Question

A scientist from this non-Malaysian country illegally transferred its military secrets, particularly the P-2, using the Malaysian firm SCOPE and the BBC China cargo ship. The United States restricted aid to this country first under the Symington Amendment and then under the Pressler and Glenn Amendments (15[1])due to its development of a facility in Kahuta. One leader of this (15[1])nation gave a speech saying that he would (*) “eat (10[1])grass (10[9])and even (10[3])go (10[1])hungry” (10[5])in order to build nuclear weapons (10[1])tested in the Ras Koh hills. This country’s two Chagai tests of a weapon designed by Munir Ahmad Khan (10[1])and A.Q. Khan were a response (-5[1])to another country’s Pokhran-II (10[1])and (10[1])Smiling Buddha tests. (10[3])For 10 points, name this country that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto encouraged to develop nuclear weapons in its rivalry with India. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Pakistan [or Islamic Republic of Pakistan; or Islāmī Jumhūriyah Pākistān]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, World History>
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Summary

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cooper RohColumbia ACornell B4515
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto WearyToronto Joy5815
Yared TadesseCornell AUMD A6710
Henry AtkinsLibrary of Babel School of Continuing StudiesWaterloo Hatsune6810
Franklin WuToronto RoflMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, Adrian6810
Micah ColmanWaterloo MikuLa Clique du Chateau6810
Eli IssoksonBrandeisBrown6810
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUJohn Jay A6810
Sinecio MoralesjhuCOlumbia B6810
AndrewStanfordBerkeley C6810
Ali IzzatdustFour Neg OmeletteBetrayed by Rita Izzatdust6810
Kai MadgwickFoucault's PenndulumOld London Town6810
Rahul KumarRiceOklahoma B7010
Parth JagtapEdinburgh3HK1MM7010
Andrew Rout10 Negs that Shook the QuizTabearnacle7010
Biniam AlaroFlorida ANorth Florida7110
Nathan SheffieldMITHarvard7210
Aiden DartleyRutgersSwarthmore7210
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ABerkeley B7210
Aidan TeeYes, ModeratorScottish, Irish, Both or Neither7210
Jim FanUNC BUNC A7210
Chinmay MurthyTexas ATexas B7810
Aditya SharmaDuke AUSC A9710
Zac BennettOklahoma ATexas C103-5
Aneesh SwaminathanJHU BPitt10710
Munir SiddiquiUMD BRIT10810
Ryan CarmichaelFSU AFSU B11110
James MangravitiBoston CollegeTufts11110
Pranav KalagaUSC BUNC C11110
Owen GilroyTexas COklahoma A13210