Question

During a war named after this region, the Fuzhou (“foo-joh”) Arsenal was ironically destroyed by the country which had largely funded it. This region lends its name to a flotilla and a tirailleur (“tee-rye-YURR”) rifle regiment that fought (-5[1])during a war that culminated in the Battle of Paper Bridge against the Black Flag Army. (10[1]-5[1])A “Pacification” of this (-5[1])sub-national region suppressed the “Save the King” (-5[1])movement, (-5[1])which attempted to place (-5[1])the boy Ham Nghi (“hahm nee”) on the throne. (-5[3])Until 1948, Annam and a French protectorate with this (10[1])name (10[1])were nominally (10[1])governed by the Nguyễn dynasty. This name (10[1])is shared by an exonym for northern Vietnam, a former name of Hanoi, (-5[1])and an inlet (-5[1])where, in 1964, (10[2])torpedoes (10[1])supposedly (10[2])fired on the USS Turner Joy and Maddox. For 10 points, U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War increased after an “incident” (10[1])in a “gulf” named after what (10[4])word? (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Tonkin [or Đông Kinh; accept Gulf of Tonkin; accept Protectorate of Tonkin; accept Tonkin War, Tonkin Affair, or Tonkin Campaign; accept Tonkin Flotilla; accept Tonkinese Rifles; prompt on North Vietnam; prompt on Indochina]
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y21100%0%52%119.90

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Gabriel DubowskiIllinois BMIT35-5
Charles HangWUSTL ACornell B5110
Jakob MyersIndianaYale51-5
Cooper RohColumbia AMinnesota55-5
Skand ParvatikarArizona StateColumbia B62-5
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AOttawa63-5
Joey SunToronto BBritish Columbia67-5
Qingyu ZhangFloridaIowa State74-5
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateOhio State74-5
Alan WuVanderbiltMaryland74-5
Michael DuWaterloo ACornell A8310
Noah ChinVirginia TechUC Berkeley B8410
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley AWaterloo B8610
Vikshar AthreyaRutgersToronto C9310
Justin WytmarIllinois ARIT106-5
Andrew ZengStanfordUCF109-5
Chris SimsNorthwesternJohns Hopkins11210
Ian LuGeorgia TechNorth Carolina B11210
June YinWUSTL BWinona State11310
Aryan DesarapuMichiganChicago A11410
Liam StarnesChicago BPenn State11410
Roxanne TangOhio StateGeorgia State13510
Patrick TorreMarylandVanderbilt14110
Jem BurchYaleIndiana14110
Thomas TibbettsUCFStanford14110
Aidan RoulletRITIllinois A14110
Guy IndoranteIowa StateFlorida14210
Shardul RaoMinnesotaColumbia A14310
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia BArizona State14310
James WangOttawaNorth Carolina A14310
John ChenBritish ColumbiaToronto B14310
Yrwin BatanMITIllinois B14310