Question
Suffragette Nellie McClung lectured on a type of “madness” that afflicted people living in isolation in this general location. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this flat location once called the Great American Desert. Nebraska and the Dakotas are generally included within this location.
ANSWER: Great Plains [or the prairie or Western Plains; accept Prairie Madness; prompt on plains]
[10h] An author of this ethnicity addressed Prairie Madness in his novel Giants in the Earth. The 1970 Nobel Peace Prize was won by a man of this ethnicity called “The Father of the Green Revolution.”
ANSWER: Norwegian-American [prompt on Scandinavian-American or Norse or Nordic] (The author was Ole Rolvaag. The scientist was Norman Borlaug.)
[10m] “Prairie Madness” was one reason that many people failed to complete a five-year residency requirement of this legislation. This 1862 law attracted Black Exodusters to Kansas.
ANSWER: Homestead Act of 1862
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Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 34 | 20.88 | 97% | 94% | 18% |