Question

An important mining region in this country was found in Operation Grasshopper, a 1959 effort to find natural resources from the air led by Frank Essed. For a year and a half, both the offices of president and prime minister of this country were held on behalf of a military dictator by Henk Chin A Sen. The Moiwana Massacre was an attack on the hometown of a former bodyguard (15[1])of one of this country’s leaders after they formed the guerilla group Jungle Commando. The non-American (-5[1])(*) Henck Arron was deposed first as Prime Minister, then as Vice President, in two separate coups (-5[1])in this country that installed the same military officer as the de facto leader. The December Murders were carried out at a non-Taiwanese (10[2])Fort Zeelandia to eliminate fifteen political opponents of Dési (10[1])Bouterse (“BOW-ter-suh”). For 10 (10[1])points, name this South American country that gained full independence from the Netherlands (10[1])in 1975. (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Suriname [or Republic of Suriname, Republiek Suriname, Ripoliku Sranan]
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%11%22%131.11

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tracy MirkinThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubThe Canadians6815
Jason GolfinosSaint Peter Andre 3000BHSU84-5
Ethan StrombeckTeam Name Think DetailThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club100-5
Justin WytmarDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Tooremembrance of lost time12310
Jaskaran SinghRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni GrillQuasicrystal Silence12310
Richard YuI would prefer not toI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble13210
Will AlstonCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!In Search of Things Past13510
Earthflax GeologybuzzerThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)Evans Hall destruction awaiters14810
Tejas RajeBHSUSaint Peter Andre 300015010
Conor Thompson[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp15010
Matt JacksonThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubTeam Name Think Detail15110