Packet 2: Bonus 13
This organization’s leader told Gifford Pinchot "I don't want anything more to do with you" after he proposed allowing sheep grazing in forest reserves. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this environmental organization that helped promote the creation of National Parks. This organization’s founder took a U.S. President on a 1903 tour of Yosemite.
ANSWER: Sierra Club
[10e] Gifford Pinchot was a close personal friend of this adventurous U.S. President who toured Yosemite with John Muir (“myoor”). This naturalist ran under the “Bull Moose” party in 1912.
ANSWER: Theodore Roosevelt [or TR; or Teddy Roosevelt; prompt on Roosevelt]
[10m] Muir opposed Pinchot’s advocacy for one of these projects in the Hetch Hetchy Valley by claiming there was “no holier temple” than nature. As a swipe at a political enemy, Harold Ickes (“ICK-iss”) changed the name of one of these projects built by the Bureau of Reclamation.
ANSWER: dams [accept Hoover Dam or O'Shaughnessy Dam; prompt on hydroelectric plants or power plants; prompt on water project or artificial lakes]
<History - American, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 02
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 20.22 | 93% | 78% | 31% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basileus II: Electric Boogaloo | Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Heauton Timorumenos | Big Brown Ballers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Prat Pack | Midnight Bus to Vista | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience | Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| whatever | Always Set the Kurve | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 100% | 33% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 60% | 80% | 20% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 26.25 | 100% | 100% | 63% |