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In this country, Sama ran the only asbestos mine in the Americas, which has recently transitioned to mining rare earth elements to compete with China. (-5[1])A public money-transfer system in this country, (-5[1])Pix, has drawn ire from Donald Trump and US tech companies. (-5[2])In 2020, this country’s politician (-5[1])Abraham Weintraub made anti-Chinese remarks that jeopardized the trade of this country, the world’s top soybean producer. The 2025 iteration (-5[1])of the UN’s climate change conference, COP30, will take place in this country where political corruption was unearthed in Operation Car (-5[1])Wash during the Dilma Rousseff (“JEEL-muh hoo-SEF”) administration. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])what alphabetically-first namesake of BRICS (“bricks”) is led by (10[2])Lula (10[1])da Silva? (10[1])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Brazil [or Brasil; or Federative Republic of Brazil; or República Federativa do Brasil]
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Leandro ZhangColumbia APrinceton24-5
Alex EmmertMaryland BGeorge Mason A31-5
Eric MorshedJohns HopkinsGeorge Mason B42-5
Jack MarguilesStony BrookVassar A42-5
Suhaan PastakiaMaryland CNYU A47-5
Alexander DaGrossaRowanVassar B67-5
Kevin LiuMaryland ARutgers A88-5
Magnolia Schnirman BarríaNYU BLehigh B9410
Ben SchindelmanVassar AStony Brook9710
Abbi TesreauGeorge Mason CColumbia B10510
Vedh RameshPennRutgers D10510
Alex GrigoriadesLehigh ARutgers B10610
Nicholas DeckerGeorge Mason AMaryland B10810
Joe O'ConnorGeorge Mason BJohns Hopkins10910
Aarav VasanthanRutgers AMaryland A10910
Henry BauerNYU AMaryland C10910
Vihaan JimPrincetonColumbia A10910
Andrew SklarVassar BRowan10910
Aidan DrainNYU CRutgers 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