Question
In June 2024, some workers for this country’s largest company held a failed first-ever strike, four years after that company’s chairman was convicted in a bribery scandal. In February 2024, doctors in this country launched a strike in response to the ruling People Power Party’s plan to increase medical school enrollment quotas by roughly 40%. A mass crowd crush occurred during 2022 Halloween celebrations in this country’s capital. In June 2024, this country restarted cross-border loudspeaker propaganda in retaliation for trash balloons launched by this country’s northern neighbor. For 10 points, name this country home to chaebols like Samsung and Hyundai. ■END■
ANSWER: South Korea [or Republic of Korea or ROK or Taehan-minguk or Han’guk; prompt on Korea; prompt on SK; reject “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” or “DPRK”]
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Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 89% | 0% | 44% | 62.38 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 38% | 70.29 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 83% | 0% | 50% | 74.20 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 11 | 100% | 0% | 55% | 81.09 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 67.78 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 40% | 79.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 50% | 65.57 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Zachary Kant | Emory A | Emory Oxford | 26 | -5 |
Peter Chen | Georgia Tech E | Mississippi State A | 38 | 10 |
Aaron Taylor | Missisippi State | Georgia Tech B | 41 | -5 |
Anthony Nakhoul | Tennessee A | Georgia Tech D | 41 | 10 |
Yuxuan Lu | Vanderbilt A | Alabama A | 44 | -5 |
Aaryan Tomar | Georgia Tech C | Belmont | 51 | -5 |
Max Morgan | Tennessee B | Clemson B | 52 | -5 |
Brandon Hunt | Auburn C | Georgia Tech B | 62 | 10 |
Thomas Hydorn | Furman | Georgia Tech A | 66 | 10 |
TJ Pickering | Auburn B | Vanderbilt B | 79 | 10 |
Knykolas Ross | Southern | South Carolina B | 86 | -5 |
John Shields | Clemson B | Tennessee B | 96 | 10 |
Justin Hetrick | Belmont | Georgia Tech C | 100 | 10 |
Daniel Chen | Emory Oxford | Emory A | 101 | 10 |
Britton Webster | Alabama A | Vanderbilt A | 101 | 10 |
John Mcqueen | South Carolina B | Southern | 101 | 10 |
Monish Jampala | Georgia Tech B | Missisippi State | 107 | 10 |