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This autonomous island’s president, Ishmael Toroama, was part of an insurgency that drove coconut oil–fueled trucks after the Rio Tinto company closed its Panguna mine in 1989. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this copper- and gold-rich island. It overwhelmingly passed a 2019 referendum on becoming independent by 2027, which the parliament of Papua New Guinea is stalling on ratifying.
ANSWER: Bougainville (“BO-gun-vil”) Island
[10e] Toroama has considered letting the U.S. build one of these facilities on Bougainville’s Cape Torokina. The U.S. has facilities of this kind on Guam and Okinawa.
ANSWER: military base camp [or Army base camp; or naval base; or Marine base; or Air Force base; or Coast Guard base]
[10h] A former holder of this office, Jerry Mateparae, has served as a mediator between Bougainville and Papua New Guinea. Its current holder, Cindy Kiro, attended Elizabeth II’s funeral.
ANSWER: Governor-General of New Zealand [or Te kāwana tianara o Aotearoa; prompt on Governor-General]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaGeorgia State1010020ME
Chicago BMIT1010020ME
Cornell AGeorgia Tech1010020ME
Cornell BMichigan1010020ME
FloridaPenn State1010020ME
Illinois BVirginia1010020ME
IndianaRutgers1010020ME
Iowa StateMinnesota1010020ME
Johns HopkinsHarvard010010E
MarylandNorth Carolina B1010020ME
NYUWaterloo B1010020ME
North Carolina AStanford1010020ME
NorthwesternColumbia A1010020ME
Ohio StateVanderbilt010010E
OttawaArizona State010010E
RITColumbia B010010E
Toronto BVirginia Tech1010020ME
Toronto CTexas1010020ME
UC Berkeley AIllinois A1010020ME
UC Berkeley BLSE1010020ME
UCFWinona State100010M
WUSTL AChicago A1010020ME
Waterloo AToronto A1010020ME
YaleWUSTL B010010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2417.5096%79%0%