Question

Two answers required. One of these two countries was described as a “dagger pointed at the heart of” the other by the Prussian military officer Jacob Meckel. The leader of the Enlightenment Party in one of these two countries escaped to the other in a shipping crate (15[1])after the failed Gapsin Coup. (15[1])A king of one of these two (15[1])countries (15[1])took refuge in the Russian embassy after his wife was (15[1])assassinated by the other; that king later named his wife (*) Empress as a symbolic stance against the other country. (10[1]-5[1])The Kono Declaration was negotiated between these two countries and constituted an apology for war crimes. (10[1])One of the two countries enacted a brutal 35-year occupation (10[1])of the other, (10[1])exemplified by sex slaves called “comfort (10[1])women.” (10[4]-5[1])For 10 points, a 1910 annexation involving what two countries ended the Joseon dynasty? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Japan AND Korea [accept Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku in place of “Japan”; accept North Korea or South Korea or Hanguk in place of “Korea”; accept Joseon in place of “Korea” until read]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Aden SunChicago ANotre Dame B4615
Alan WuVanderbiltIllinois B5115
Tanuj ChandekarIndianaPurdue B5815
Janghyun LeeBerkeley CStanford A5915
Adrian WongOttawa AWaterloo6915
Ryan SunBerkeley BBerkeley A8810
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL H2OWUSTL XYZ88-5
Kevin ParkClaremontI will play anything with a buzzer in front of me10410
Stefan ValdOttawa BOttawa C11410
Ahmad ElrakhawiRITCornell R11710
Terry GriggsSIUESquidward Community College12310
Kane NguyenMcDouble West-CarletonToronto Ray Of Sun in the Sky12410
Zach JosephNotre Dame AChicago B12410
Justin WytmarIllinois APurdue A124-5
Sanjeev UppaluriSyracuse+RochesterCornell MATLAB12410
Austin TimmermanMissouri BMissouri A12410
Collin NadarajahWUSTL XYZWUSTL H2O13810
Ben DahlPurdue AIllinois A13910