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The shadowy figure Rysbek Akmatbayev used this event to gain a significant hold over his country’s parliament, the Jogorku Kenesh. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this event, which began with PMK-coordinated protests in cities like Jalal-Abad and Osh. This 2005 revolution ousted Askar Akayev.
ANSWER: Tulip Revolution (The Tulip Revolution took place in Kyrgyzstan.)
[10h] Akmatbayev had possible ties to these people, members of the uppermost echelon of the post-Soviet Russian Mafia who abide by an 18-point code of honor. Mark Galeotti’s 2018 book on these people traces their origins to the so-called “Bitch Wars” that took place in gulags.
ANSWER: thief-in-law [or thief-with-code; or vor v zakone; accept thieves or vory]
[10e] Another thief-in-law who gained influence following the Tulip Revolution, Aziz Batukaev, is ethnically from this region. Russian forces besieged this region’s capital of Grozny during a 1999–2000 war.
ANSWER: Chechnya [or Chechen Republic or Chechenskaya Respublika or Nokhchiyn Respublika; prompt on Ichkeria]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Arizona StateUC Berkeley A1001020ME
Columbia AMichigan1001020ME
Cornell AHarvard001010E
FloridaCornell B001010E
IndianaIllinois B1001020ME
LSEWaterloo A001010E
MarylandOttawa001010E
MinnesotaChicago A001010E
NYUVirginia1001020ME
North Carolina AVanderbilt1001020ME
Penn StateRIT001010E
RutgersChicago B001010E
StanfordOhio State1001020ME
TexasColumbia B001010E
Toronto ANorth Carolina B1001020ME
Toronto CIllinois A001010E
UC Berkeley BGeorgia State1001020ME
Virginia TechUCF1001020ME
WUSTL AIowa State001010E
WUSTL BToronto B1001020ME
Winona StateBritish Columbia001010E
YaleMIT001010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2214.55100%46%0%