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A director from this country created an elderly woman who writes poetry while amassing money to cover up her grandson’s crime. A film from this country ends with a detective returning to a culvert in farmland before staring into the camera (10[2])after (10[1])a child fails to describe (10[1])a killer. In a film from this country, (10[1])a vegetarian actor ate a live octopus and performed an extended-take hallway fight. In a film from this country, a character comments on his driver’s “subway smell.” A film from this (10[1])home country of the original Oldboy depicts a poor family using a housekeeper’s (10[1])peach allergy to infiltrate a rich household. For 10 points, name this home country of Parasite’s director, Bong Joon-ho. ■END■

ANSWER: South Korea [or Republic of Korea or ROK or Hanguk or Tehan-minguk; prompt on Korea; reject “North Korea” or “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” or “DPRK”] (The first line refers to Poetry by Lee Chang-dong. The unnamed director is Park Chan-wook.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Michael ShipmanCambridge DImperial C4010
Atom LucenetImperial DSouthampton4010
Harri SlaughterCardiffWarwick4110
Vishrut PisupatiImperial BCambridge A4610
Edwin GriffithBirminghamCambridge E5410
Honor MountfordCambridge COxford8510
Josh MorrisBristolLSE9810

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TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%40%79.60
UK (South)UK7100%0%57.71
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%25%83.25
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%0%54.14
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%25%65.00
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%0%51.78
FloridaUS4100%0%76.25
Great LakesUS11100%9%65.36
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%59.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS12100%17%68.50
MidwestUS9100%0%42.44
NorthUS4100%0%58.50
NortheastUS12100%25%72.83
PacificUS8100%13%74.50
SoutheastUS12100%17%54.58
Upstate NYUS5100%40%80.20