Question
At the highest level of severity for this policy, households adhere to a “Stage 6” schedule that rotates power cuts to around a third of households at any given time. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this term used in South Africa to describe the system of national blackouts that reached its peak in 2023 due to supply shortages by national electricity provider ESKOM.
ANSWER: load shedding
[10m] The mismanagement of ESKOM largely began during the tenure of this corrupt South African president who resigned in 2018. This politician created the left-wing MK party for the 2024 general election.
ANSWER: Jacob Zuma [or Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma]
[10e] The effects of load shedding included record-high prices for this metal due to mine shutdowns in South Africa. Car catalytic converters are often stolen because they contain rhodium, palladium, and this metal.
ANSWER: platinum [or Pt]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 75% | 50% | 13% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 14.29 | 71% | 71% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 89% | 78% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 57% | 57% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
Data
| Bard A | Columbia A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia B | Penn B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Haverford A | Lehigh A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn State B | Johns Hopkins B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Johns Hopkins A | Penn A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn State A | Rowan A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers A | Rutgers C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |