Democratic Republic of the Congo - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

In this country, several Irish UN peacekeepers were attacked (10[1])in the Niemba (-5[1])ambush by members (10[3]-5[1])of its (10[2])Luba people. (10[8]-5[1])In the 1930s, (10[1]-5[1])both (10[1])the German (10[1])nuclear program and the Manhattan Project (10[1])sourced (10[1])uranium (10[2])from (10[1])this modern-day (10[4])country’s (10[4]-5[3])Shinkolobwe (“shin-koh-LOH-bway”) Mine. (10[5]-5[3])In 1960, (10[3])the (10[1])MNC (10[1])joined (10[1])with Joseph Kasa-Vubu’s ABAKO (10[1]-5[1])party (-5[1])in this country, (10[2])which fought a secessionist movement (10[1])led by (10[1]-5[1])Moïse (-5[1])Tshombe (10[2]-5[1])(“mo-EEZ SHOM-bay”). Dag (-5[2])Hammarskjöld (“HAM-er-schuld”) died in a plane (-5[1])crash (10[1])while traveling (10[1])to (10[1])negotiate (10[2]-5[2])a ceasefire (-5[1])in the Katanga (10[2])War, (10[2])part (10[1])of a (10[1]-5[1])“Crisis” (10[2])in this country (10[1]-5[1])that led (10[1])to the rise of Mobutu (10[2])Sese-Seko. (10[9]-5[3])For 10 points, name this country (-5[1])first led (10[1])by (-5[1])Patrice Lumumba (10[2])from Kinshasa. (10[7])■END■ (10[22]0[4])

ANSWER: Democratic Republic of the Congo [or DRC or DR Congo; accept Congo–Kinshasa or Congo–Léopoldville; accept Congo after “Kinshasa” is read, but prompt on Congo before; prompt on the Republic of the Congo; reject “Congo–Brazzaville” or the “Congo Republic”; reject “Zaire”]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA E	8	10
James Xiao	Toronto A	Waterloo B	11	-5
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	Louisville A	14	-5
Tanmay Mirashi	Maryland C	George Mason A	14	10
Sam Hewitt	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	14	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Vanderbilt B	14	10
Alex Smits	Wisconsin A	Macalester	16	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Boise State	16	10
Jesse Erwin	Toronto C	Toronto E	18	10
William Erwin	William & Mary B	UNC D	18	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	VCU A	18	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	Maryland A	18	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	George Mason C	18	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Illinois Champaign	18	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Alberta B	18	10
Peter Randall	Georgia A	Auburn A	18	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Cornell D	18	-5
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	UCF A	21	-5
Orion Brey	Louisville A	Ohio State C	21	10
Bailey Lacefield	Toronto G	Waterloo A	22	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Chipola College	24	10
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	Illinois Blue	30	10
Rick Line	Cardiff	Cambridge D	31	10
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	Louisville D	32	10
James Mickel	Michigan State C	CWRU C	32	10
Johnathan Li	Penn	Vassar A	33	10
Aiden Wilson	WVU B	CWRU D	35	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Michigan State B	35	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	Ohio State D	35	10
Nova Sink	Virginia Tech A	William & Mary A	35	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Archer Queen	36	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCSD A	36	-5
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	NYU C	36	10
Omer Korkmaz	Johns Hopkins	Rutgers D	36	-5
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Chicago A	36	-5
James Horsley	Iowa State	Michigan Tech	36	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Chinook	36	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD B	38	10
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Carleton A	38	10
Gus Morin-Strom	Carleton B	Ottawa C	38	-5
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	NCSU A	38	-5
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Cambridge E	38	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Imperial B	38	10
Harry Crane	Warwick	Imperial C	38	10
Sam Barrekette	RIT A	Binghamton C	38	-5
Shreyansh Satapurthy	UCLA D	UCLA F	40	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Durham C	40	10
Stan Entwistle	Edinburgh C	Edinburgh A	40	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill A	41	10
Peter Kushnir	British Columbia B	Arizona State B	42	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Clemson B	43	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill B	47	10
Charlie Nicholls	Cambridge C	Imperial D	47	-5
Hitansh Malaviya	Rutgers C	Princeton	48	-5
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Michigan D	51	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	Virginia Tech C	51	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Cambridge B	56	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto B	58	-5
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Toronto H	58	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Binghamton A	59	-5
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	South Florida A	60	10
Thomas Zhao	Michigan C	Michigan A	60	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia A	60	-5
Anila Moparthi	Illinois Orange	Illinois Urbana	61	-5
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Oxford	61	-5
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	66	-5
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill C	67	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Georgia Tech B	69	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Durham B	70	10
Mai Höglund	Claremont B	Claremont C	71	-5
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	McMaster A	71	-5
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Rutgers B	71	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Emory A	71	10
Alma Gazzaniga	UNC B	Duke A	73	-5
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Guelph A	76	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Texas	76	10
Ethan Enochian	Purdue D	William Woods University A	77	10
Nitish Sudhakar	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech D	77	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Clemson C	78	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech A	80	-5
Mason Lambert	JMU A	Tusculum A	80	10
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	UC Irvine	81	10
Jack Marguiles	Stony Brook	NYU B	81	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	WVU A	84	-5
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Bristol	84	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Ohio State B	86	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	UNC A	91	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Purdue B	91	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	92	-5
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	Claremont A	92	10
Sam Zavadil	Michigan State D	Louisville B	92	10
Jacob Schildkraut	William & Mary C	JMU B	92	10
Alexander DaGrossa	Rowan	Lehigh A	92	-5
Ethan Skolnick	WashU Grolars	Iowa B	92	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	92	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Southern Connecticut State University A	92	10
Charles Xin	British Columbia A	Washington Steelhead	92	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Auburn B	92	-5
Rufus Gladwell	Durham A	York	92	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Edinburgh D	92	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Cornell A	98	-5
Christina Popov	Queen's A	Toronto I	100	10
Sage Saperstein	USC B	USC A	101	-5
Surya Donath	Stanford A	Berkeley Little Prince	103	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia Tech E	103	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	McMaster B	105	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo B	Toronto A	105	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	Michigan B	105	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Rutgers C	105	10
Eric Lipsutz	Chicago B	Indiana B	105	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Illinois Orange	105	10
Christine Prince	Cornell A	Cornell B	105	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	UCSC	106	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	Claremont B	106	10
Serena Salfiti	USC A	USC B	106	0
Aris Anton	Waterloo C	Brock A	106	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto F	106	10
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF A	Florida B	106	0
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	Florida State A	106	10
Andrea Owusu	Duke A	UNC B	106	0
John Gamble	NCSU A	Virginia A	106	10
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	Columbia B	106	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Rowan	106	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Johns Hopkins	106	0
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar B	Lehigh B	106	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Purdue C	106	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Wisconsin B	106	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Chum	106	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Washington Masu	106	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt A	106	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Sewanne	106	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Auburn C	106	10
Judah Solomon	Imperial D	Cambridge C	106	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Southampton	106	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	Cornell C	106	10
Alex Forman	Cornell D	ESF	106	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	RIT A	106	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	RIT B	106	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	66.80
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	25%	62.13
Northern California	US	4	75%	25%	81.67
Southern California	US	7	86%	43%	60.83
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	80%	20%	48.25
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	33%	77.33
Florida	US	4	50%	50%	83.00
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	18%	53.09
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	22%	61.38
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	1	100%	0%	106.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	22%	51.38
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	50%	88.50
Midwest	US	9	100%	22%	70.89
North	US	4	100%	0%	62.50
Northeast	US	1	100%	0%	92.00
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	61.50
Southeast	US	12	100%	17%	67.92
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	80%	105.80