Packet 3: Tossup 6

A hybrid seed manufacturer called this leader a “damned poor horse trader” during his visit to Coon Rapids. This leader attacked Lorenzo Sumulong as “a jerk [and] a stooge” in a speech to the UN. (-5[1])While viewing (-5[1])Leisurama (-5[1])houses, (15[1])this leader joked about a machine that “puts food into the mouth” during a debate at (15[1])Sokolniki (15[1])Park. (15[2]-5[1])After (15[2])exiling (15[1])Georgy Malenkov (15[1])to Kazakhstan, (15[4]-5[1])this (15[1])leader launched the (15[1])(*) Virgin (10[3])Lands campaign. (10[9]-5[2])This (-5[1])leader’s (10[1])modernizing (10[1])“thaw” (10[1])began after his speech (10[1]-5[1])“On the Cult of Personality (10[2])and Its Consequences.” (10[1])In 1962, this premier sent ICBMs to Fidel (10[2])Castro’s Cuba. (10[2])For 10 points, what Soviet leader gave the “Secret Speech” after succeeding Stalin? (10[2])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

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