A separatist group based in this country allied with a neighboring country’s Kings Romans casino to launder money. In this country, twin brothers named Johnny and Luther became known as the world’s youngest guerrilla leaders as nominal commanders of the God’s Army. This country’s regional capital of Laukkai was the center of 2009 fighting between the National Democratic Alliance Army over the region of Kokang. In this country’s northeast, the self-governing (*) Wa State is economically dependent on China. In 2008, this country’s government lost credibility for limiting international aid after Cyclone Nargis. Ethnic militias led by this country’s Karen people have fought the central government’s military, the Tatmadaw. For 10 points, name this country whose Rakhine state is home to the Rohingya. ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 11 | 100% | 45% | 9% | 72.45 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naveed Chowdhury | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | 27 | 15 |
| Charles Hang | It's not X, but... defenders | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | 37 | 15 |
| Jaskaran Singh | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | The RAND Coöperation | 41 | 15 |
| Isaac Kirk-Davidoff | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | 64 | 15 |
| Corry Wang | Broken Socal Scene | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | 66 | 15 |
| Conor Thompson | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | Floridovician | 74 | 10 |
| Will Alston | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | Halifax Shipping Services | 91 | 10 |
| Henry Atkins | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | 91 | 10 |
| Rob Carson | BHSU X | Please sir, may I have some morb? | 91 | 10 |
| Mattias Ehatamm | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | Big is moving to Evanston! | 93 | 10 |
| Swapnil Garg | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | Enjoying the Hole Experience | 98 | -5 |
| Sinecio Morales | Enjoying the Hole Experience | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | 122 | 10 |