bananas - Midwest - Buzzpoints App

Question

American businessman Sam Zemurray was nicknamed after this crop and became president of a company that utilized the “Great White Fleet.” For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this crop that the United Fruit Company harvested in namesake “republics” across Latin America.

ANSWER: bananas [accept banana republic; accept “Sam the Banana Man”]

[10h] This democratically-elected president’s Decree 900 agrarian reforms gave unused UFC land to peasants, causing the company to lobby the US government to overthrow this Guatemalan leader in Operation PBSuccess (“P-B-success”).

ANSWER: Jacobo Árbenz (“HAH-koh-boh ARR-bens”) [or Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán]

[10m] In 1928, banana workers striking for rights at a UFC plantation in this country were killed by the government of Miguel Abadía Méndez. In 1997, Chiquita laborers were held hostage by FARC, a rebel group in this country that signed a 2016 peace deal.

ANSWER: Colombia [or Republic of Colombia]

Back to bonuses

Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	25%	50%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	57%	43%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	56%	22%
Florida	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	19.00	100%	80%	10%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	18.89	100%	67%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	33%	33%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	24.44	100%	100%	44%
North	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	24.17	100%	75%	67%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	63%	38%
South Central	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	16.67	92%	67%	8%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%

Data


Chicago A	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Illinois Blue	Iowa B	10	10	10	30
Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Canada	10	0	10	20
Indiana A	Illinois Champaign	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Illinois Orange	10	0	10	20
Illinois Urbana	Indiana B	10	10	10	30
WashU Grizzlers	Iowa A	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Purdue D	10	0	10	20
William Woods University A	WashU Grolars	10	0	10	20