Question

The name of the Baluba people from this modern-day country became an epithet in Ireland after Irish troops were ambushed in 1960. (20[1])A religion founded in this modern-day country uses the (20[1])Mandombe (0[1])script (20[3])that was divinely (20[1])inspired by Simon Kimbangu. (20[1])The (0[1])Shin·ko·lob·we Mine in this country (20[1])was a key source of uranium for the Manhattan (20[2])Project. (20[1]0[1])During a civil war in this country, (*) UN Secretary General (10[1])Dag (10[2])Hammarskjöld (10[3])(“dog HAM-arr-skold”) was killed. (10[6]0[1])The CIA helped overthrow (10[1])the first prime minister of this country, Patrice Lumumba. (10[4])The Republic of Katanga’s efforts to secede from this country were (10[1])supported by its (10[1])former (10[1])colonizer, Belgium. (10[1])For 10 points, name this African country sometimes named for its capital of Kinshasa. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Democratic Republic of the Congo [or DRC; or DR Congo; prompt on The Congo or Zaire; accept Congo-Kinshasa before the end]
<Michael Bentley, History - World - African&gt; ~23958~ &lt;Editor: Michael Bentley>
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Summary

2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y35100%31%0%67.69

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Luke PuttnamInnovation Academy BWaukee2120
Javik HodsonMoberlyMaggie Walker B3020
Tanay BodducherlaMira LomaUniversity Lab310
Ethan BositaSt. Mark'sDetroit Catholic Central A3220
Ryan FitzgeraldNorthmont AChattahoochee B3220
Carson JacobsonWinnebagoSaint Joseph3220
Costas PavlouDetroit Country DayJohns Creek A3520
Cole HartungKinkaidSolon3920
Aiden DombroskyHoover BParkway West400
C. SchenkelWashingtonNorman4520
Sam McNameeMaggie Walker ANorris5420
Ian LuHunter AThomas Jefferson B5420
Luke SnyderRockford Auburn BElkhorn North550
Pranav AiyarWilliam FremdRichard Montgomery5520
Jeffrey LiuHinsdale CentralThomas Jefferson C6510
Evan LinWoodlandDetroit Catholic Central B6610
Rushil MurikinatiPlymouthTroy6610
Charles YoungBarrington AChattahoochee A6710
Andrew ShiThomas Jefferson AMexico6710
Bryce CruiseHeightsMercer County6710
Aaron ZhouWinston Churchill ADallas County6910
Russell DillakNorthmont BBelvidere690
Jonah HubertDunbarWinston Churchill B6910
Hari VeginatiStevenson AChoate Rosemary Hall6910
Yaj JhajhriaCanyon CrestCarl Sandburg6910
Jason JacobStevenson BThomas Jefferson D6910
Brodie HenryWest PointCincinnati Hills Christian6910
Moxie StromHunter BDetroit Catholic Central C7310
Anila MoparthiLincoln-Way EastJohn Adams B8210
Puna EkkaNew BrightonJohns Creek B8210
Donovan JensenBelvidereNorthmont B8210
Adhav RavikumarInnovation Academy AWalter Payton8210
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington ABarrington B9310
Sinecio MoralesRockford Auburn AMidtown9610
Liam ReedMaggie Walker CLake Highland9710
Dillon RobertsonCarbondaleJohn Adams A9910
Aristuto PaulParkway WestHoover B11410
Safal SapkotaElkhorn NorthRockford Auburn B11410
Arjun KalaUniversity LabMira Loma11410