Question

In a rare televised speech, a politician in this country said “as a community, we are living away beyond our means” in response to an energy crisis. This country’s modernization was outlined in the 2021 “personal history” We Don’t Know Ourselves. (10[1])Police captured a (-5[1])bowtie-wearing double murderer in the apartment of the chief law officer of this country, whose media called the scandal “grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, and unprecedented,” (10[1])or “GUBU” (“GOO-BOO”). Candidates (10[1])in this country and its northern neighbor ran in the “Anti (10[1])H-Block” (10[1])party. (10[5]-5[1])Awareness (10[3])of domestic issues (10[1])in this country was heightened (10[1])by The Late Late Show on RTÉ (10[1])(“ARR-TAY-AY”), its (10[1])national broadcaster. (10[1])In this country, Charles Haughey’s (“HAW-hee’s”) government proposed the 8th Amendment, (10[1])almost fully banning abortions with support from Fianna Fáil (10[2])(“fee-AH-nuh FAYL”). For 10 points, (10[1])name this country whose booming economy of the 1990s was called the “Celtic Tiger.” (10[1]) (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Ireland [or Republic of Ireland; or Éire (“AY-ruh”); or Poblacht na hÉireann; reject “Northern Ireland”]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%8%93.42

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joseph ChambersVirginia AClaremont A4010
Lexi TermanRutgers BHouston A43-5
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AWUSTL A6710
Jonathan TranCornell AFlorida A7010
Enoch YuenImperial AColumbia B8110
Kevin FanMcGill APenn A8210
Conor ThompsonIowa State ASouth Carolina A8310
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AMIT A8310
Matt JacksonChicago ABrown A8310
Caleb KendrickMaryland AYale A8310
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BUC Berkeley B8310
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BRutgers A83-5
Andrew ZengStanford AChicago B8410
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AMinnesota B8410
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichigan APurdue A8410
Alex SchmidtPenn State AWUSTL B8710
Joel MilesMinnesota ATexas A9210
Dennis ReppenChicago CColumbia A9910
Sarod NoriCornell BHarvard A10010
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins ANYU A10210
Ashish SubramanianDuke AOhio State A11210
Matthew SiffYale BIllinois A12110
Zane KierzykIndiana AUC Berkeley A12110
Vittal BhatNorth Carolina ANorthwestern A12410
Joelle SmartRutgers AGeorgia Tech B13810
Sean DoyleHouston ARutgers B13910