Packet 20: Bonus 8
American businessman Sam Zemurray was nicknamed after this crop and became president of a company that utilized the “Great White Fleet.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this crop that the United Fruit Company harvested in namesake “republics” across Latin America.
ANSWER: bananas [accept banana republic; accept “Sam the Banana Man”]
[10h] This democratically-elected president’s Decree 900 agrarian reforms gave unused UFC land to peasants, causing the company to lobby the US government to overthrow this Guatemalan leader in Operation PBSuccess (“P-B-success”).
ANSWER: Jacobo Árbenz (“HAH-koh-boh ARR-bens”) [or Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán]
[10m] In 1928, banana workers striking for rights at a UFC plantation in this country were killed by the government of Miguel Abadía Méndez. In 1997, Chiquita laborers were held hostage by FARC, a rebel group in this country that signed a 2016 peace deal.
ANSWER: Colombia [or Republic of Colombia]
<Virginia Tech A, World History> | Packet F
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 112 | 18.84 | 99% | 63% | 27% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guelph A | Toronto H | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| McMaster A | Toronto E | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto A | McMaster C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto B | Waterloo A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Toronto C | Brock A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto D | Waterloo B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto G | Queen's A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Toronto I | McMaster B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Waterloo C | Toronto F | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 57% | 43% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 56% | 22% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 19.00 | 100% | 80% | 10% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 67% | 22% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 24.44 | 100% | 100% | 44% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 24.17 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 63% | 38% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 83% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 92% | 67% | 8% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |