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70,000 protestors of this ethnicity hosted screenings of The Unforgettable Year 1919 and sang their anthem of “Dideba” before being suppressed in the March 9th Massacre. A minister of this ethnicity established sharashkas and was overthrown after a button in the Presidium was pressed. After a mock trial, that minister of this ethnicity was revealed to have sexually assaulted hundreds of women while (15[1])head of (15[1])the (*) NKVD. A red flag with a black and white box used for a Soviet republic of people of this ethnicity was (10[1])replaced during the Rose Revolution. A leader of this ethnicity born in Gori pursued “Socialism in One (-5[1])Country” by (-5[1])targeting the (10[1])kulaks and enacted Five Year Plans after adopting a name meaning “Man of (0[1])Steel.” For 10 points, name this ethnicity of Joseph (10[1])Stalin. ■END■

ANSWER: Georgians [or Kartvelians or Kartvelebi; reject “Russians” or “Soviets”] (The minister in the second and third lines is Lavrentiy Beria.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU AGatherer6315
Will HollisterLehigh BNYU C6515
Jack RadoColumbia ALehigh A8710
Matthew SiffYalePrinceton104-5
Lexi TermanRutgersColumbia B106-5
Cody CoonBardNYU B10810
Finn DoylePrincetonYale1210
Moses KitakuleColumbia BRutgers13010

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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y683%33%33%90.60
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y475%0%75%113.00
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y475%0%50%109.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%0%33%96.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%0%94.00