Question

This country’s government-in-exile indirectly hired PR firm Hill & Knowlton to raise American support (-5[1])for their restoration. (-5[1])A girl from this country (15[1])testified before (15[1])Congress (-5[1])about seeing babies (15[3])ripped (15[3])from (15[2])incubators, (15[5]-5[2])but (15[1])she was (-5[1])lying (15[2]-5[2])and was (-5[1])actually the daughter of this (15[1])country’s (15[1])ambassador to the United States. (15[1]-5[1])Carl (15[1])Sagan oddly predicted that scorched earth actions taken by retreating forces to ruin this country’s economy (15[1])would cause a nuclear winter; (15[1])in reality, a 1.5-billion-dollar (*) firefighting effort stopped hundreds of blazes in the Burgan (“bur-GAHN”) Field. (10[2])This is the southernmost (10[1])country where soldiers were bombed along the “Highway of Death.” (10[3]-5[1])This country (10[1])was liberated (-5[1])by the Norman Schwarzkopf-led (10[1])Operation Desert Storm. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this country that Saddam Hussein invaded (10[1]-5[1])in the Gulf (10[1])War. ■END■ (10[10])

ANSWER: Kuwait [or State of Kuwait or Dawlat al-Kuwayt]
<RR, American History>
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Summary

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2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y4100%50%50%79.00
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y6100%50%17%67.83
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2024 ARCADIA at Duke2024-12-06Y3100%67%0%65.67
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T2024-12-06Y1100%100%0%30.00
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Akshar GoyalIllinois OrangePurdue B13-5
Edward KimJohns CreekInnovation Academy B16-5
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ABerkeley Past2115
Andrew ZengMadmen and SpecialistsIn the Mood for Buzz2315
Khang Leshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetiqueToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titans24-5
Isaac MeredithTufts ABowdoin A2715
Biniam AlaroUF AUSF2715
Thomas TibbettsUCF AUCF B2715
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AVirginia Tech B2815
James WangOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomToronto B2815
Akshay SeetharamClaremontALCU2815
Luke RobitailleMITBowdoin B2915
Zach JosephNotre DameChicago B2915
Nitin RaoHarvardClark Wilson3015
June YinWashUMissouri3015
Mike CheyneOld and YoungSocial credit go vroom3015
Owen RileyToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titansshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique3015
Aryan Desarapubingy academyThe cult of SGA30-5
Michael DuWaterloo AspidistraCarleton A3015
Nicholas DaiU[C]SDJason et al.30-5
Charan PratapaneniThe cult of SGAbingy academy3115
Manu SankaranLambertGeorgia Tech A33-5
Kai McFarlandBoston UniversityAmherst34-5
Sasha FillbrandtPaddington in Peru (2024)ASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline3415
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AToronto A3415
Jack MangrumInnovation Academy AGeorgia Tech D34-5
Matthew AndersenUF CFlorida Tech36-5
Logan MathisSIUEPurdue A4115
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis AYale4215
Patrick TorreMarylandPitt4715
Charlie LowmanImperial BWarwick A47-5
Kabir ZamanSouth CarolinaVirginia Tech A4815
Michael SunBrandeis BBoston College B6415
Paphon SusikakosolImperial AWarwick B6915
Aalok BhattacharyaBoston College ABowdoin C8310
Khanh NguyenUF BValencia8310
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto Disband the Club 2k24McGill A8710
Elliot RothTufts BClark House9710
Ted GanPenn StateRIT9710
Luke PuttnamInnovation Academy CMilton97-5
Cormac BeirneLSE BWarwick C9710
Will AlstonSGV VenturesAnderson et al.9910
John MarvinChicago AIllinois Blue101-5
Franklin WuToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii10510
James TangWaterloo ClozeWaterloo Basic108-5
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech ALambert10810
Shiv SeshanCambridge BSouthampton10810
Michal GerasimiukStanfordBerkeley B11110
Darren KellisMiltonInnovation Academy C11810
James ByrneBristolCambridge A118-5
Nova SinkVirginia Tech CNorth Carolina B12110
Fahian JoyAmherstBoston University12310
Dominic HeffronFlorida TechUF C12310
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicWaterloo Cloze12310
Samanyu BhupalamInnovation Academy BJohns Creek12310
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech DInnovation Academy A12310
Andrew WangIllinois BlueChicago A12310
Owyn NoblePurdue BIllinois Orange12310
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge ABristol12310
Lucas JohnsWarwick AImperial B12310
John HashJason et al.U[C]SD12310