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During 2013 protests over bus taxes in this country, demonstrators adopted the Johnnie Walker slogan “the giant has awoken.” For 10 points each:
[10m] An adage says that what country is “not for beginners”? Charles de Gaulle supposedly called it “not a serious country” and said it was “the country of the future – and always will be” after visiting the home city of its cariocas.
ANSWER: Brazil [or Federative Republic of Brazil; or República Federativa do Brasil; accept “Brazil is not for beginners” or “O Brasil, não é para principiantes”] (“Carioca” is a demonym for Rio de Janeiro.)
[10e] The Brazilian flag features the national motto “order and progress,” which promotes the positivism of this French philosopher of social evolution.
ANSWER: Auguste Comte (“kawnt”) [or Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte; accept Comtean positivism]
[10h] The Brazilian military dictatorship’s propaganda posters displayed this nationalistic slogan. SBT aired this slogan after the election of Jair Bolsonaro, who has recited it along with “Brazil above all, God above everything.”
ANSWER: “love it or leave it” [or “Brazil, love it or leave it”; or “Brasil, ame-o ou deixe-o”; or “love Brazil or leave it”; or “ame o Brasil ou deixe-o”]
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Chicago AArizona State1010020
WaterlooBerkeley A010010
BrownOttawa010010
Chicago DColumbia B1010020
Cornell BGeorgia Tech100010
DukeJohns Hopkins1010020
North Carolina AFlorida1010020
HarvardChicago B010010
IllinoisChicago C010010
Iowa StateIndiana1010020
KentuckyBerkeley B010010
MarylandTruman State1010020
McGillMinnesota A1010020
WUSTL AMinnesota B010010
Toronto BNorth Carolina B0000
NorthwesternYale B1010020
PurdueStanford010010
NYURutgers1010020
PennVanderbilt010010
Toronto AVirginia010010
TexasWUSTL B1010020
Yale ASouth Carolina1010020