Packet 4: Bonus 9
The Biomedical Research Tower of a university in this city is named after the “father of transplantation,” Thomas Starzl, who developed the drug tacrolimus after moving to this city from Colorado. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city where Jonas Salk headed a virology lab that created the first polio vaccine. Medical student A. L. Wells helped treat Pinkerton agents wounded during a strike led by Hugh O’Donnell in a suburb of this city.
ANSWER: Pittsburgh [prompt on Homestead by asking “What larger city is that a suburb of?”]
[10e] R. K., a member of this Pittsburgh family, helped fund both Salk’s research and “urban renewal” projects that leveled much of the Hill District. A Pittsburgh university is named for this banking family and a steel magnate.
ANSWER: Mellon family [accept R. K. Mellon; accept Mellon Institute of Industrial Research; reject “Carnegie Mellon”]
[10h] Pitt doctor Peter Safar helped organize this pioneering, all-Black ambulance service based in the Hill District. This service set national EMS standards before Mayor Peter Flaherty absorbed it under pressure from police unions.
ANSWER: Freedom House Ambulance Service
<HA, American History> | NAFTA-Packet-4
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 13.68 | 82% | 53% | 3% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JHU | Penn State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Maryland F♯ A♯ ∞ | Contessa Dora | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Munir Siddiqui Fan Club | Catholic University A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Rosslyn Academic Team | https://i.imgur.com/C6nN2FE.png | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| UNC Charity | Mike and Psmith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |