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Round 2: Tossup 3

A volunteer group called this country’s “Civil Defense” was the subject of the first Netflix-distributed film to win an Oscar, 2016’s The White Helmets. (10[1])The creation (10[2])of the amphetamine Captagon funded the government of this country, (10[1])where 2025 fires hit its Latakia region. Former (10[1])High Negotiations Committee member Hind Kabawat serves in this country’s government, hoping to quell tensions with the Druze (10[1])and the once-favored Alawites. (10[2])HTS (10[1])rebels in this country’s Idlib (10[1])region (10[1])were led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, who now heads the government after a former ophthalmologist’s late 2024 overthrow. For 10 points, Bashar Al-Assad once ruled what country from Damascus? ■END■

ANSWER: Syria [or Syrian Arab Republic or al-Jumhūriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah; accept Syria Civil Defense]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Jack GranahanBrandeis MozartBrown B2310
Jackson PriceDartmouth BBrandeis Bach2510
David CiardellaVermont BDartmouth A2510
Kaushik JayaprabhaDartmouth CAmherst A3510
Sidarth EratMIT ATufts A4310
Akif IsmailWilliams CBrown A6110
Wren Horne-SarkeesHarvardWilliams A6510
Johnny MyersWilliams BVermont A6510
John HalsunUConn ABoston University B6610
Jacky LiMIT BBoston College B7110
Jaehyun ParkBoston University ATufts C7210

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%20%71.60
UK (South)UK8100%13%59.50
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%25%82.00
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%50%77.00
Eastern Canada (2)US989%56%70.13
FloridaUS4100%25%78.50
Great LakesUS10100%30%78.00
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%11%56.22
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%33%60.56
MidwestUS10100%10%62.30
NorthUS4100%25%59.00
NortheastUS11100%0%50.09
South CentralUS6100%50%73.83
SoutheastUS1283%17%49.80
Upstate NYUS5100%20%70.00