the federation of Australia - 2023 BHSU

Question

A supporter of this event boasted that he could make it happen within 12 months, only to fail and die 5 years before this event actually occurred. A (15[1])key roadblock in this event was solved by limiting the Braddon Clause to 10 years. A speech in support of this event quoted a James Brunton Stephens poem and was given at a school in Tenterfield. (15[1])The Earl of Hopetoun (15[2])(“HOPE-toon”) committed a “blunder” in the leadup to this event by appointing William (*) Lyne as an interim leader. This event gives its name to an architectural style that includes images of the waratah (-5[1])flower. Henry Parkes is considered the “father” of (10[1])this 1901 event, (10[1])after which Edmund Barton became the first Prime Minister of a newly-formed nation. (10[3])For 10 points, name this event that united colonies such as Queensland (10[1]-5[1])and New South (-5[1])Wales. (10[1]0[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: the federation of Australia [or the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia, founding of Australia, or answers involving Australia becoming a country; accept the union of Australia; accept confederation of Australia; reject “Australian independence” or similar answers, as federation did not change Australia’s relationship with regards to Britain]

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Summary


2023 BHSU @ Northwestern	02/25/2023	N	6	67%	0%	50%	121.25
2023 BHSU @ Maryland	03/11/2023	N	3	67%	0%	33%	137.00
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley	03/18/2023	Y	3	100%	0%	0%	122.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale	04/08/2023	Y	3	67%	33%	33%	93.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo	04/15/2023	Y	3	100%	33%	33%	96.67
2023 BHSU Online	04/15/2023	Y	4	100%	25%	25%	121.50
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield	04/15/2023	Y	2	100%	50%	0%	87.00

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Erik Christensen	The Passion According to C.H.	Parth et al.	27	15
Michael Kearney	nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft	Columbia B	63	15
Jonathan Tran	Hutto Hippos	Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang	67	15
Mark	Broken Imperial Nomads	Magisters Ludi	67	15
Henry Atkins	Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style	Cameron et al.	99	-5
Thomas	Buzzers Karamazov	Oxford Hornets	107	10
Naveed Chowdhury	It's Joever	Stanford B	110	10
Ethan Strombeck	Stanford A	[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]	123	10
Michael Du	The Vulture's Guide to Buzz	Milan et al.	123	10
Jason Hong	UG Championship Players (and Mazin)	Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again	123	10
Swapnil Garg	Berkeley A	Berkeley B	135	10
Daniel Ma	Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry	meet the new weird, same as the old weird	135	-5
Arya Karthik	The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B	Dr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq	138	-5
Ash Seetharaman	Houston and Friends	Cornell B-	139	10
Kevin Wang	meet the new weird, same as the old weird	Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry	139	0
Jonathen Settle	Dr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq	The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B	140	10
Andrew Zeng	Cornell C++	What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU	140	10
Cameron Amini	Cameron et al.	Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style	140	10