Question
In May 2024, the Associated Press reported that a FedEx employee from Utah declined a $100,000 offer to unknowingly partake in an attempted coup in this country. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this most populous Francophone country in the world. The attacks in this country targeted the Palais de la Nation and President Félix Tshisekedi (“chee-say-KAY-dee”) and were led by members of the exiled New Zaire Government.
ANSWER: Democratic Republic of the Congo [or DRC; prompt on Congo; reject “Republic of the Congo” or “ROC”]
[10m] The attempted coup occurred amid an ongoing conflict between the DRC-backed FLDR and the March 23 Movement, which is primarily backed by this country’s government.
ANSWER: Rwanda
[10h] Despite the conflict, EU countries have continued trade with Rwanda, such as a supply deal including these 3TG metals. With gold, these three conflict mineral extracts are abundant in the conflict zone. Name any of the three.
ANSWER: tantalum OR tin OR tungsten [prompt on coltan, cassiterite, columbite-tantalite and wolframite by asking “what 3TG metal can be extracted from that mineral?”]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 7.50 | 50% | 25% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 13 | 13.85 | 85% | 31% | 23% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 89% | 44% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 11.11 | 67% | 44% | 0% |
Data
| Cornell C | Binghamton A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell G | Binghamton C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell D | RIT B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Syracuse | Cornell E | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| U of Rochester A | Cornell F | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| ESF | Cornell B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Cornell A | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RIT A | U of Rochester B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Binghamton B | RIT C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Miami C (DII) | CWRU A (UG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan D (UG) | CWRU B (DII) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Michigan State A | Miami B (UG) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ohio State A (UG) | Miami A (UG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan A (UG) | Ohio State C (DII) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | West Virginia A (UG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan B (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan C | Michigan State B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Auburn A | Belmont | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Emory A | Clemson B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Furman | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Georgia Tech D | Alabama A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Alabama A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Alabama A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Alabama A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Alabama A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Alabama A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Alabama A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Alabama A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Clemson A | Georgia Tech E | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Clemson A | Georgia Tech E | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Clemson A | Georgia Tech E | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Clemson A | Georgia Tech E | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Clemson A | Georgia Tech E | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Clemson A | Georgia Tech E | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Clemson A | Georgia Tech E | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Clemson A | Georgia Tech E | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia A | Mississippi State A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| South Carolina A | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| South Carolina B | Auburn B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Southern | Vanderbilt A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Tennessee A | Vanderbilt B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Virginia Tech B | Appalachian State A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| William & Mary | Appalachian State B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| James Madison A | Duke B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Liberty B | James Madison B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| NC State | UNC C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Tusculum | Liberty A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNC A | UNC D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Virginia Tech A | UNC B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Duke A | Virginia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Claremont B | UCLA A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UCLA C | UCLA B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| UCLA E | UCLA D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| UCSD | Claremont C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Claremont A | USC | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Chicago A | Illinois D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Chicago B | Northwestern A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Iowa B | Illinois A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue B | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Iowa A | Northwestern B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois B | Notre Dame A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Purdue A | Illinois C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WashU A | SIUE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WashU B | Notre Dame C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |