Question

Two regions of this country were sardonically referred to as the “valley of the clueless” because they were outside 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 “little light man” first appeared on this (10[1]-5[1])country’s pedestrian signals. People in this (10[1])country (10[1])waited up to 10 (10[1])years to acquire a loudly-backfiring plastic car (10[1])called the Trabant. A famous piece of graffiti showed a (-5[1])leader of this country, Erich (10[1])Honecker, sharing a fraternal kiss with Leonid Brezhnev. For 10 points, ostalgie romanticizes the culture of what former Communist (10[1])country, whose citizens were heavily surveilled by the Stasi? (0[1])■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
William GrogerColumbia BMaryland B6310
Vedh RameshPenn BNYU A63-5
Patrick TorreMaryland APenn A6910
Avery BarnettHaverford AJohns Hopkins A7010
Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale ACornell B7410
Aum MundheRutgers AColumbia C8110
Peter LutzGeorge Washington BHaverford B91-5
Ryan RosenbergNYU APenn B9610
Sam MacchiVassar ANYU B11510
William BrokerHaverford BGeorge Washington B1240

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