Question

To stigmatize victims of this conflict by calling them prostitutes, the letter “i” in a word was altered to the letter “a.” To aid refugees impacted by this conflict, a man sold his London apartment and founded the world’s largest NGO. Scholarly focus on the insāniyat of imprisoned women raped during this conflict has reduced societal ostracization, a cause tackled by deeming the victims heroic Birangonas. (10[1])Association with paramilitary groups during this conflict introduced a traitorous connotation to the word razakar. (10[3])The storming (10[2])of Zahurul Huq Hall during this conflict by forces (-5[1])under Tikka Khan (10[1])is memorialized by Martyred Intellectuals Day. (10[1])This conflict was sparked in the aftermath of Operation Searchlight (10[6])by the imprisonment (10[4])of Sheikh Mujib, (10[1])who led (-5[1])the Awami League. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this 1971 (10[1])war fought on the Indian subcontinent. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Bangladesh Liberation War [or Muktijuddho; accept Bangladesh War of Independence; accept Bangladesh Genocide; accept Bangladeshi in place of “Bangladesh”; prompt on Pakistani Civil War; prompt on the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 by asking “during what conflict did the Indo-Pakistani War break out?”; prompt on Operation Searchlight until read] (The alteration of Birangona to barangona changed the meaning from “heroine” to “penetrated” or “prostitute.” Fazle Hasan Abed founded BRAC, the world’s largest NGO. The word insāniyat is translated as “humaneness” or “humanity.”)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%8%105.38

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichigan ANYU A6510
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AStanford A8010
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BRutgers B8010
Arjun NageswaranHarvard ANorth Carolina A8010
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia Tech BSouth Carolina A8210
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AMaryland A8210
Jason HongBrown AFlorida A91-5
Shardul RaoMinnesota AToronto A9410
Nikhil ChellamNorthwestern AMIT A10010
Vivek SasseChicago BChicago A11010
Gideon KpurubuVanderbilt AJohns Hopkins A11010
Albert ZhangColumbia BMinnesota B11010
John John GrogerColumbia AUC Berkeley A11010
Jonathan TranCornell AOhio State A11010
Daniel MaYale ADuke A11010
Quynh PhungPurdue AHouston A11310
Aiden DartleyRutgers AVirginia A11310
Dean Ah NowClaremont AIllinois A11310
Zachary WangPenn AYale B11310
Henry CafaroChicago CTexas A11610
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BIowa State A118-5
Kevin FanMcGill APenn State A12110
Sarod NoriCornell BIndiana A12210
Michael MaysImperial AUC Berkeley B12710
Tracy MirkinFlorida ABrown A13410
Conor ThompsonIowa State AWUSTL B13410