Question

Answer the following about Adolf Hitler and birthdays, for 10 points each.
[10e] This Nazi Minister of Propaganda held lavish festivities in Berlin in honor of Hitler’s fiftieth birthday. This man gave the “Total War” speech in 1943.
ANSWER: Joseph Goebbels [or Paul Joseph Goebbels]
[10m] In 1942, this leader sparked the “Telegram Crisis” by only replying “giving my best, thanks” to Hitler’s effusive birthday message. This leader often rode his horse unaccompanied through his country’s occupied capital.
ANSWER: Christian X of Denmark [or Christian X, King of Denmark; or Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; prompt on Christian of Denmark or Christian, King of Denmark]
[10h] In 1945, Hitler celebrated his birthday by emerging from his Führerbunker for the last time. A day before, Georgy Zhukov’s (“ghee-OR-ghee ZHOO-kov’s”) troops overran the Oder–Neisse (“OH-dur NICE-uh”) line by taking this town’s “Heights,” which offered Berlin’s last natural defense.
ANSWER: Seelow (“ZAY-low”) [accept Seelow Heights or Seelower Höhen; accept Battle of the Seelow Heights or Schlacht um die Seelower Höhen]

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Cornell BBrown A100010
Duke AFlorida B100010
Florida AYale B1010020
Georgia Tech APenn State A1010020
Georgia Tech BClaremont A1010020
Houston APenn A100010
Illinois AChicago C100010
Johns Hopkins AUC Berkeley A1010020
MIT AMichigan A100010
Maryland ARutgers A100010
Minnesota AHarvard A1010020
NYU AMinnesota B0000
North Carolina AChicago B0000
Northwestern AStanford A100010
Ohio State AColumbia A1010020
South Carolina APurdue A100010
Texas ARutgers B100010
Virginia AImperial A100010
WUSTL AColumbia B10101030
WUSTL BUC Berkeley B100010
Yale AMcGill A1010020