Round 6: 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 in one of them. A woman called “The Yellow Rose” distracted an enemy leader in this modern-day country. Another woman convinced a leader of this modern-day country to change the stars on its flag from six-pointed to five-pointed. A man born in this modern-day country legendarily planted apple seeds wherever (10[2])he (10[1])went. (10[3])One leader of this country cut down his father’s cherry tree. For 10 points, in what modern-day country was the phrase “I cannot tell a lie” said by president George Washington? ■END■

ANSWER: United States [or America; or the U.S.; or USA; or the United States of America] (The first line is about Davy Crockett’s death at the Alamo. The second line is about Emily D. West having sex with Santa Anna before the battle of San Jacinto. The third line is Betsy Ross helping George Washington design the American flag.)
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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%25%81.50
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%29%80.71
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%0%72.00
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%11%77.56
FloridaUS4100%0%75.50
Great LakesUS10100%10%69.50
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%68.78
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%11%72.11
MidwestUS9100%11%72.44
NorthUS4100%25%68.50
NortheastUS12100%0%75.25
PacificUS8100%50%78.75
South CentralUS6100%0%71.17
SoutheastUS12100%8%69.92
Upstate NYUS5100%0%71.00