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Packet 10: Bonus 1

This event occurred shortly after a train tour known as the “Voyage of Understanding.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this event deemed “Strange” in a book by Gaston Means. Joel T. Boone suspected a problem that may have caused this event, which occurred at San Francisco’s Peace Hotel.
ANSWER: death of Warren G. Harding [accept descriptions of Warren G. Harding dying prompt on partial answer]
[10e] The terminus of Harding’s “Voyage of Understanding” was this modern day state, whose purchase from Russia was known as “Seward’s Folly.”
ANSWER: Alaska [accept Alaska Territory; accept AK]
[10m] Harding began his “Voyage of Understanding” to Alaska in an attempt to get away from negative publicity surrounding this event. Interior secretary Albert B. Fall went to prison for illegally leasing the US Navy's oil reserves during this event.
ANSWER: Teapot Dome scandal
<History - American, Rohan Ganeshan> | VAULT II Packet 10

HeardPPBE %M %H %
3618.61100%83%3%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chattahoochee AHoover0101020EM
Chattahoochee BJohns Creek010010E
ExhibitionInnovation B0101020EM
MidtownLambert A0101020EM
Northview AInnovation A0101020EM
Northview BLambert B0101020EM

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓618.33100%83%0%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓320.00100%100%0%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓417.50100%75%0%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓417.50100%75%0%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓316.67100%67%0%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓415.00100%50%0%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓420.00100%100%0%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓120.00100%100%0%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓721.43100%100%14%