Question
While serving in the Congo, this man led a unit known as “the awful ones” while fighting pro-Lumumba rebels in Stanleyville. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this man who also led Operation Shrimp, a failed coup in Benin. In another country, this man ousted Ahmed Abdallah, then led yet another coup to reinstall him as a puppet leader.
ANSWER: Robert “Bob” Denard [or Gilbert Bouregaud; or Saïd Mustapha Mhadjou]
[10e] Denard’s de facto rule of the Comoros allowed France to effectively cheat this broad UN economic policy, established in Resolution 181. This policy was lifted after the election of Nelson Mandela.
ANSWER: economic sanctions on South Africa during apartheid [accept embargo or boycott in place of “sanctions”]
[10m] Many of Denard’s actions in Africa were covertly supported by this first president of Ivory Coast, whose Françafrique (frahn-sah-FREEK) policies supported close ties with his country’s former colonial masters.
ANSWER: Félix Houphouët-Boigny (oo-FWET BWA-nyee) [prompt on Papa Houphouët or partial surname; prompt on Le Vieux or The Old One]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 3.33 | 0% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 67% | 83% | 17% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 50% | 75% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 3.33 | 33% | 0% | 0% |
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| Maryland B+ | Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery | Maryland A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs | Rutgers Diaspora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |