Question
The silent film actress-turned-race car driver Lia Torá was arrested but later released for her involvement in this movement’s “pajama putsch.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this far-right movement that used the paradoxical slogan “Union of all races and all peoples.” A flag with a capital sigma represented this movement founded by Plinio Salgado in the wake of the Modern Art Week.
ANSWER: integralism [or integralismo; or Brazilian Integralist Action; or Ação Integralista Brasileira; or AIB; prompt on Brazilian fascism or nationalism]
[10e] The integralists initially supported this leader before trying to overthrow him in the “pajama putsch.” This Brazilian dictator removed mentions of race from textbooks to promote nationalism during his Estado Novo.
ANSWER: Getúlio Vargas [or Getúlio Dornelles Vargas]
[10h] To promote a unified Brazilian culture, Vargas founded a “general union” of these predominately Black community organizations whose parades are now a centerpiece of the Rio Carnival. A specific English or Portuguese phrase is required.
ANSWER: samba schools [or Escolas de samba]
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Summary
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 100% | 0% |
Data
Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |