Question
During a 2024 election, this party leader launched his manifesto at an amusement park and was interviewed on a spinning teacup ride. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this party leader whose campaign stunts included using a waterslide and bungee jumping. Those stunts may have helped this leader’s party win 72 seats in July, the best result for a third party in his country since 1923.
ANSWER: Ed Davey [or Sir Edward Jonathan Davey]
[10m] Ed Davey is currently the leader of this political party and contributed to the Orange Book, an essay collection that also featured a chapter from this party’s earlier leader Nick Clegg.
ANSWER: Liberal Democrats UK [or Lib Dems]
[10e] The Lib Dems’ 72 seats still were dwarfed by the majority won by this British Labour leader, who became Prime Minister after the election despite his party only winning a third of the popular vote.
ANSWER: Keir Starmer
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Summary
| California | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 83% | 67% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 83% | 83% | 17% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 83% | 33% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 40% | 20% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 89% | 67% | 33% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| Brown A | BU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tufts A | Dartmouth A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Harvard A | Harvard B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| MIT A | Brandeis A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Brandeis B | UMass Boston | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |