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In this country, Sama ran the only asbestos mine in the Americas, (-5[1])which has recently transitioned to mining rare earth elements (-5[1])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 remarks that jeopardized the trade of this country, (10[1])the world’s top soybean producer. The 2025 (10[1])iteration of the UN’s climate change conference, COP30, (10[1])will take place in this country where political corruption (-5[1])was unearthed in Operation Car Wash during the Dilma (10[2])Rousseff (“JEEL-muh hoo-SEF”) administration. For 10 points, what alphabetically-first (10[1])namesake of BRICS (“bricks”) is led by Lula da Silva? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Brazil [or Brasil; or Federative Republic of Brazil; or República Federativa do Brasil]
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Anya SrinivasanWashington AtlanticAlberta A11-5
Henry Rutherford-BraunBritish Columbia BTexas20-5
Logan Van PeltWashington CohoBritish Columbia A24-5
Charles XinBritish Columbia AWashington Coho5910
Ryan ZhangWashington StateBritish Columbia C6610
Kushagra BahugunaWashington ChinookWashington Steelhead7410
Ritwik SharmaArizona State AWashington Sockeye83-5
George MatsumuraWashington ChumAlberta B9210
Aaron BatesWashington PinkWashington Masu9210
Keerthana KrishnanTexasBritish Columbia B9910
Liam MarklandAlberta AWashington Atlantic10910
Simarya AhujaWashington SockeyeArizona State A10910

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