Packet N: Bonus 11
Patrick Keefe’s 2017 New Yorker article titled The Family That Built an Empire of Pain arguably brought Purdue Pharma’s alleged crimes involving this drug to the spotlight for the first time. For 10 points each:
[10e] The Sackler family made its fortune off of what prescription drug whose addictive properties they knowingly downplayed? Percodan is a combination of this drug and aspirin while Percocet combines it with tylenol.
ANSWER: oxycodone [accept OxyContin and Roxicodone; prompt on oxy]
[10h] The rise in overdose cases led this agency to create the SUDORS dashboard to compile relevant data and isolate trends. This agency publishes the MMWR report every Thursday.
ANSWER: CDC [or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
[10m] According to SUDORS, Alaska, DC, and this state hold the top three highest overdose rates per 100,000 people. Eric Eyre won a 2017 Pulitzer Prize for his work in exposing the rampant “pill mills” within this state’s Mingo County.
ANSWER: West Virginia [or WV]
<KT, Current Events> | Packet N - Simon Fraser A, Carleton A, Georgia Tech A, Claremont A, Warwick A, Columbia B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 16.67 | 85% | 51% | 31% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia A | Johns Hopkins B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| John Jay | Maryland A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Maryland B | Rutgers A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| NYU A | Maryland C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU B | Rutgers B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| NYU C | Columbia C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| Swarthmore | Johns Hopkins A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Vassar | Catholic | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | HM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (South) | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 11 | 13.64 | 82% | 36% | 18% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |
| Northeast | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 6 | 13.33 | 67% | 50% | 17% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 21.25 | 88% | 50% | 75% |