Packet 4: Bonus 19
In 2020, prosecutors accused the so-called “Skandia Man,” Stig Engström, of committing this crime. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this unsolved crime that occurred when a Swedish Prime Minister was walking back from a movie theater in 1986.
ANSWER: the assassination of Olof Palme [accept descriptions of killing or shooting or murdering Olof Palme]
[10m] Richard Brenneke claimed that this organization initiated Palme’s assassination through the Masonic lodge P2 as part of Operation Gladio. This organization used radio-based disinformation to stage a coup during Operation PBSuccess.
ANSWER: Central Intelligence Agency [or CIA]
[10e] Palme was shot in this city, where cooperative hostages during a 1973 bank robbery popularized the theory of a namesake “syndrome.” This city is the capital of Sweden.
ANSWER: Stockholm [accept Stockholm Syndrome]
<History - European, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 04
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 20.59 | 100% | 59% | 47% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester A | Chimera | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Sheffield B | Edinburgh | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 23.75 | 100% | 63% | 75% |