Question

Two regions of this country were sardonically referred to as the “valley of the clueless” because they were (10[1])outside (10[1])of the signal range of ARD TV (10[1])broadcasts. (10[2])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 (10[1])hat known as the “little light man” first (10[1])appeared on this country’s pedestrian (10[1])signals. People in this (10[1])country waited up to 10 years to acquire a loudly-backfiring plastic car (10[1])called the Trabant. A famous piece of graffiti showed a leader of this country, Erich Honecker, sharing a fraternal kiss 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
Joseph CollinsImperial BNYU C1710
Tobin PayneWarwick BCambridge E1810
Lily MorrisBristolSouthampton B2510
Kai MadgwickManchesterCambridge B2610
Freddy PottsSheffieldCambridge C2610
Brendan BethlehemCambridge ALSE5210
Matt SheldonOxford BSouthampton A6010
Lucas JohnsWarwick ACambridge D6510
Oscar O'FlanaganImperial AOxford A6910
Benjamin WatsonOxford CDurham8110

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