Brazil - Upper Mid-Atlantic

Question

In this country, Sama ran the only asbestos mine in the Americas, which has recently transitioned to mining rare earth elements to compete with China. (-5[1])A public money-transfer system in this country, (-5[1])Pix, has drawn ire from Donald Trump and US tech companies. (-5[2])In 2020, this country’s politician (-5[1])Abraham Weintraub made anti-Chinese remarks that jeopardized the trade of this country, the world’s top soybean producer. The 2025 iteration (-5[1])of the UN’s climate change conference, COP30, will take place in this country where political corruption was unearthed in Operation Car (-5[1])Wash during the Dilma Rousseff (“JEEL-muh hoo-SEF”) administration. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])what alphabetically-first namesake of BRICS (“bricks”) is led by (10[2])Lula (10[1])da Silva? (10[1])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Brazil [or Brasil; or Federative Republic of Brazil; or República Federativa do Brasil]

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Summary


Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	20%	96.00
Southern California	Main	Y	7	86%	0%	43%	89.33
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	40%	93.80
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	11%	81.89
Florida	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	50%	90.75
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	50%	97.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	22%	98.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	60%	105.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	100%	0%	50%	107.00
Midwest	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	33%	98.22
North	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	50%	94.25
Northeast	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	27%	86.55
Pacific	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	50%	87.50
South Central	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	43%	95.86
Southeast	Main	Y	13	100%	0%	62%	100.00
Northern California	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	95.75
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	100%	0%	57%	92.00
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	100%	0%	40%	99.00

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Leandro Zhang	Columbia A	Princeton	24	-5
Alex Emmert	Maryland B	George Mason A	31	-5
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	George Mason B	42	-5
Jack Marguiles	Stony Brook	Vassar A	42	-5
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	NYU A	47	-5
Alexander DaGrossa	Rowan	Vassar B	67	-5
Kevin Liu	Maryland A	Rutgers A	88	-5
Magnolia Schnirman Barría	NYU B	Lehigh B	94	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Stony Brook	97	10
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	Columbia B	105	10
Vedh Ramesh	Penn	Rutgers D	105	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Rutgers B	106	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland B	108	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	Johns Hopkins	109	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	Maryland C	109	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Maryland A	109	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Columbia A	109	10
Andrew Sklar	Vassar B	Rowan	109	10
Aidan Drain	NYU C	Rutgers C	109	10