Question

In this colony, girls were hired for a short-lived plan to spin spider-silk from golden orb-weavers. Though it was later used in the Maghreb, insurgents in this colony were the first targets of the “oil spot” strategy of an administrator who placed its ethnic (-5[1])groups under a system of indirect rule called the “politics of race,” Joseph Gallieni. Rival (15[1])ethnic groups in this colony formed the Party (-5[1])for the Disinherited and the MDRM. Frantz Fanon critiqued a book written after the bloody suppression of a 1947 uprising in this colony, (*) Prospero and Caliban by Octave (-5[1])Mannoni. (10[1])The 1895 “red shawl” rebellion started among a (10[1])côtier ethnic group (10[1])in this colony, the Sakalava. This colony (10[1])was formed after highland members of the Hova (10[1])caste (10[1])fought occupiers in a war that ended (10[1])with their last queen’s exile to Réunion. For 10 points, what colony did the French found (10[1])by overthrowing Ranavalona III’s Merina Kingdom? (10[3])■END■

ANSWER: French Madagascar [or Colony of Madagascar and Dependencies; or Colonie de Madagascar et dépendances]
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Summary

2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y12100%8%25%120.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Akshar GoyalSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARELisan al-Quib43-5
Matt BollingerBHSU BNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)5815
Jason HongThe Jeam TeamI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)66-5
Colin Stewartvar merchantsLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago94-5
Ned TagtmeierBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago BoyThe Oldest Men in the World9510
Charles HangLes MissourablesA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence10310
Nick JensenLMM's LLM MLMCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team10610
Robert WangNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone11310
Raymond WangAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHMindgoblin of Little Hobbes12110
Chris RayWe Need New NamesGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer12210
Richard YugenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yetwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything12910
Nathaniel Hullit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see14510
Emmett LaurieI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)The Jeam Team15210
Naveed ChowdhuryLisan al-QuibSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE15210
Doug SimonsLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicagovar merchants15210