Packet 3: Bonus 13
The “Irish backstop” was an initial proposal for maintaining the terms of this agreement following Brexit. For 10 points each:
[10e] The Northern Ireland Protocol was negotiated to prevent the creation of a hard border between Ireland and the UK that would violate what 1998 peace deal?
ANSWER: Good Friday Agreement [or the Belfast Agreement]
[10m] The negotiation of the Protocol led this party to block the formation of a new government after local elections in 2022. After the 2017 election, Theresa May formed a government by receiving supply from this party.
ANSWER: Democratic Unionist Party [or DUP]
[10h] The lack of a regional government delayed responses to these events that occurred in the summers of 2023 and 2024 at a natural feature called Neagh (“nay”), which is still entirely owned by the 12th Earl of Shaftesbury.
ANSWER: harmful algal bloom [or blue green algae bloom or HAB]
<EC, Modern World> | NAFTA-Packet-3
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 14.88 | 98% | 51% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Neg of Beauty is a Joy Forever | The Third Time when she was Given to Answer the Hard and the Easy, and Answered Only the Easy | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| C R A B S | Dielectrical Materialism | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Dour Straits | H Charlson's Washed Up Scrubs | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Vacuous Tortoise | No Country for Old Quizzers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |