Bonus
Answer the following about Republican efforts to limit access to online pornography, for 10 points each.
[10e] Kevin Roberts’s foreword to this roughly 900-page document claims that pornography should be outlawed. The Heritage Foundation led assembly of this policy blueprint for a Republican successor to Joe Biden.
ANSWER: Project 2025 [or 2025 Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise; or Mandate for Leadership IX]
[10m] Free Speech Coalition sued this attorney general of Texas over a state law requiring strict age verification on adult sites. After this man’s indictment for securities fraud, the Texas House impeached him, but the state senate acquitted him.
ANSWER: Ken Paxton [or Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr.]
[10h] This digital rights advocacy group co-founded by Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow filed an amicus brief opposing Texas’s law. It defended McMansion Hell blogger Kate Wagner from a cease-and-desist letter by Zillow.
ANSWER: Electronic Frontier Foundation [or EFF]
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago A | Rutgers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Chicago B | Minnesota | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Columbia B | Maryland | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Cornell A | Texas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cornell B | UCF | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Harvard | Toronto B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Illinois B | RIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | Illinois A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Johns Hopkins | Georgia Tech | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| LSE | British Columbia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| MIT | Toronto C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Michigan | Virginia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU | Florida | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| North Carolina A | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| North Carolina B | Ohio State | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Ottawa | Waterloo B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford | Toronto A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| UC Berkeley A | Waterloo A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley B | Arizona State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Vanderbilt | Winona State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Virginia Tech | Iowa State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| WUSTL A | Northwestern | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| WUSTL B | Penn State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Yale | Georgia State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 24 | 20.42 | 100% | 75% | 29% |