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As part of his last international trip as president, Joe Biden gave a speech at a museum of slavery in this country, where he touted a Western-backed railway project that would transport minerals to ports. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country. A city in this country names that project, the Lobito Corridor, which this country now plans to build “with or without USAID (“U-S-A-I-D”).”
ANSWER: Angola [or Republic of Angola; or República de Angola]
[10m] The Lobito Corridor will stretch east to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where this Rwanda-backed rebel group has attacked the city of Goma. Either a full name or alphanumeric abbreviation is acceptable.
ANSWER: M23 movement [or March 23 Movement; or Mouvement du vingt-troi mars; accept Congolese Revolutionary Army; accept Armée révolutionnaire du Congo]
[10e] Western-backed construction of the Lobito Corridor sought to compete with this “Initiative” by China to invest in infrastructure projects in developing countries.
ANSWER: Belt and Road Initiative [or BRI; or B&R; or One Belt One Road; accept Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road Development Strategy; or yí dài yí lù; prompt on New Silk Road]
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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Arizona StateUC Berkeley A10101030HME
British ColumbiaWinona State0101020ME
Chicago AMinnesota0101020ME
Georgia StateUC Berkeley B001010E
HarvardCornell A001010E
IndianaIllinois B10101030HME
RutgersChicago B10101030HME
TexasColumbia B0101020ME
Toronto CIllinois A001010E
UCFVirginia Tech0101020ME
WUSTL AIowa State1001020HE
WUSTL BToronto B001010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes1219.17100%58%33%