Question
A protest in Hviezdoslav (“hv’YAYZ-daw-slahv”) Square in this city occurred on the same day as another seeking the release of Ján Čarnogurský (”yahn char-naw-GOOR-skee”). For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city where the political movement Public Against Violence was founded with members like Milan Kňažko (“k’NYAHZH-kaw”) and Vladimír Mečiar (“MAY-ch’yar”) as a counterpart to another city’s Civic Forum.
ANSWER: Bratislava [or Pressburg or Pozsony]
[10e] The activism of Bratislava’s Public Against Violence and Prague’s Civic Forum helped bring about the end of Czechoslovakia’s Communist regime and the election of this Czech writer as the country’s first president.
ANSWER: Václav Havel (“VAHT-slahv HAH-vel”)
[10h] Drahomíra Dražská (“drah-ho-MEE-rah DRAHZH-skah”) invented the story of this fake Czech student’s death during a protest in Prague. Radio Free Europe broadcast his death as a true story, rallying support for the anti-communist cause.
ANSWER: Martin Šmíd (“shmeed”)
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Summary
| 2023 Chicago Open | 08/05/2023 | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 44% | 0% |
Data
| BHSU | Evans Hall destruction awaiters | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Hang et al., Robert Browning | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Team Name Think Detail | I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| I would prefer not to | The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | In Search of Things Past | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The Canadians | Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | remembrance of lost time | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Saint Peter Andre 3000 | [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |