Question

Two regions of this country were sardonically referred to as the “valley of the clueless” because they were outside (10[1])of the signal range of ARD TV broadcasts. Concerts by the Beatles in a [emphasize] neighboring country precipitated a 1965 youth-led “Beat Revolt” against authorities in this country. A walking figure wearing a straw hat known as the (10[1])“little light man” first appeared on this country’s (10[1])pedestrian (10[1])signals. People in this country waited up to 10 years to acquire a (-5[1])loudly-backfiring plastic car called the Trabant. A famous piece of graffiti showed a leader of this country, Erich Honecker, sharing a (10[1])fraternal kiss (10[1])with Leonid Brezhnev. For 10 points, ostalgie romanticizes the culture of what former Communist country, whose citizens were heavily surveilled by the Stasi? ■END■

ANSWER: East Germany [or GDR or German Democratic Republic; or DDR or Deutsche Demokratische Republik; prompt on Germany or Deutschland]
<Minnesota A, European History>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jakob MyersIndiana AChicago A1810
Liam StarnesChicago BWashU B5610
Charles HangWashU AMissouri6410
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BIllinois A6510
Jiping FangIllinois CChicago D78-5
Christian AllenMissoui S&TIndiana B9910
Benny FeldmanChicago DIllinois C10110

Summary

Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%69.33
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%67.17
Northeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%49.75
Overflow2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%60.75
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%79.00
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%0%43.90
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y888%0%25%81.14