Round 5: Tossup 1

A myth from this modern-day country details a figure’s heroic last stand surrounded by “no less than sixteen…corpses” with his knife (-5[1])in one of them. A woman called “The Yellow Rose” distracted an enemy leader (-5[1])in this modern-day country. Another woman convinced a leader of this modern-day country to change the stars on its flag (-5[1])from six-pointed (-5[1])to five-pointed. A man (10[1])born in this modern-day country legendarily planted apple seeds wherever he went. (10[2])One (10[1])leader of this country cut down his father’s cherry tree. (10[3])For 10 points, in what modern-day country was the phrase “I cannot tell a lie” said by president George Washington? ■END■ (10[1])

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