Question
The “Day of the Sea” in Bolivia commemorates its loss of its coastline in this war. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this war which was lost by a Bolivian-Peruvian alliance, ending with the Treaty of Ancón. An alternative name for this war comes from a resource used as fertilizer, on which Bolivia attempted to raise taxes.
ANSWER: War of the Pacific [or Guerra del Pacifico; accept Saltpeter War or Nitrate War or Ten Cents War or Second Pacific War or Guerra del Salitre; reject “Guano War”]
[10e] This country won the War of the Pacific, despite its difficulties maintaining supply lines across the Atacama Desert. Its seizure of the Bolivian province of Litoral (“lee-to-RAHL”) extended this country’s long Pacific coastline.
ANSWER: Chile
[10h] In Paraguay, Children’s Day is celebrated on August 16, to mark the deaths of child soldiers in the War of the Triple Alliance, sparked by this President of Paraguay. This husband of Eliza Lynch died at the battle of Cerro Corá (“serro co-RAH”).
ANSWER: Francisco Solano López
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 88% | 25% | 38% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 63% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 11 | 12.73 | 100% | 18% | 9% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 100% | 38% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 20% | 60% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 44% | 22% |
Data
| UBC A | UW Wrath | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |