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In this country, Sama ran the only asbestos mine in the Americas, which has recently transitioned to mining rare earth elements to compete with China. A public money-transfer system (-5[1])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 (-5[1])trade of this country, (-5[1])the world’s top soybean producer. (-5[1])The 2025 iteration (-5[1])of the UN’s climate change (-5[1])conference, COP30, (10[1]-5[1])will take place in this country where (10[1])political corruption was unearthed in Operation Car Wash (10[2])during the Dilma Rousseff (“JEEL-muh hoo-SEF”) administration. For 10 points, (-5[1])what alphabetically-first namesake (10[1])of BRICS (“bricks”) is led by Lula (10[1])da (10[1])Silva? ■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Brazil [or Brasil; or Federative Republic of Brazil; or República Federativa do Brasil]
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Benny ShtutmanSouth Carolina ATennessee A28-5
Sri LnuClemson BMontevallo55-5
Doug FrederickAuburn ATennessee Tech59-5
Emerson PatmoreGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech A64-5
Andrew HellerGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech F67-5
Connor TindallMississippi State AVanderbilt B72-5
Wesley StineClemson AChipola College7410
Peter RandallGeorgia AEmory A74-5
Shaya FarahmandGeorgia Tech BAuburn B8110
Darren KellisVanderbilt AAlabama A8910
Richard D’AngeloTennessee BGeorgia Tech D8910
Nelson Adams-RileySewanneClemson C97-5
Moses DongGeorgia Tech FGeorgia Tech E10010
Richy SunVanderbilt BMississippi State A10610
James ZhaoVanderbilt CAuburn C10710
Daniel SlaterTennessee TechAuburn A10910
Andrew WilsonMontevalloClemson B10910
Andy TruetteClemson CSewanne10910
Daniel ChenEmory AGeorgia A10910
Allen XuGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech C10910
Jackson SlaughterTennessee ASouth Carolina 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