Packet 8: Bonus 13
Corpses mysteriously washing up on beaches in this archipelago in early 2025 are speculated to be from Algerian migrant ships. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this archipelago off the Iberian peninsula. Tourism has been negatively affected by dead bodies washing ashore on islands like Formentera in this Catalan-speaking archipelago.
ANSWER: Balearic Islands [or Islas Baleares; or Illes Balears]
[10e] Though four bodies were discovered within a quarter mile of each other on this state’s Gilgo Beach in 2010, the killer was only arrested in 2024. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed in this state.
ANSWER: New York [or NY]
[10m] In 1948, a mysterious body carrying a page of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám washed up on a beach in this country. Anthony Albanese is the current prime minister of this country.
ANSWER: Australia [or Commonwealth of Australia]
<Current Events — Sinecio Morales> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 8
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 22.11 | 100% | 74% | 47% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | DeWitt B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| DeWitt A | Grand Ledge | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Williamston | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Hillsdale Academy A | Traverse City Central A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Okemos A | Detroit Catholic Central B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Okemos B | Detroit Country Day A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Troy B | U of D Jesuit | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Utica Academy | Detroit Catholic Central C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| White Cloud A | Rockford A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 9 | 21.11 | 100% | 67% | 44% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 80% | 40% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 80% | 60% |