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 |
Aeres Zhou | Detroit Country Day | Richard Montgomery | 41 | 0 |
Ethan Bosita | St. Mark's | Maggie Walker A | 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 |
Camden Williams | Mexico | Chattahoochee B | 55 | 0 |
Pablo Hu | Belmont | Johns Creek A | 55 | 0 |
Sam McNamee | Maggie Walker A | St. Mark's | 55 | 20 |
Alan Fan | Thomas Jefferson D | Chattahoochee A | 55 | 0 |
Jack Mangrum | Innovation Academy A | Winston Churchill B | 58 | 0 |
Prahalad Rao | Solon | University Lab | 61 | 20 |
Noah McRedmond | Cincinnati Hills Christian | Mercer County | 66 | 0 |
Hari Veginati | Stevenson A | Parkway West | 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 |
Chakri Gudlavalleti | Dunbar | Hunter A | 69 | 20 |
Aiden Dombrosky | Hoover B | Norris | 69 | 0 |
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 |
Thomas Belcher | Saint Joseph | Maggie Walker B | 80 | 0 |
Andrew Shi | Thomas Jefferson A | Detroit Catholic Central A | 80 | 10 |
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 |
David Bertolasi | Belvidere | Lake Highland | 102 | 10 |
Sophie Higgs | Richard Montgomery | Detroit Country Day | 102 | 10 |
Owen Gibbs | Heights | New Brighton | 102 | 10 |
Rohan Kher | Barrington A | Thomas Jefferson B | 111 | 0 |
Hayden Qi | Johns Creek B | Lincoln-Way East | 111 | 10 |
Jesse Rabbitt | John Adams B | Northmont B | 114 | 10 |
Cole Hartung | Kinkaid | Winston Churchill A | 114 | 10 |
Ulden Gao | Winston Churchill B | Innovation Academy A | 114 | 10 |
Ryan Zhang | Thomas Jefferson B | Barrington A | 115 | 10 |
William Yao | Barrington B | Thomas Jefferson C | 115 | 10 |
Ryan Dai | Carbondale | Carl Sandburg | 115 | 10 |
Martin Ames | Chattahoochee B | Mexico | 115 | 10 |
Sumuk Anand | Mercer County | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 115 | 10 |
Lucas Jraiche | Detroit Catholic Central B | Moberly | 115 | 10 |
Michael Zheng | Irvington A | Hinsdale Central | 115 | 10 |
Fahian Joy | Hunter B | Rockford Auburn B | 115 | 10 |
Michael Camilleri | John Adams A | Norman | 115 | 10 |
Sam Konkel | Johns Creek A | Belmont | 115 | 10 |
Mason Severson | Norris | Hoover B | 115 | 10 |
Aatreyo Bhattacharyya | Mira Loma | Plymouth | 115 | 10 |
Evan Lin | Woodland | Rockford Auburn A | 115 | 10 |
Aristuto Paul | Parkway West | Stevenson A | 115 | 10 |
Brady Laughlin | West Point | Stevenson B | 115 | 10 |
Kyunghwan Lim | Chattahoochee A | Thomas Jefferson D | 115 | 10 |
Yashwanth Bajji | Troy | William Fremd | 115 | 10 |