hydroelectricity - 2023 Chicago Open

Question

With government support, a Portuguese company in this industry, HCB, forced farmers off their land and into barbed wire-enclosed settlements called aldeamentos. Starting in 1958, Rupert Fothergill led a six-year campaign to combat this industry’s environmental impact. In 2002, the Basilwizi Trust was founded to aid those harmed by this industry such as the Tonga people. A facility used for this industry was created with funding from VALCO and was called the (15[1])“dearest dream” of a leader given a title meaning (*) “redeemer.” Mobutu (-5[1])Sese Seko took a seven percent kickback from a roughly one billion dollar project (10[1])in this industry that supported mining in Shaba. The American Kaiser Aluminum Company (10[1])helped fund a project in this industry (10[1])on the Volta River. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, name this industry for which the Kariba, Cahora Bassa, and Akosombo Dams were built. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: hydroelectricity [or power or energy; prompt on any kind of mining until “mining” is read by asking “what other industry supported mining with its projects?”; prompt on creating dams, engineering, construction, or other similar answers by asking “for what industry was that project created?”]

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Summary


2023 Chicago Open	08/05/2023	Y	9	100%	11%	22%	114.22

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Chris Sims	The Canadians	Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill	71	15
Matt Jackson	The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club	I would prefer not to	82	-5
Chris Ray	Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness	Hang et al., Robert Browning	96	10
Andrew Hart	BHSU	Evans Hall destruction awaiters	109	10
Nick Jensen	The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub	remembrance of lost time	116	10
Mike Sorice	Team Name Think Detail	I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble	120	10
Ned Tagtmeier	In Search of Things Past	The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)	120	-5
Will Alston	Curse you, Periplus the Platypus!	wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp	120	10
Taylor Harvey	Saint Peter Andre 3000	[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?	120	10
Corry Wang	I would prefer not to	The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club	138	10
Andrew Wang	The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)	In Search of Things Past	138	10