Question

Thomas Friedman wrote an infamous op-ed admiring how this leader kept him up to 1:30 a.m. with “new ideas for transforming his country.” This avid gamer owns 96 percent of the gaming company SNK. As the youngest defense secretary in the world, this leader oversaw the disastrous Operation Restoring Hope in a neighboring country. This leader placed billionaires from the (*) Talal (10[1])family under house (10[1])arrest (10[1])for corruption (10[3])in a Ritz-Carlton. (10[3])As part of (10[1])his (10[1]0[1])Neom (10[1])smart city project, (10[3]0[1])this leader (10[2])began (0[1])work (10[2])on a 170-kilometer-long project (10[2])called (0[1])The (10[1])Line. This leader’s appointment (10[1])to Prime Minister in 2022 (10[1])may have been motivated by sovereign (0[1])immunity from lawsuits from Jamal Khashoggi’s family. For 10 points, name this Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (10[1])often known by his three-letter initials. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[7])

ANSWER: Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud [or MBS; prompt on partial answer; prompt on al Saud]
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