Packet 19: Bonus 16
16. In 2023, Xiomara Castro (“syoh-MAH-rah KASS-tro”) met with this world leader as part of beginning diplomatic relations with this leader’s country. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this politician, who for over a decade has served as the President of the People’s Republic of China.
ANSWER: Xi Jinping [or Jinping Xi]
[10h] Xiomara Castro leads this Latin American country, where Castro sought Chinese investment in dams. Activist Berta Cáceres was killed for opposing dams in this country formerly led by the US-jailed Juan Orlando Hernández.
ANSWER: Honduras [or Republic of Honduras or República de Honduras]
[10m] Honduras’s turn towards China and away from the US is complicated because a large proportion of the Honduran economy consists of these payments immigrants send back to the country, often by those living in the US.
ANSWER: remittances
<Editors, Current Events> | Packet E
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 | 15.86 | 97% | 49% | 13% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binghamton A | Cornell C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cornell A | Cornell B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Cornell D | ESF | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| RIT A | Binghamton C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Rochester | RIT B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 100% | 71% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 13.00 | 100% | 20% | 10% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 67% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 89% | 67% | 22% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 33% | 11% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 11 | 13.64 | 91% | 36% | 9% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |