Tuvalu - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

This country has used LIDAR to scan its constituent islands as part of a plan to become “the first digital nation.” For 10 points each:

[10e] What Pacific Island country’s citizens can apply to become climate change refugees in Australia? This country’s digital importance is anchored by media companies like Twitch that use this country’s .tv domain.

ANSWER: Tuvalu

[10h] Australia’s mixed history with refugees includes the Murugappan family, who sought asylum while living in Biloela in this state. Peter Dutton, who served as Leader of the Opposition from 2022 to 2025, represented a seat in this state.

ANSWER: Queensland

[10m] While Australia began using Nauru as an offshore immigration facility under the Liberal Party, this Labor Party PM has agreed to a deal to have Nauru house deportees. This man is the current prime minister of Australia.

ANSWER: Anthony Albanese [or Anthony Norman Albanese]

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Southern California	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	50%	75%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	57%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Pacific	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%
Southeast	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
UK (North)	UK	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%

Data


Toronto A	Toronto D	10	10	10	30
Waterloo A	Toronto B	10	0	10	20
Toronto E	Waterloo C	10	0	10	20
McMaster B	Toronto G	10	0	10	20
Michigan B	CWRU A	10	0	0	10
CWRU B	Michigan State A	10	0	0	10
Michigan A	Louisville A	10	0	10	20
Louisville B	Ohio State B	10	0	0	10
Louisville D	CWRU C	10	0	0	10
Ohio State C	Pittsburgh	10	10	0	20
WVU B	Michigan State C	10	0	10	20
UNC D	VCU A	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech C	UNC B	10	0	10	20
William & Mary B	Liberty A	10	0	10	20
UCSD A	Claremont B	10	0	0	10
Claremont A	UC Santa Barbara	10	10	10	30
UCLA F	UCLA A	10	10	10	30
UCLA D	UCLA C	10	10	0	20
Maryland A	George Mason A	10	0	10	20
George Mason B	Vassar A	10	0	10	20
NYU B	Lehigh A	10	0	0	10
Rutgers A	NYU A	10	0	10	20
William Woods University A	Chicago B	10	0	0	10
Illinois Blue	WashU Grizzlers	10	0	0	10
Illinois Urbana	Illinois Canada	10	0	10	20
Iowa A	Illinois Champaign	10	0	0	10
Illinois Orange	Rose-Hulman A	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Indiana A	10	0	10	20
Purdue C	WashU Grolars	10	0	10	20
Williams A	Amherst A	10	0	10	20
Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	10	0	10	20
MIT A	Dartmouth B	10	0	10	20
Brown A	Vermont B	10	0	10	20
Arizona State B	British Columbia C	10	10	10	30
Washington Sockeye	British Columbia A	10	0	0	10
Texas	Arizona State A	10	0	0	10
Washington Masu	Washington Atlantic	10	0	0	10
Washington Chum	Washington Steelhead	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Alabama A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech E	Tennessee Tech	10	0	0	10
South Carolina A	Chipola College	10	0	0	10
Clemson A	Tennessee A	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh A	Edinburgh D	10	0	0	10
Durham B	York	10	0	0	10
Cambridge B	Cambridge A	10	0	10	20
Cambridge D	Birmingham	10	0	10	20
Imperial C	Imperial D	10	10	0	20
Southampton	Cardiff	10	10	10	30
RIT A	Binghamton A	10	0	0	10
ESF	Binghamton C	10	0	10	20
Cornell A	RIT B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech F	Auburn A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Emory A	10	0	10	20
Auburn B	Georgia A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt A	10	0	0	10