Question
This company's 1904 "Circular 57" helped popularize the "C-Q-D" distress signal. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this British telecommunications firm where John Ambrose Fleming developed the vacuum tube. George Bernard Shaw's The Music Cure references a scandal named for this company during the Asquith government.
ANSWER: Marconi Company [accept English Marconi or American Marconi or Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company or Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company or Marconi International Marine Communication Company]
[10e] Passengers on this ship could send "marconigrams," at least until it hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912.
ANSWER: RMS Titanic
[10m] Marconi Research Lab employee Tony Sale led the construction of the Mark 2 Colossus computer at this center of British codebreaking during World War II in Milton Keynes.
ANSWER: Bletchley Park [prompt on Bletchley or Government Code and Cypher School or GC&CS]
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| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adlai E. Stevenson A | Belmont | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Alabama Cyber Tech | Thomas Jefferson A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Audrain County AT | Lambert A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Hunter A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Eastchester | Richard Montgomery | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Lexington | Strake Jesuit A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Lindbergh | Westwood | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Northmont | Johns Creek | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Northview | Montgomery Blair A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Strake Jesuit B | Fremd | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Uni of Illinois Laboratory | Innovation Academy A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Walter Payton A | Hinsdale Central A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 12 | 19.17 | 100% | 75% | 17% |