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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 head of the (10[1])(*) NKVD. A red (-5[1])flag with a (-5[1])black and white box used for a Soviet republic of people of this ethnicity was replaced during the Rose Revolution. A leader of this ethnicity born in Gori pursued “Socialism in One Country” by targeting the kulaks and enacted Five Year Plans after adopting a name meaning “Man of Steel.” For 10 points, name this ethnicity of Joseph (10[1])Stalin. (10[1]0[1])■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
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt BMTSU6610
Brady PinterBelmontGeorgia Tech A69-5
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech B72-5
Penelope GrahamUSN AGeorgia Tech C13010
Anna HinkleGeorgia Tech ABelmont1310
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech BVanderbilt A13110

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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