Democratic Republic of the Congo - 2024 ACF Fall

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


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
Michigan C	Michigan State B	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A (UG)	Miami A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Michigan A (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Belmont	10	0	0	10
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
Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	West Virginia A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Michigan B (UG)	West Virginia B (UG)	0	0	0	0
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
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
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
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