Packet 9: Bonus 16
In 2024, Malawi finally got its first device for performing this medical treatment. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this therapy, commonly combined with chemotherapy to kill cancer cells. This type of therapy destroys cancer cells using X-rays or gamma rays.
ANSWER: radiation therapy [or radiotherapy; accept brachytherapy; accept external beam radiation therapy]
[10h] 2024 production problems at Merck caused shipments of this cancer-preventing HPV vaccine to not go to Africa. Along with Cervatrix, this HPV vaccine is multi-dose, making it harder to fully administer than a single shot.
ANSWER: Gardasil [accept Gardasil 9]
[10m] In 2018, Malawi was second in cervical cancer rate to this country, the only absolute monarchy in Africa. In 2024, Nomcebo Zuma married the king of this landlocked country that changed its name in 2018.
ANSWER: Eswatini [or Kingdom of eSwatini or Swaziland or Umbuso weSwatini] (Nomcebo Zuma is a daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma.)
<Editors, Current Events> | Packet I
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 116 | 19.48 | 97% | 84% | 15% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Mason A | Maryland A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland C | Rutgers A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 21.43 | 100% | 86% | 29% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 100% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 100% | 67% | 44% |
| Florida | US | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 21.00 | 100% | 90% | 20% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 78% | 22% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 78% | 22% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 89% | 89% | 22% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 88% | 100% | 0% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 83% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 13 | 20.77 | 100% | 92% | 15% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |