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In this country, Sama ran the only asbestos mine in the Americas, which has recently transitioned to mining (-5[1])rare earth elements to compete with China. A public money-transfer system in this country, Pix, has drawn (-5[1])ire from Donald Trump and US tech companies. In 2020, this country’s politician Abraham Weintraub made anti-Chinese remarks that jeopardized (-5[1])the trade of this country, (-5[1])the world’s top soybean producer. The 2025 (10[1])iteration (-5[1])of the UN’s (-5[1])climate change conference, COP30, will take place in this country where political corruption was unearthed in (10[1])Operation Car Wash (10[1])during (10[1])the Dilma (10[2])Rousseff (“JEEL-muh hoo-SEF”) administration. For 10 points, what alphabetically-first namesake of BRICS (“bricks”) is led by Lula da Silva? (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Brazil [or Brasil; or Federative Republic of Brazil; or República Federativa do Brasil]
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Reed SextonMichigan CCWRU D17-5
Nishad JoshiKentuckyPittsburgh34-5
Joe PatersonMichigan State ALouisville A54-5
Gary WangMichigan DCWRU C59-5
Sam ZavadilMichigan State DLouisville C6610
Brady HaganOhio State BMichigan State B67-5
Eric CameronMichigan State COhio State D70-5
Venkat DasWVU BWVU A8610
Kevin ZhengMichigan AMichigan B8910
Matthew LamOhio State ALouisville B9010
Anthony YinCWRU ACWRU B9210
Dirk HayLouisville DOhio State C9210
Daniel LuebsMichigan State BOhio State B10810
Zac StaplerPittsburghKentucky10910
Matthew StallCWRU DMichigan C10910
Henry NonnemakerCWRU CMichigan D10910
Orion BreyLouisville AMichigan State A10910
Ishan ChahandeOhio State DMichigan State C10910

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%40%99.00
UK (South)UK7100%57%92.00
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%25%95.75
Southern CaliforniaUS786%43%89.33
Eastern Canada (1)US5100%40%93.80
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%11%81.89
FloridaUS4100%50%90.75
Great LakesUS12100%50%97.33
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%22%98.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS10100%60%105.50
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS2100%50%107.00
MidwestUS9100%33%98.22
NorthUS4100%50%94.25
NortheastUS11100%27%86.55
PacificUS8100%50%87.50
SoutheastUS13100%62%100.00
Upstate NYUS6100%17%95.33