Packet F: 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

HeardPPBE %M %H %
11218.8499%63%27%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Liberty ADuke A1001020EM
Tusculum ANCSU B100010E
UNC AUNC C100010E
UNC BWilliam & Mary C1001020EM
UNC DNCSU A10101030EHM
VCU AJMU A1010020EH
Virginia ALiberty B1001020EM
William & Mary AJMU B1001020EM
William & Mary BLiberty C1001020EM

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Northern CaliforniaMain417.50100%25%50%
Southern CaliforniaMain720.00100%57%43%
Eastern Canada (1)Main417.50100%50%25%
Eastern Canada (2)Main917.78100%56%22%
FloridaMain412.50100%25%0%
Great LakesMain1019.00100%80%10%
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain918.89100%67%22%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain916.67100%33%33%
MidwestMain924.44100%100%44%
NorthMain412.50100%25%0%
NortheastMain1224.17100%75%67%
PacificMain820.00100%63%38%
South CentralMain618.33100%83%0%
SoutheastMain1216.6792%67%8%
Upstate NYMain516.00100%60%0%