Packet N: Bonus 16
In a 1935 open letter, Pavel Postyshev proposed celebrating this holiday by erecting a yolka, or decorated tree, in front of the Kremlin. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this holiday that Soviet officials promoted as a secular alternative to a different holiday that had been designated a “Day of Industrialization.” A special edition of Little Blue Light aired annually on this holiday.
ANSWER: New Year’s Eve [or Novy God]
[10m] Following Postyshev’s suggestion, the Komsomol, a wing of the Communist Party for these people, put up the Kremlin yolka. Another Soviet organization of these people was named for them as “Pioneers.”
ANSWER: youth [or young people; accept children]
[10e] Postyshev’s letter was published in this official newspaper of the Soviet Central Committee. Both the Komsomol and the Young Pioneers published their own versions of this newspaper, whose name meant “truth.”
ANSWER: Pravda
<CJ, European History> | Packet N - Simon Fraser A, Carleton A, Georgia Tech A, Claremont A, Warwick A, Columbia B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 18.62 | 97% | 72% | 17% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandeis B | Southern Connecticut State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Harvard A | MIT | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (South) | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 10 | 15.00 | 100% | 40% | 10% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| Northeast | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 80% | 20% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 100% | 20% |