Question

Two answers required. One of these two countries was described as a “dagger pointed at the heart of” the other by the Prussian military officer Jacob Meckel. The leader of the Enlightenment Party in one of these two countries escaped to the other in a shipping crate after the failed Gapsin Coup. A king of one of these two countries took refuge in the Russian embassy after his wife was assassinated by the other; that king later named his wife (*) Empress as a symbolic stance against the other country. The Kono Declaration was negotiated between these two countries and constituted an apology for war crimes. One of the two countries enacted a brutal 35-year occupation of the other, exemplified by sex slaves called “comfort (10[1])women.” (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])a 1910 annexation involving what two countries ended the Joseon dynasty? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Japan AND Korea [accept Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku in place of “Japan”; accept North Korea or South Korea or Hanguk in place of “Korea”; accept Choson in place of “Korea” until “Joseon” is read]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew AmygdalosGeorge Washington AJohns Hopkins12310
Connor MayersMaryland AMaryland B12410
Matt ShinnickGeorgetownGeorge Washington B127-5
Angier LeiGeorge Washington BGeorgetown13910

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2023 ARCADIA at DukeEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%25%126.00
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2023 ARCADIA at ImperialImperialY5100%40%0%100.00
2023 ARCADIA at MarylandMaryland, OnlineY3100%0%33%128.67
2023 ARCADIA OnlineMaryland, OnlineY3100%0%33%123.33
2023 ARCADIA at TexasOhio State, TexasY3100%0%0%121.67
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio StateOhio State, TexasY3100%0%0%123.00