Question

The manifesto “Crabs with Brains” supports this state’s modern-day music revival of manguebeat (-5[1])(“mon-GHEH-beet”). Dancers from this state carry a massive cloth doll called a calunga in maracatu (“mar-ah-cah-too”) dances (10[1])and use an umbrella in frevo (“FRAY-voo”) performances. It’s not Curaçao, but the oldest synagogue in the Americas is in this (-5[1])state, (10[1]-5[1])whose (-5[1])blue-on-white (-5[1])flag (-5[1])originated from the 1817 Priest’s Revolution here. (-5[1])In 2011, the largest festival in the world was dedicated to Saint John the Baptist and held in this state’s city of Caruaru (“cah-roo-ah-roo”). A high concentration of spinner dolphins live near this state’s archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (10[1]-5[1])(“Fernando jee no-ROAN-yah”). This state’s city of Olinda (-5[1])(“oh-LEEN-dah”) rivals its capital, which is often compared to Venice due to its widespread canals. This home state of Lula da Silva shares its name (-5[1])with an orange-red wood (10[1])used for violin (10[1])bows. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name this northeastern (-5[1])Brazilian state whose capital is Recife (10[3])■END■ (10[3]0[10])

ANSWER: Pernambuco [accept pernambuco wood; accept Pernambucan Revolt or Pernambuco Revolution]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2264%0%50%121.93

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tracy MirkinFlorida ADuke A12-5
Rodrigo RoseMIT ATexas A2710
Natan HoltzmanStanford AChicago A47-5
John John GrogerColumbia AMinnesota A4810
Justin WytmarIllinois AMcGill A48-5
Vivek SasseChicago BWUSTL A49-5
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina APenn State A50-5
Chris RayOhio State AMaryland A51-5
Raymond WangCornell ABrown A58-5
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins APurdue A9610
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichigan ARutgers B96-5
Joelle SmartRutgers AClaremont A101-5
Joseph ChambersVirginia AYale B125-5
Daniel MaYale AGeorgia Tech A12910
Ian ChowToronto ANorth Carolina A13210
Jacob EgolDuke AFlorida A13310
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley ACornell B13310
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AHarvard A13610
William GrogerColumbia BFlorida B139-5
Dean Ah NowClaremont ARutgers A14510
Ani PerumallaPenn State ASouth Carolina A14510
Ameya PhadnisRutgers BMichigan A14510
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AChicago B14610
Kevin FanMcGill AIllinois A14610
Claire JonesChicago AStanford A14610
Andrew HannaVanderbilt ANYU A1460
Halle FriedmanNYU AVanderbilt A1460
Anson BernsBrown ACornell A1460
Conor ThompsonIowa State AGeorgia Tech B1460
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BIowa State A1460
Robert CondronChicago CIndiana A1460
Justin HawkinsIndiana AChicago C1460
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BColumbia B1460
Stevie MillerMaryland AOhio State A1460
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BPenn A1460