Iran hostage crisis - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

For over 30 years until her death, Marion Stokes recorded American TV channels 24/7, amassing over 70,000 tapes. For 10 points each:

[10m] Stokes began her 24/7 recording of TV with news footage of what 444-day event, which was nearly stopped by Operation Eagle Claw?

ANSWER: Iran hostage crisis [accept descriptive answers like the hostage situation in Iran]

[10h] Four shipping containers sent Stokes' collection to this nonprofit organization. In 2001, this organization publicly released a search tool named for a fictional device used by Mister Peabody and Sherman.

ANSWER: Internet Archive [reject "Internet" alone] (the search tool is the Wayback Machine)

[10e] Upon her death on December 14, 2012, Stokes' last tape included news footage of this mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.

ANSWER: Sandy Hook Elementary shooting [accept Newtown shooting]

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Data

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

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	Heard	PPB	Easy %	Medium %	Hard %
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	41	20.49	81%	90%	34%