Question

This body of water was the location of Tomás Cloma’s unrecognized state of “Freedomland,” which was subsequently incorporated as the Kalayaan municipality. (-5[2])The “eye” of this body of water is the Dragon Hole, located in an archipelago whose name derives from the Portuguese for “reef.” Over 20 DK1 (10[1])rigs extract oil for a country on the western side of this (-5[1])body of water. (-5[3])A 2016 (-5[2])UNCLOS (-5[2])(“UN-kloss”) arbitration about (10[1])this (10[1])body (-5[1])of water (10[2])adjudicated (10[3]-5[1])multiple (10[1])arguments (10[2])based on (10[1])the legal concept of res nullius. (10[1])A standoff at Scarborough (10[1])Shoal (10[7])in (10[1])this (10[1])body of water (-5[3])has been (10[1])ongoing (10[1])since (10[1])2012. (10[2]-5[1])The Paracel (10[2])and Spratly (10[1])Islands (10[3])in this (10[1])body (10[1])of water (10[2])are claimed by (10[2])Vietnam. (10[3])For (10[1])10 points, the Gulf of Tonkin (10[1])used to be part of (10[1])a “nine-dash line” that divides (10[1])what body of water? (10[3])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: South China Sea [accept Biển Đông; or Nán Hǎi; or Laut China Selatan; reject “East China Sea”]
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Owyn NoblePurdue CIndiana A21-5
Elie Aoun (UG)CWRU A (UG)Michigan State A21-5
Khanh NguyenUF AUF D4710
Tarun KotiEmory BGeorgia Tech A59-5
Corwin Davidson (UG)UBC BUW A62-5
Edward FogelBirminghamWarwick A62-5
Robert BallantyneBristol BDurham B62-5
Swapnil GargBerkeley AStanford L64-5
Abigail Zimmerman (UG)IowaWUSTL A64-5
Ethan BositaStanford AStanford M65-5
Charlie WeaverClemson AAuburn A65-5
Charles YoungColumbia APenn State B6710
Noah McRedmondNotre DameUChicago C6810
Jacob FriedmanUF FUCF A69-5
Olin BoseColumbia BPenn State A7110
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU B (UG)Pitt A7110
Jeffrey XuGeorgia Tech BGeorgia A7210
Simon EmmanuelRutgers AHaverford A72-5
Devito Stevanus (UG)McGill ETexas B7210
James CarrigyEdinburghVanderbilt7210
Neal JoshiWashU BNorthwestern A7310
David BassJohns Hopkins ARowan A7410
Brynn JonesOregon StateTexas C7410
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech ETennesse A7610
Joseph CollinsImperial BDurham A8210
Arthur GaydenUChicago AWashU C8610
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BBerkeley C8710
VictoriaRutgers CBard8710
Simon Zimmerman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan B8710
Biniam AlaroUF BUF C8710
Seraphina CharlotteCambridge AManchester8710
Ved MuthusamyOxford AImperial A8710
Ryan SharpeLSE BWarwick B8710
Reed Sexton (UG)Michigan C (UG)Michigan A8810
Jackson McDonaldAlabama AAuburn C8910
Allen XuGeorgia Tech FEmory A92-5
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech C92-5
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar ANYU A92-5
Lewys JenkinsBristol ACambridge C9410
Matthew TurnerOxford BCambridge D9510
Roy YangWashU DIndiana B9610
Will HollisterLehigh APrinceton A9710
Gabe DubowskiUIUC CUChicago D97-5
Arthur Zhang (D2)NYU BMissouri9710
Bryce Cruise (D2)Texas AMississippi State9910
Carter TomaskyFlorida Tech AFlorida Tech B9910
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Nathan Ouyang (DII)Michigan D (DII)Kenyon A (UG)10210
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Will McCurleyAuburn AClemson A11010
Jacob Tow (UG)Colorado CollegeVassar B11010
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Lucas Mansfield (UG)UW AUBC B11110
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Nolan JonesPurdue AMiami11210
Malachi LedfordTusculum ASouth Carolina A11810
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Carter HerronUChicago DUIUC C12810
Michal GerasimiukStanford MStanford A13210
Danila KabotyaIndiana APurdue C13210
Luke NashDurham BBristol B13210
Allan LeeStanford LBerkeley A13310
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech AEmory B13310
Cohen WiegersEmory AGeorgia Tech F13310
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech D13310
Arjun BothraHaverford ARutgers A13310
Anton Akroush (DII)Michigan State ACWRU A (UG)13310
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (D2)NYU AVassar A13310
Collin NadarajahWUSTL AIowa13310
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