Packet 7: Bonus 12
A politician from this state allegedly campaigned by giving the “redneck speech,” which accused his opponent of “practicing nepotism” with his sister-in-law and being a sibling of a “known homo sapiens.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this state, which was represented by Claude Pepper and George Smathers in the 1950s. During the 1980 election, the Jimmy Carter campaign was hurt by immigration to this state from its south via the Mariel Boatlift.
ANSWER: Florida [or FL]
[10e] George Smathers sold this Republican president his “Winter White House” in Key Biscayne, where he often went into seclusion during the Watergate scandal.
ANSWER: Richard Nixon [or Richard Milhous Nixon]
[10h] In a 1962 meeting in Palm Beach, leading conservatives agreed to denounce Robert Welch, the leader of this paranoid anticommunist group. This far-right “society” alleged Dwight Eisenhower was a Soviet agent.
ANSWER: John Birch Society [accept Birchers; prompt on JBS]
<American History — Joel Miles> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 7
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 16.67 | 100% | 58% | 8% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Bible School | Owensboro | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Franklin Road Academy | Harpeth Hall | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Merrol Hyde A | Portland High | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Merrol Hyde B | USN C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| USN A | USN B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 14 | 15.71 | 100% | 50% | 7% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 100% | 20% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |