Samoa - Eastern Canada (1)

Question

Family units in this archipelago called ‘aiga feature in Leaves of the Banyan Tree by author Albert Wendt. This archipelago’s Rainmaker Mountain provides the setting for a story about the sex worker Sadie Thompson written by W. Somerset Maugham (“mom”). Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson moved to and died in this archipelago. (10[1])Visits to this archipelago’s Manu’a Islands informed works on “social organization” that were criticized by Derek (10[1])Freeman. A 1928 anthropological work depicting (10[1])lessened sexual mores in this archipelago was written by Margaret Mead. For 10 points, (10[1])what Pacific Island archipelago includes a namesake “American” territory led from Pago Pago? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Samoa [or Independent State of Samoa; or Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa; accept American Samoa; accept Coming of Age in Samoa] (The Maugham story is “Rain.”)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Ottawa B	51	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill B	67	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	McGill C	73	10
Valentina Chamandy	McGill E	Carleton A	87	10
Sophia Schlag	Ottawa C	Carleton B	100	10

Summary


Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	80%	0%	40%	90.25
Southern California	Main	Y	7	71%	0%	43%	82.20
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	75.60
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	89%	0%	56%	89.13
Florida	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	92.75
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	33%	83.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	89%	0%	33%	82.88
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	20%	93.40
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	100%	0%	100%	101.00
Midwest	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	22%	83.33
North	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	92.75
Northeast	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	64%	88.91
Pacific	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	38%	78.75
South Central	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	29%	93.43
Southeast	Main	Y	13	85%	0%	54%	87.73
Northern California	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	80.75
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	86%	0%	29%	87.83
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	80%	0%	80%	100.25