Bonus
This phenomenon arose when the Plaza Accord led one country to create several asset price bubbles, which subsequently burst. For 10 points each:
[10m] Japan’s “Lost Decades” of slow economic growth is often attributed to what economic phenomenon of falling prices?
ANSWER: deflation [prompt on stagflation; reject “inflation”]
[10h] This company struggled to diversify its markets amid the Lost Decade and 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. During World War II, this manufacturer was a zaibatsu that built the Zero model planes used for kamikaze attacks.
ANSWER: Mitsubishi
[10e] Because of government turmoil in 1995, the Yakuza’s Yamaguchi clan led relief efforts to one of these events in Hanshin. The Imperial Hotel remained standing after a “Great” one of these disasters in Kanto in 1923.
ANSWER: earthquakes [or tremors; accept the Great Hanshin Earthquake or Great Kanto Earthquake]
<Editors, World History>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 10 | 25.00 | 80% | 100% | 70% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown B | Amherst A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Claremont A | UC Santa Barbara | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Dartmouth A | Williams B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Dartmouth B | Brown A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| George Mason A | Maryland A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Maryland C | Rutgers A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | MH |
| Sheffield B | Edinburgh A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Toronto B | McMaster A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Vanderbilt A | Chipola College | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Vermont B | Boston College A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 50% | 100% | 100% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |