Question
The name of the Baluba people from this modern-day country became an epithet in Ireland after Irish troops were ambushed in 1960. A religion founded in this modern-day country uses the Mandombe script that was divinely inspired by Simon Kimbangu. The Shin·ko·lob·we Mine in this country was a key source of uranium for the Manhattan Project. During a civil war in this country, (*) UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld (“dog HAM-arr-skold”) was killed. The CIA helped overthrow the first prime minister of this country, Patrice Lumumba. The Republic of Katanga’s efforts to secede from this country were supported by its former colonizer, Belgium. For 10 points, name this African country sometimes named for its capital of Kinshasa. ■END■
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> ~23958~ <Editor: Michael Bentley>
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Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 100% | 31% | 0% | 67.69 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Luke Puttnam | Innovation Academy B | Waukee | 21 | 20 |
Javik Hodson | Moberly | Maggie Walker B | 30 | 20 |
Tanay Bodducherla | Mira Loma | University Lab | 31 | 0 |
Ethan Bosita | St. Mark's | Detroit Catholic Central A | 32 | 20 |
Ryan Fitzgerald | Northmont A | Chattahoochee B | 32 | 20 |
Carson Jacobson | Winnebago | Saint Joseph | 32 | 20 |
Costas Pavlou | Detroit Country Day | Johns Creek A | 35 | 20 |
Cole Hartung | Kinkaid | Solon | 39 | 20 |
Aiden Dombrosky | Hoover B | Parkway West | 40 | 0 |
C. Schenkel | Washington | Norman | 45 | 20 |
Sam McNamee | Maggie Walker A | Norris | 54 | 20 |
Ian Lu | Hunter A | Thomas Jefferson B | 54 | 20 |
Luke Snyder | Rockford Auburn B | Elkhorn North | 55 | 0 |
Pranav Aiyar | William Fremd | Richard Montgomery | 55 | 20 |
Jeffrey Liu | Hinsdale Central | Thomas Jefferson C | 65 | 10 |
Evan Lin | Woodland | Detroit Catholic Central B | 66 | 10 |
Rushil Murikinati | Plymouth | Troy | 66 | 10 |
Charles Young | Barrington A | Chattahoochee A | 67 | 10 |
Andrew Shi | Thomas Jefferson A | Mexico | 67 | 10 |
Bryce Cruise | Heights | Mercer County | 67 | 10 |
Aaron Zhou | Winston Churchill A | Dallas County | 69 | 10 |
Russell Dillak | Northmont B | Belvidere | 69 | 0 |
Jonah Hubert | Dunbar | Winston Churchill B | 69 | 10 |
Hari Veginati | Stevenson A | Choate Rosemary Hall | 69 | 10 |
Yaj Jhajhria | Canyon Crest | Carl Sandburg | 69 | 10 |
Jason Jacob | Stevenson B | Thomas Jefferson D | 69 | 10 |
Brodie Henry | West Point | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 69 | 10 |
Moxie Strom | Hunter B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 73 | 10 |
Anila Moparthi | Lincoln-Way East | John Adams B | 82 | 10 |
Puna Ekka | New Brighton | Johns Creek B | 82 | 10 |
Donovan Jensen | Belvidere | Northmont B | 82 | 10 |
Adhav Ravikumar | Innovation Academy A | Walter Payton | 82 | 10 |
Kaiwen Xiao | Irvington A | Barrington B | 93 | 10 |
Sinecio Morales | Rockford Auburn A | Midtown | 96 | 10 |
Liam Reed | Maggie Walker C | Lake Highland | 97 | 10 |
Dillon Robertson | Carbondale | John Adams A | 99 | 10 |
Aristuto Paul | Parkway West | Hoover B | 114 | 10 |
Safal Sapkota | Elkhorn North | Rockford Auburn B | 114 | 10 |
Arjun Kala | University Lab | Mira Loma | 114 | 10 |