Question
Robert Louis Stevenson’s book A Footnote to History describes how a diplomatic standoff in this country was averted when a cyclone wrecked all the warships in its harbor. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this modern-day country whose independence was advocated for by the Mau movement. Germany was granted administration of this island country in 1899, while the US administered a set of islands to the east.
ANSWER: Samoa [reject “American Samoa”]
[10h] This country invaded Samoa during World War I and began administering it as a League of Nations mandate. Over 20 percent of Samoa’s population died after a ship from this country, the SS Talune, brought the Spanish flu.
ANSWER: New Zealand [or Aotearoa]
[10e] After the League of Nations dissolved, Samoa was administered as a trust territory by New Zealand under this organization. New Zealand served on this organization’s Security Council in 1954 and 1955.
ANSWER: United Nations [or UN; accept the United Nations Security Council]
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Summary
| 2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
Data
| MTSU | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Belmont | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgia Tech C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Claremont | MTSU | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| WUSTL | USN A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Vanderbilt A | Vanderbilt B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |