Round 8: Tossup 11

The graffiti “here we drown [people from this country]” was created during a 1961 massacre led by the former Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon. The gégène (“zhay-ZHEN”) was used to conduct torture in this modern-day country, in which the paratrooper Jean-Marie Le Pen (10[1])participated. In this modern country, Raoul Dufy founded the far-right OAS, (10[1])which attempted to assassinate Charles de Gaulle. This country’s independence led to an exodus of white pieds-noirs (10[2])(“pyay-nwar”). The Fourth French Republic ended due to a revolution in this country, which was granted independence in the 1962 Évian Accords. For 10 points, what country’s FLN fought French colonial forces in the Battle of Algiers? ■END■

ANSWER: Algeria [or Algérie; or People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria; or al-Jazā'ir]
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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Northern CaliforniaMain4100%0%56.75
Southern CaliforniaMain7100%14%44.29
Eastern Canada (1)Main5100%60%62.40
Eastern Canada (2)Main9100%11%59.78
FloridaMain4100%50%88.00
Great LakesMain11100%0%56.27
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain9100%11%65.44
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain12100%17%55.58
MidwestMain989%0%57.63
NorthMain4100%25%61.75
NortheastMain12100%8%51.08
PacificMain8100%38%65.50
South CentralMain7100%14%76.14
SoutheastMain13100%15%61.00
Upstate NYMain5100%20%69.80
UK (North)UK5100%40%47.00
UK (South)UK8100%25%59.63