Question
On a visit to this country, Charlie Chaplin unwittingly escaped an attempted coup while at a sporting event. A military campaign launched by this country was investigated in a report by The Lytton Commission. The May 15th Incident in this country was enabled by light sentences given to the League of Blood after the murder of its foreign minister. The (*) Stimson Doctrine was adopted to counter the ambitions of this country. This nation's Kwantung Army carried out the The Mukden Incident, and led this country to leave the League of Nations. Later, this country’s Showa Emperor was forced to give the Jewel Voice Broadcast. For 10 points, name this country which surrendered in 1945 due to the use of a “new and most cruel bomb.” ■END■
ANSWER: Empire of Japan (or Japanese Empire; accept Nihon; accept Nippon)
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 100% | 25% | 25% | 74.25 |
2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 69.00 |
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 100% | 38% | 13% | 70.63 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Davis Johnson | Purdue C | Ohio State A | 20 | -5 |
Prahalad Rao | Ohio State B | Chicago B | 37 | 15 |
Quynh Phung | Purdue A | SIUE B | 42 | 15 |
Nathan Zhang | Cornell Wind | Columbia Ly-α | 54 | 15 |
Adam Monusko | Michigan B | SIUE A | 54 | 15 |
Drew Scheiner | Missouri | Chicago C | 67 | 10 |
Raza Ali | Rochester C | Cornell Wind | 69 | 10 |
Chris Scheri | RIT | Rochester B | 70 | 10 |
Spencer Ahn | Rochester A | Rochester C | 82 | 10 |
John Benton | Ohio State C | Chicago D | 83 | 10 |
Cyrus Zhou | WUSTL | Michigan A | 84 | 10 |
Brian Hoff | Cornell Earth | Cornell Fire | 91 | 10 |
Karthik Prasad | Cornell Fire | Cornell Earth | 91 | -5 |
Bryan Wan | Purdue B | Chicago A | 99 | 10 |
Roxanne Tang | Ohio State A | Purdue C | 99 | 10 |