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Workers in this country went on a successful strike in opposition to price-fixing by a colonial trading company named for its island of Jaluit. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Pacific country where the chief Kabua the Great was recognized as king in exchange for accepting a colonial protectorate. A later power that governed this country from Majuro used it for the Castle Bravo nuclear tests.
ANSWER: Marshall Islands [or Republic of the Marshall Islands]
[10h] Although initially a protectorate, the Marshall Islands were annexed to this short-lived colony in 1906. Much of this colony was named Kaiser-Wilhelmsland and it was lost following the Battle of Bita Paka in World War I.
ANSWER: German New Guinea [prompt on New Guinea]
[10e] After the war, Japan took over the Marshall Islands from Germany and built a watchtower on this atoll during World War II. The hydrogen bomb was later tested in this atoll, which names a swimsuit designed after the war.
ANSWER: Bikini Atoll
<Noah Sheidlower, World History>

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2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y210.00100%0%0%
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y417.50100%50%25%
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y821.25100%75%38%
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y215.00100%50%0%
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y417.50100%25%50%
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y313.33100%0%33%
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y220.00100%100%0%
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y520.00100%80%20%
2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y326.67100%67%100%

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SIUEChicago A1001020
Northwestern AChicago B1001020
Northwestern BIllinois B10101030
WUSTLIllinois C1001020
Illinois AIndiana B10101030
Notre Dame AMinnesota001010
Notre Dame BPurdue10101030
Indiana ANotre Dame C001010