Question

Operation Dragon Rogue was an operation to rescue hostages from Maoist rebels in this country. A clerk began (15[1])an investigation in this country after he noticed Elder Dempster’s profits from shipping guns (15[1])and explosives to this country. Much of the uranium used in the Manhattan Project (15[1])originated (15[1])from a mine (15[1])in this country. (15[1]-5[1])Sidney Gottlieb gave Larry Devlin a poisoned tube of toothpaste to murder a leader (-5[1])of this country (-5[1])while Devlin (15[1])was CIA (-5[1])station chief there. One leader of this country chartered (*) Concordes for shopping trips to Paris and moved Christmas to June, as part of his policy of authenticité. (10[3])A copper company financed an attempt at secession in this country in the province of Katanga. For 10 points, (-5[1])name this country ruled by Patrice (10[1])Lumumba and Mobutu (10[1])Sese Seko. (10[2]) (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: Democratic Republic of the Congo [or the DRC; accept Zaire or Congo Free State or Belgian Congo; prompt on Belgium]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Dean Ah NowClaremontAuxiliary CLU1715
Andrew ZengStanford ABerkeley A3115
Yash MandaviaIllinois BPurdue B4515
Stuart Chandler-BaasOttawa BOttawa A4615
Kylan PowellSquidward Community CollegeWUSTL H2O4915
Nicolas EdwardsMcDouble West-CarletonOttawa C52-5
Robert CondronChicago AChicago B5215
Ryan SunBerkeley BBerkeley C66-5
Micah ColemanWaterlooToronto Ray of Sun in the Sky69-5
Cade ReinbergerRITSyracuse+Rochester7115
Nathan ZhangCornell MATLABCornell R73-5
Justin WytmarIllinois AIndiana10010
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltNotre Dame B10010
Drew ScheinerMissouri AWUSTL XYZ10010
Eylon CaplanPurdue ANotre Dame A119-5
Logan MathisSIUEMissouri B12510
Aedan CooperOttawa CMcDouble West-Carleton12810
Raymond ChenToronto Ray of Sun in the SkyWaterloo13010
Zach JosephNotre Dame APurdue A13010
Janghyun LeeBerkeley CBerkeley B13110
Raymond WangCornell RCornell MATLAB13110