Previous tossup - Next tossup

Round 8: Tossup 11

The graffiti “here we drown [people from this country]” was created during a 1961 massacre led by the former Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon. The gégène (“zhay-ZHEN”) was used to conduct torture in this modern-day country, in which the paratrooper Jean-Marie Le Pen participated. In this modern country, Raoul Dufy founded the far-right OAS, which attempted to assassinate Charles de Gaulle. (10[1]-5[1])This country’s independence (10[1])led to an exodus of white pieds-noirs (10[3])(“pyay-nwar”). The Fourth French Republic ended due to a revolution in this country, which was granted independence in the 1962 Évian Accords. For 10 points, what country’s FLN fought French colonial forces in the Battle of Algiers? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Algeria [or Algérie; or People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria; or al-Jazā'ir]
<Editors, European History> | Packet H
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Benjamin AllenCentral Oklahoma BRose State58-5
Sage SnowCentral Oklahoma AOklahoma5810
Anthony Cruz MartinezNebraska CTulsa A6110
John Henry RobersonTulsa BKansas State B6810
Sam BeshearMurray State College BNebraska A6810
Jaxsen MeltonMurray State College ANebraska B6810
Cassidy McIntyreRose StateCentral Oklahoma B10510
Graham DirksKansas State AHarding10510

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%40%47.00
UK (South)UK8100%25%59.63
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%56.75
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%14%44.29
Eastern Canada (1)US5100%60%62.40
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%11%59.78
FloridaUS4100%50%88.00
Great LakesUS11100%0%56.27
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%11%65.44
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS12100%17%55.58
MidwestUS989%0%57.63
NorthUS4100%25%61.75
NortheastUS12100%8%51.08
PacificUS8100%38%65.50
South CentralUS7100%14%76.14
SoutheastUS13100%15%61.00
Upstate NYUS5100%20%69.80