Question

A member of this family criticized high tourism prices and Asian and European ownership of local restaurants in the paper Problems Facing our Socialism; that person’s western education was funded by Elizabeth Mooney Kirk. While working as a military cook, a member of this family was arrested and tortured in Kamiti prison by the (*) British. An economist from this family was blacklisted from government work due to fallout from the assassination of Tom Mboya. A woman who married into this family helped develop the microcredit program used in Indonesia. A memoir by a member (10[1])of this family describes his (10[1])ethnically Luo father giving him (-5[1])his first basketball on a visit to Hawaii. (10[3])For 10 points, name this family that includes America’s first Black president. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Obama family [accept Barack Obama or Hussein Obama or Stanley Ann Obama] (The memoir is Dreams From my Father.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will AlstonAmartya Senpai Notice MeMichigan9310
Nick JensenMojo ShojoWUSTL9810
Matt JacksonChicago AIllinois103-5
Jordan BrownsteinBrownstein et al.Northwestern11110
Nolan JonesPurdueEpic11110
Chris RayOSUChicago B+11110
Justin WytmarIllinoisChicago A12410

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%0%17%108.00
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%33%117.67
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%33%91.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%33%67%98.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%33%100.33
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%0%100.67
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%0%25%115.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%100%116.00