Question

South Korea has reduced this problem to near-zero with RFID machines that build on a 2005 ban. The first American initiative to address this problem (-5[1])was the 2030 Champions coalition, announced in 2016 by Tom Vilsack and Gina McCarthy in partnership with companies like Weis (“wise”) and Delhaize (“del-EZ”). Sustainable Development Goal 12 aims to halve this problem per capita by 2030, (-5[3])as it contributes (-5[1])more greenhouse gas (-5[1])emissions (-5[1])than India and Russia per the FAO. A 2016 French law against this problem (-5[2])mandates that businesses (10[1]-5[1])like Carrefour (“kar-FOOR”) donate unsold items (10[3])to achieve (10[2])a (10[1])“circular (10[3])economy.” (10[5]-5[2])Efforts to reduce (10[1])this problem (10[5])include upcycling (10[2])sub-grade scraps and (10[1])CSA (10[2])boxes (10[1])of “imperfect” (10[1]-5[1])or “ugly” produce. (10[2])For 10 points, name (10[1])this (10[1])problem whose solutions include source reduction at farms (10[1])and (10[1])donation to soup kitchens. (10[2])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: food waste [or food loss and waste or FLW; accept descriptions of discarding food or not using food or surplus food; prompt on partial descriptions of surplus production or too much waste or shrink by asking “of what?”; prompt on world hunger or starvation or food insecurity or equivalents by asking “what is the specific problem that contributes to that issue?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Aadarsh BalireddyCornell CCornell A24-5
Vinu HariharBerkeley CBerkeley B59-5
Munir Siddiqui (UG)Maryland B (UG)Virginia C (UG)59-5
Alessandro BogoKCLCambridge C59-5
Jeffery Austin (DII)UNC D (DII)Liberty A (Grad)62-5
Kevin ParkClaremont AIowa B65-5
Nicholas DahlenTufts ATufts B66-5
Eric Gunter (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Virginia A (UG)80-5
Laura JonesAppalachian StateIowa A80-5
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)Virginia B (UG)8310
Onycha LongHardingKentucky83-5
Michał GerasimiukStanford ABerkeley A8810
Paige CrawleyOxford AKiel8810
Michael MaysImperial ADurham B8810
Andrew HannaPennJohn Jay9010
Jack Rado (DII)Columbia BJohns Hopkins9010
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech BAlabama9110
Albert Zhang (UG)Columbia CVassar9210
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (DII)NYU ARowan9210
Oscar DespardCambridge ASheffield9210
Natan HoltzmanStanford BStanford C9310
Connor Mayers (UG)Maryland A (Grad)Maryland C (DII)9310
Sophie HiggsUW ATexas A93-5
Eliza DeanOxford BCambridge B9310
Michael KohnDurham AWarwick9310
Martin AlafayaKentuckyHarding9310
Alex LewtonDartmouth BDartmouth A93-5
Iris Pardue (UG)KenyonMichigan C9610
Tom ScheriRIT ABinghamton9810
Sarod NoriCornell BRIT B9810
Todd MaslykMichigan AOhio State B9810
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordNYU B9810
Frances HadleyEdinburghImperial B9810
William DawsonUBC ARice A10010
Danny TranTennesseeGeodesic10010
Roxanne Tang (UG)Ohio State AMichigan B10310
Jason ThieuMichigan State ASorbonne10410
James McCurleyHarvard BHarvard A10410
E Smith (UG)JMU B (UG)Duke A (UG)10510
Duncan Griffiths (UG)William & Mary A (UG)JMU A (UG)10710
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M ATexas A&M B107-5
Graham Troy (DII)UNC B (UG)Liberty C (DII)11010
Alexander ClarkeDartmouth ADartmouth B11010
Bryanna ShaoVanderbilt AMTSU11410
James ByrneBristolOxford C11510
Rose ConwayCambridge CKCL12310
Michael Eng (UG)UNC C (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)12410
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BBerkeley C12810
Dwight SolanoTexas A&M BTexas A&M A12810
Yared TadesseCornell ACornell C12910
Emma Zajonc (DII)Liberty B (DII)GWU B (Grad)12910
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)UNC A (Grad)12910
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)Maryland B (UG)12910
Grace EarlyIowa AAppalachian State12910
Anwitha VempaliIowa BClaremont A12910
Jisoon YooTexas AUW A12910
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaGeorgia Tech A12910
Phoebe YaoTufts BTufts A12910