Bonus
Nidhin Olikara argued that this ruler favored a barter trade system that sent raw goods to early industrial cities like Mandya. For 10 point each:
[10h] Name this ruler, nicknamed the “Tiger of Mysore,” who resisted British imperialism with early rockets.
ANSWER: Tipu Sultan [or Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu]
[10e] Before his literary career, Ian Fleming had what profession? Fleming would later create a fictional member of this profession with code number 007 (“double-oh-seven”), James Bond.
ANSWER: spy [or secret agent]
[10e] Tipu’s rockets helped win the Battle of Pollilur against this company. Until the Sepoy Rebellion prompted the creation of the British Raj, this company dominated the subcontinent through princely allies.
ANSWER: East India Company [or British East India Company; or EIC]
[10h] This MI6 agent satirized the agency in his novel Our Man in Havana. This Catholic novelist was inspired by his time stationed in Sierra Leone to write about the decline of Henry Scobie in The Heart of the Matter.
ANSWER: Graham Greene [or Henry Graham Greene]
[10m] Mysore eclipsed this region as India’s early industrial center after 400,000 people died in Maratha raids. In 1770 and 1943, millions of people in this region died from famine, with the latter often blamed on Winston Churchill.
ANSWER: Bengal [accept Bengal Famine of 1770 or Bengal Famine of 1943]
[10m] The journalist Thomas Fowler helps assassinate a CIA agent in a Graham Greene novel set in this country, The Quiet American. Tim O’Brien set his short story collection The Things They Carried in this country and the United States.
ANSWER: Vietnam [or Viet Nam; accept North Vietnam or South Vietnam]
<Edinburgh B, World History>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 103 | 16.99 | 97% | 62% | 11% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia A | Maryland C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| George Mason A | Rowan | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EE |
| George Mason B | George Mason C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EE |
| Johns Hopkins | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EE |
| Lehigh A | Rutgers D | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland A | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland B | Penn | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EE |
| NYU A | Rutgers C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEE |
| NYU C | Rutgers A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EE |
| Princeton | Stony Brook | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Vassar A | Lehigh B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EE |
| Vassar B | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 88% | 88% | 25% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 71% | 14% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 25% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 14.00 | 90% | 30% | 20% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 44% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 11 | 16.36 | 100% | 55% | 9% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 89% | 0% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 88% | 25% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |