Question
Barney McBride was stabbed to death after going to Washington to raise awareness of the murders of members of this ethnic group. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ethnic group, members of which were targeted by William Hale during the “Reign of Terror” in order to gain oil rights, as recounted in David Grann’s book Killers of the Flower Moon.
ANSWER: Osage [or the Osage Nation; or Wazhazhe; accept Osage Reign of Terror; prompt on Native Americans or Indigenous people or American Indians]
[10e] Tom White led the investigation of the Osage murders as a member of this organization’s predecessor, which had just come under the oversight of J. Edgar Hoover.
ANSWER: FBI [accept Federal Bureau of Investigation; accept BOI or Bureau of Investigation]
[10h] Grann also wrote about Percy Fawcett going missing in this region. Cândido Rondon (“KUN-jee-doo ROHN-dohn”) explored this region with Teddy Roosevelt in a trip that nearly killed the former president.
ANSWER: Amazon rainforest [accept the Amazon River; prompt on Brazil; prompt on South America or Latin America]
<Anthony Troullier, History - American - 1865-1945> ~22711~ <Editor: Arjun Nageswaran>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 30 | 21.33 | 93% | 60% | 60% |