A “mud wizard” confronted police during coal protests in this country, which powered down its last nuclear plants in April 2023. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this largest economy in Europe and end point of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia.
ANSWER: Germany [or Deutschland; or Federal Republic of Germany; or Bundesrepublik Deutschland]
[10m] In February 2023, this reporter released an article claiming that a Norwegian sonar buoy set off C-4 explosives that destroyed parts of Nord Stream 2. This reporter exposed the My Lai Massacre.
ANSWER: Seymour Hersh [or Sy Hersh; or Seymour Myron Hersh]
[10h] Alongside Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, this German state has lagged in green energy development. In December 2022, Heinrich XIII was arrested for a coup plot from his castle in this state, where the AfD first contributed to a winning coalition with the election of Thomas Kemmerich in 2020.
ANSWER: Thuringia [or Thüringen; or Free State of Thuringia or Freistaat Thüringen]
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