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An associate of Ferdinand Marcos from this family licensed Sudan’s National Oil Company from Gaafar Nimeiry (“GAFF-far nee-MAY-ree”) and planned Israel’s airlift of Ethiopian Jews in Operation Moses. (-5[1])Lockheed commissions enriched that arms dealer from this family, who hosted CIA (-5[1])agents (10[1])at Mount Kenya’s Safari (-5[1])Club and laundered money through Luxembourg’s (10[1])BCCI (10[1])during (-5[1])Iran–Contra. A cousin (10[1])of Dodi Fayed (“FYE-ed”) from this family worked with the vlogger Omar Abdulaziz, (10[1])launched a failed TV station in Bahrain, published translations (-5[1])by the Qaṭar Foundation, (10[1])and founded (10[1])Democracy for the Arab World Now. Bryan Vogel’s (10[1])film The Dissident profiles that activist (10[1])from this family, whose widow, Hatice Cengiz (“hah-dee-jay JENG-iss”), sued the NSO (10[2])Group over Pegasus spyware that abetted his death at a consulate. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[2]-5[1])a Washington (10[1])Post columnist (10[1])from what Turkish-Saudi family was assassinated (10[1])in 2018? ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Khashoggi (“kuh-SHOAG-jee”) family [or Khāshuqjī family; accept Jamal Khashoggi or Jamāl ’Aḥmad Khāshuqjī; accept Adnan Khashoggi or Adnān Khāshuqjī] (The BCCI was the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichiganNYU25-5
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaMcGill37-5
Anirudh BharadwajPennOttawa3810
Albert ZhangColumbia BWUSTL B42-5
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BCornell B4810
John MarvinChicago BWaterloo4910
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley AYale A50-5
Alan WuVanderbiltChicago C5310
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BTruman State6510
Conor ThompsonIowa StateJohns Hopkins74-5
Caleb KendrickMarylandToronto A7810
Matt JacksonChicago ACornell A8010
Jakob MyersIndianaPurdue8810
Jaik HavlickArizona StateClaremont Colleges9410
Lexi TermanRutgersFlorida10410
Chinmay MurthyTexasColumbia A10410
William HoustonChicago DMinnesota B11510
Chris SimsNorthwesternBrown11510
Ben SterlingYale BVirginia11510
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AWUSTL A11510
Andrew KelleyKentuckyHarvard11810
James McCurleyHarvardKentucky118-5
Andrew ZengStanfordMinnesota A11810
Ashish SubramanianDukeToronto B12010
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia TechIllinois12210
David BassJohns HopkinsIowa State12810
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUMichigan13110
Nicolas EdwardsMcGillSouth Carolina13110
Neal JoshiWUSTL BColumbia B13110
Karsten RynearsonYale ABerkeley A13110