Question
This country is the home of subsistence miners called garimpeiros, who originally mined gold but who also mine diamonds in the state of Tocantins. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country, the world's second-largest iron ore producer, which contains the vast majority of the world’s niobium reserves.
ANSWER: Brazil
[10m] The largest niobium deposit is in this Brazilian state, the second most populous after São Paulo, which is named for the productivity of its mining industry.
ANSWER: Minas Gerais
[10e] Strangely, the son of niobium magnate Walter Salles directed the movie The Motorcycle Diaries, based on a memoir by this Argentine revolutionary who opposed exploitative mining.
ANSWER: Che Guevara [accept either underlined answer; or Ernesto Guevara]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 27.50 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | Parth et al. | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| The Passion According to C.H. | Milan et al. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | Cameron et al. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |