prosecute these people, such as Oscar Wilde in 1895.
ANSWER: male homosexuals [or gay men; accept sodomy or men having sex with men; prompt on LGBTQ+ people or queer people]
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs | number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Berkeley | Cry of the Common Loon | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | Stanford+ | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |