Question

Political prisoners of this leader’s regime wrote songs for the album Prison Songs: Songs That Were Silenced, released by the organization Taman ‘65. This leader’s “dual function” policy gave his country’s military a monopoly on top government jobs. This leader’s official narrative of the coup that brought him to power was challenged by Ruth McVey and Benedict Anderson in the (*) Cornell Paper. (10[1])This leader liberalized his country’s economy with the assistance of the “Berkeley Mafia.” (-5[1])The CIA assisted in (10[1])this leader’s killings of upward of a million suspected communists after an attempted coup by the 30th of September movement. (-5[1])This man’s government committed numerous atrocities during its invasion and occupation of Timor-Leste. For 10 points, name this leader who succeeded Sukarno (10[1])to become (10[1])the second president of Indonesia. ■END■

ANSWER: Suharto
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, World History>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jon SuhHarvard ABrandeis6110
Dylan TanouyeTuftsBU74-5
Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale AHarvard B7810
Yrwin BatanMITYale B98-5
Kevin ZhengYale BMIT12010
Jaehyun ParkBUTufts12210

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%33%33%83.00
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%50%99.00
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%0%50%95.25
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%40%40%81.80
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%50%50%91.50
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%33%103.33
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%0%75%97.75
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y888%13%75%83.29
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%0%100%124.00