Round 4: Tossup 1

A myth from this modern-day country details a figure’s heroic last stand surrounded by “no less than sixteen…corpses” with his knife in one of them. A woman called “The Yellow Rose” distracted an enemy leader in this modern-day country. Another woman convinced a leader of this modern-day country to change the stars on its flag from six-pointed to five-pointed. A man born in this modern-day country legendarily planted apple seeds wherever he went. (10[4])One leader of this country cut down his father’s cherry tree. For 10 points, in what modern-day country was the phrase “I cannot tell a lie” said by president George Washington? ■END■

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