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 (15[1])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. (-5[1])A woman (10[1])who married into this family helped develop the microcredit program used in Indonesia. A memoir (10[1])by a member of this family describes his ethnically Luo (-5[1])father giving him his first (-5[1])basketball on a visit to Hawaii. For 10 points, name this family that includes America’s first Black president. ■END■ (10[2])

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
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) BagelryColumbia B4615
Daniel SheinbergUG Championship Players (and Mazin)Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry73-5
Arthur Delot-VilainWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainColumbia B7510
Caroline Maonats is supposed to mean you all have gone softmeet the new weird, same as the old weird9010
Arthur Delot-VilainWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Againnats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft100-5
Jason HongUG Championship Players (and Mazin)meet the new weird, same as the old weird105-5
Kevin Wangmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdUG Championship Players (and Mazin)12410
Victor Pavaonats is supposed to mean you all have gone softWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again12410
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) BagelryUG Championship Players (and Mazin)13610

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