Question
Men from this country founded Japan’s Ministry of Public Works and the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo. The Choshu Five studied in this country, which was the home of two sailors who were murdered by a samurai in the Icarus affair. This country bombarded Kanogoshima during its brief war with the Satsuma domain in 1863. A 1903 treaty with Japan marked the end of this country’s “Splendid Isolation” policy. In 1942, this (*) country surrendered its Straits Settlement to Japanese troops. Japan, South Korea, and two former colonies of this European country are called the “Asian Tigers” due to their rapid growth rate. For 10 points, name this country that colonized Singapore and Hong Kong. ■END■
ANSWER: United Kingdom [or UK; or Great Britain; or England]
<Michael Bentley, History - World - Asian> ~22448~ <Editor: Jordan Brownstein>
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Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 94% | 14% | 0% | 102.33 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Kevin Peng | Winston Churchill A | Kinkaid | 40 | 0 |
Ethan Bosita | St. Mark's | Maggie Walker A | 41 | 0 |
Aeres Zhou | Detroit Country Day | Richard Montgomery | 41 | 0 |
Carson Jacobson | Winnebago | Northmont A | 43 | 20 |
John Hines-Shah | Hinsdale Central | Irvington A | 48 | 0 |
Rushil Murikinati | Plymouth | Mira Loma | 51 | 0 |
Alan Fan | Thomas Jefferson D | Chattahoochee A | 55 | 0 |
Camden Williams | Mexico | Chattahoochee B | 55 | 0 |
Sam McNamee | Maggie Walker A | St. Mark's | 55 | 20 |
Pablo Hu | Belmont | Johns Creek A | 55 | 0 |
Jack Mangrum | Innovation Academy A | Winston Churchill B | 58 | 0 |
Prahalad Rao | Solon | University Lab | 61 | 20 |
Hari Veginati | Stevenson A | Parkway West | 66 | 0 |
Noah McRedmond | Cincinnati Hills Christian | Mercer County | 66 | 0 |
Luke Puttnam | Innovation Academy B | Elkhorn North | 67 | 0 |
Christian Allen | Dallas County | Canyon Crest | 69 | 20 |
Matt Mokrzycki | Carl Sandburg | Carbondale | 69 | 0 |
Aiden Dombrosky | Hoover B | Norris | 69 | 0 |
Chakri Gudlavalleti | Dunbar | Hunter A | 69 | 20 |
Alex Crowell | Rockford Auburn A | Woodland | 69 | 0 |
Owen Willenborg | Norman | John Adams A | 73 | 0 |
Anthony Zhao | Thomas Jefferson C | Barrington B | 80 | 0 |
Andrew Shi | Thomas Jefferson A | Detroit Catholic Central A | 80 | 10 |
Thomas Belcher | Saint Joseph | Maggie Walker B | 80 | 0 |
Pranav Aiyar | William Fremd | Troy | 80 | 0 |
Grace Sun | Stevenson B | West Point | 83 | 0 |
Brenden Stremler | Maggie Walker C | Midtown | 86 | 10 |
Ben Horning | Waukee | Detroit Catholic Central C | 99 | 10 |
Ian Mann | Walter Payton | Choate Rosemary Hall | 101 | 10 |
Owen Gibbs | Heights | New Brighton | 102 | 10 |
David Bertolasi | Belvidere | Lake Highland | 102 | 10 |
Sophie Higgs | Richard Montgomery | Detroit Country Day | 102 | 10 |
Rohan Kher | Barrington A | Thomas Jefferson B | 111 | 0 |
Hayden Qi | Johns Creek B | Lincoln-Way East | 111 | 10 |
Ulden Gao | Winston Churchill B | Innovation Academy A | 114 | 10 |
Jesse Rabbitt | John Adams B | Northmont B | 114 | 10 |
Cole Hartung | Kinkaid | Winston Churchill A | 114 | 10 |
Ryan Zhang | Thomas Jefferson B | Barrington A | 115 | 10 |
Sam Konkel | Johns Creek A | Belmont | 115 | 10 |
Yashwanth Bajji | Troy | William Fremd | 115 | 10 |
Lucas Jraiche | Detroit Catholic Central B | Moberly | 115 | 10 |
Aristuto Paul | Parkway West | Stevenson A | 115 | 10 |
Michael Zheng | Irvington A | Hinsdale Central | 115 | 10 |
Martin Ames | Chattahoochee B | Mexico | 115 | 10 |
Brady Laughlin | West Point | Stevenson B | 115 | 10 |
William Yao | Barrington B | Thomas Jefferson C | 115 | 10 |
Mason Severson | Norris | Hoover B | 115 | 10 |
Michael Camilleri | John Adams A | Norman | 115 | 10 |
Fahian Joy | Hunter B | Rockford Auburn B | 115 | 10 |
Ryan Dai | Carbondale | Carl Sandburg | 115 | 10 |
Evan Lin | Woodland | Rockford Auburn A | 115 | 10 |
Aatreyo Bhattacharyya | Mira Loma | Plymouth | 115 | 10 |
Kyunghwan Lim | Chattahoochee A | Thomas Jefferson D | 115 | 10 |
Sumuk Anand | Mercer County | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 115 | 10 |