Albert Bacon Fall - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

This man's ranch was foreclosed upon by Edward Doheny in the aftermath of a criminal case in which Doheny himself was acquitted. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this man who became the first Cabinet minister to go to prison following a case in which Harry Sinclair was convicted of contempt of court after a mistrial.

ANSWER: Albert Bacon Fall

[10m] Fall was imprisoned for his role in this event, in which he was bribed to illegally lease the US Navy's oil reserves to private companies.

ANSWER: Teapot Dome scandal

[10e] The Teapot Dome scandal retrospectively tarnished the Presidency of this Republican, whose sudden death in 1923 led to his replacement by Calvin Coolidge.

ANSWER: Warren G. Harding [or Warren Gamaliel Harding]

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Data

Team	Opponent	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Total
Adlai E. Stevenson A	Okemos	10	10	10	30
Alabama Cyber Tech	Park Tudor	10	10	10	30
Belmont	Innovation Academy B	10	10	10	30
Carl Sandburg	Audrain County AT	0	10	10	20
Carmel A	Winston Churchill B	0	10	10	20
Carmel B	Thomas Jefferson B	0	10	10	20
Centennial A	Barrington	0	10	10	20
Centennial B	Uni School of Nashville A	0	10	10	20
Chattahoochee A	Virginia	0	10	10	20
Chattahoochee B	Fremd	0	10	10	20
Classen SAS	Homewood-Flossmoor	0	10	10	20
Detroit Catholic Central A	Uni School of Nashville B	0	10	10	20
Detroit Catholic Central C	Great Valley	0	10	10	20
Downingtown STEM	Walter Payton B	10	10	10	30
Eastchester	Coronado	10	10	10	30
Edina	Herron	0	10	10	20
Glenbrook South	Lindbergh	0	10	10	20
Hunter A	Walter Payton A	10	10	10	30
Hunter B	Hinsdale Central A	0	10	10	20
Innovation Academy A	Russell	0	10	10	20
Irvington	Grosse Pointe South	0	10	10	20
Lambert A	Montgomery Blair B	10	10	10	30
Lambert B	Thomas Jefferson C	0	10	10	20
Montgomery Blair A	Lincoln-Way East B	0	10	10	20
Northmont	White Pigeon	0	10	10	20
Northview	Georgetown Day	0	10	10	20
Page	Johns Creek	0	10	10	20
Parkway West	Yukon B	10	10	10	30
Richard Montgomery	Milton	10	10	10	30
Saratoga	Detroit Catholic Central B	0	10	10	20
Seven Lakes	North Quincy	0	10	10	20
Solon	Lexington	0	0	10	10
Strake Jesuit A	Quince Orchard	10	10	10	30
Strake Jesuit B	Northside College Prep	10	10	10	30
Thomas Jefferson A	Fairfield County AT	0	10	10	20
Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Saint Joseph	10	10	10	30
Walker	Thomas Jefferson D	10	10	10	30
Wayzata	Thomas Jefferson E	0	10	10	20
West Point	Lee's Summit	0	10	10	20
Westwood	Lincoln-Way East A	0	10	10	20
Winston Churchill A	Kane County AT	0	10	10	20
Yukon A	Adlai E. Stevenson B	0	10	10	20

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	Heard	PPB	Easy %	Medium %	Hard %
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	22.86	100%	98%	31%