Question

A country in this region is the subject of a “personal history” that takes as a starting point a White Paper advocating for economic openness written by T. K. Whitaker. A Boston College oral history about a conflict in this region includes an interview (15[1])with a man nicknamed “Darkie”; two detectives retrieved those interviews from BC’s Treasure Room at the start of a book that intersperses a history of that conflict in this region with a kidnapping from the Divis Flats. (15[1])(*) We Don’t Know Ourselves (10[2])chronicles a country in this region, the site of a conflict detailed in Say Nothing. (10[1])Prisoners (10[1])led “no wash” protests in this (10[1])region. (10[2])Gerry Adams (10[3])has denied (10[1])involvement (10[2])in a group (10[1])in this country (10[5])who decommissioned (10[2])their weapons per the Good Friday Agreement. (10[3])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, name this island, the site (10[1])of the Troubles. ■END■

ANSWER: Ireland [or Northern Ireland]
<Emmett Laurie, Other History>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%0%118.67
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%0%0%112.14
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%50%0%103.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%124.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%0%0%96.80
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%25%0%94.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%126.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%115.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Benjamin ChapmanToronto WearyLa Clique du Château4315
Andrew ZengStanfordBerkeley C8015
Richard PollardYes, Moderator10 Negs that Shook the Quiz8410
James CarrigyEdinburghTabearnacle8410
Ben RotkoSwarthmoreRIT9910
Frances Clark-MurrayScottish, Irish, Both or NeitherBroken Hearts10010
Michael DuWaterloo HatsuneLibrary of Babel School of Continuing Studies10610
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUUMD B10710
Paul SteeplesOld London Town3HK1MM10710
Sarah KhanToronto JoyToronto Rofl10910
Connor MayersUMD ACornell B10910
Sam MooreFoucault's PenndulumBetrayed by Rita Izzatdust10910
David BassJHU APitt11110
Sean FarrellNorth FloridaFSU B11210
Jack RadoColumbia BColumbia A11210
Chinmay MurthyTexas ARice11510
Ishan JoshiMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, AdrianWaterloo Miku11810
Khanh NguyenFlorida BFSU A11810
James MangravitiBoston CollegeHarvard11810
Jack GranahanBrandeisTufts11810
Graham TroyUNC BUSC A11810
Peter BerggrenMITBrown12010
Aiden DartleyRutgersCornell A12010
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay AJHU B12710
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ABerkeley B12710
Jeffery AustinUNC CDuke A12710
Ryan HumphreyTexas BTexas C12810
Zac BennettOklahoma AOklahoma B12910
Diego AlmarazUNC AUSC B13510