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]
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Georgia CWashington001010E
New YorkNorth Carolina0101020ME

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24620.00100%67%33%
Triangle Cup2026-03-13323.33100%100%33%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13220.00100%50%50%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13225.00100%100%50%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13422.50100%50%75%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24210.00100%0%0%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24210.00100%0%0%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30323.33100%67%67%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19215.00100%50%0%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17823.75100%63%75%