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

ANSWER: Brazil [or Brasil; or Federative Republic of Brazil; or República Federativa do Brasil]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Francis DinhIllinois CanadaPurdue B24-5
David NickelPurdue AChicago B51-5
Sam AlahiIllinois OrangeIndiana B6410
Trenton BurgessIndiana AWashU Grolars8910
Sam HewittWashU GrizzlersChicago A9110
Sriram KoritalaIllinois BlueWilliam Woods University A102-5
Austin TranRose-Hulman APurdue D10310
William HenleyIllinois ChampaignIowa B10510
Arthur ZhangPurdue CIowa A10610
Lishu WangChicago BPurdue A10810
Beckett PurseyPurdue BIllinois Canada10910
Alex DzurickWilliam Woods University AIllinois Blue10910

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