Question

During an Oxford Union debate, a leader of this country quipped, “I can smell the uranium on [your breath]!” While visibly drunk on TV, one leader of this country called a surprise snap election, which was accordingly dubbed the “schnapps election.” In 2005, Pierre Lacoste confirmed rumors of a third team of divers involved in an incident in this country that killed Fernando Pereira. (10[1])This country’s nuclear-free policy was enacted by David Lange, who was prime minister when a Greenpeace ship (10[1])protesting (10[1])nuclear tests in Polynesia was bombed in this country. This country’s prime minister Helen Clark criticized the French government’s sinking of that ship, the Rainbow Warrior. For 10 points, name this country where the Waitangi Tribunal was held in its capital of Wellington. ■END■

ANSWER: New Zealand [or Aotearoa] (The first line refers to David Lange. The “schnapps election” was called by Robert Muldoon.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AStanford M6310
Allan LeeStanford LBerkeley B8010
Ethan BositaStanford ABerkeley C8110

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