Question
Alan Garner argued that this person’s suicide by biting into an apple laced with cyanide was inspired by Snow White. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this person who pleaded guilty to indecency charges in 1952. A 2017 law named for this person pardoned those prosecuted for homosexuality in Britain.
ANSWER: Alan Turing [or Alan Mathison Turing]
[10h] The Wolfenden Committee first suggested decriminalizing homosexuality after the 1954 arrest of a member of this family. A much earlier woman who married into this family recorded how Turkish women opened blisters on each other.
ANSWER: Montagu [accept Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu; accept Mary Wortley Montagu; prompt on Pierrepont with “what family did she marry into?”]
[10e] The largest LGBTQ+ rights organization in Britain is named after this New York gay bar, where a series of 1969 riots launched the US’s gay rights movement.
ANSWER: Stonewall Inn [or Bonnie’s Stonewall Inn; accept Stonewall Equality Ltd]
<Ganon Evans, History - Cross, Historiography, and Miscellaneous> ~22587~ <Editor: Michael Bentley>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 21.94 | 100% | 89% | 31% |