Question

A project created by Lukas Birks and Sean Foley highlights this country’s tradition of photos hand-developed within its namesake box cameras. A staged photo of a fictional event in this country, which is extensively analyzed in the last essay of Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others, depicts a man who dangles a bit of flesh in front of a second, bloody-faced man jokingly (-5[1])riding a third amidst a “dialogue of the dead.” For Time, Jodi Bieber photographed a noseless woman born in this country, for which Jeff Wall’s (*) Dead Troops Talk is partly subtitled. (10[1])A refugee from this country, who wears a teal (-5[1])undergarment visible through tears in her loose red headscarf, (10[1])stares (10[1])intently at the (10[1])viewer in an 1984 photo taken by Steve McCurry. For 10 (10[1])points, name this home country of Sharbat Gula, a green-eyed woman whose portrait (10[1])appeared on the cover of National Geographic. ■END■

ANSWER: Afghanistan [or Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan; accept Islamic Republic of Afghanistan]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisNotre Dame63-5
Justin WytmarWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?BHSU ReFantazio9410
Annabelle YangWashUMusic to Help You Stop Smoking103-5
Jacob PuthipirojNortheast by Northwesternhawk two of11210
Tejas RajeBHSU RebirthThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)11310
Logan MathisThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five DaysClown Squad11610
Mike BentleyMusic to Help You Stop SmokingWashU12710
Stephen HeritageNotre DameClown Senpais14010

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2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%112.33
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%0%33%117.00
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%0%0%104.33
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%33%119.00