The Comoros AND Mayotte - 2023 Penn Bowl (UK)

Question

Small boats called kwassa-kwassa are often used by illegal immigrants from one of these polities to the other. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name these two polities that form an archipelago. The only time France used its Security Council veto alone was to condemn a resolution arguing that one of these polities should control the other, instead of France.

ANSWER: The Comoros AND Mayotte [accept Union of the Comoros; or Udzima wa Komori; or Union des Comores; or Jamhuriyat al-Qumur al-Mutahida in place of “Comoros”; accept Department of Mayotte or Département de Mayotte in place of “Mayotte”]

[10e] Both the Comoros and Mayotte are historically part of a culture named for this Bantu group. This group’s namesake language is a major East African lingua franca.

ANSWER: Swahili [or Kiswahili]

[10m] Many Swahili people claim descent from this modern-day country, a claim backed by a 2023 study. Comorian president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi was nicknamed for a leader of this country after studying in its city of Qom (“GOME”).

ANSWER: Iran [or Islamic Republic of Iran; or Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân; or Persia] (His nickname is “Ayatollah”)

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Summary


2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo	10/28/2023	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU	10/28/2023	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)	10/21/2023	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)	10/21/2023	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)	10/28/2023	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)	10/28/2023	Y	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)	10/28/2023	Y	5	20.00	100%	60%	40%
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC	10/28/2023	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Scottish, Irish, Both or Neither	3HK1MM	0	10	0	10
Old London Town	Betrayed by Rita Izzatdust	10	10	10	30
Broken Hearts	Tabearnacle	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh	Four Neg Omelette	0	10	0	10
10 Negs that Shook the Quiz	Foucault's Penndulum	0	10	10	20