Question
After Pope Pius IX contributed a marble slab during the construction of the Washington Monument, members of this party stole it and dumped it into the Potomac River. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this notoriously anti-Catholic party, whose common name comes from its members denying its existence when asked.
ANSWER: Know Nothing Party
[10h] Pro-Know Nothing gangs like the Plug Uglies instigated an 1856 riot in this city. Five years later, the Union suffered its first casualties of the Civil War during the Pratt Street Riots in this city.
ANSWER: Baltimore
[10e] In 1836, this man unsuccessfully ran for mayor of New York under the Know-Nothing Party. This man is best known for his invention of the telegram, which used a “code” of dots and dashes named for him.
ANSWER: Samuel Morse [or Samuel Finley Breese Morse; accept Morse Code]
<History - American History>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Brunswick A | BASIS-Independent Brooklyn | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Eastchester | Downingtown STEM | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Great Valley | Hunter A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Hastings B | North Babylon A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Hunter B | Trinity A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Mather B | moving finger A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Mather C | Hastings A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Trinity B | Stuyvesant A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| moving finger C | Mather A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Fight 2 | 1/11/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 FARSI @ Columbia | 12/08/2024 | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 89% | 100% | 22% |