Lebanon - Northeast - Buzzpoints

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This country’s War of Brothers and War of the Camps included a “Movement of the Deprived,” the Amal faction. It’s not (10[1])Spain, but in this country, foreign-sponsored Phalange militias stormed the Shatila refugee camp. (10[1])The Taif Agreement which ended (10[1])this country’s civil war stipulated powersharing between its Sunni, Shia, and Maronite (10[2])Christian communities. (10[5])A group once led in this country by Hassan Nasrallah was targeted (-5[1])after a massive bombing on US Marine barracks in 1983. This country, which housed PLO refugees in the 1970s, overthrew Syrian occupation in the Cedar Revolution. For 10 points, (10[1])Hezbollah is headquartered in what country’s capital of Beirut? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Lebanon [or Republic of Lebanon]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	MIT A	20	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Boston College A	33	10
Yuval Klein	Williams C	MIT B	38	10
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Amherst A	50	10
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Tufts B	50	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Boston University B	52	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Tufts A	52	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Tufts C	52	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Vermont A	52	10
Marc Greco	Williams A	Brown A	52	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	Harvard	64	-5
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Brown B	93	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	Dartmouth C	103	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	1	100%	0%	44.00
UK (South)	UK	1	100%	0%	90.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	1	100%	0%	47.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	92%	17%	53.91
Midwest	US	1	100%	0%	51.00
Northeast	US	12	92%	8%	49.45
Pacific	US	9	100%	22%	69.22
Southeast	US	1	100%	0%	36.00
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	0%	93.00