Bonus

Previous bonus - Next bonus
Peregrine, once Asia’s largest investment firm, entered liquidation following an event in this year. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this year, during which a sharp devaluation of the Thai baht resulted in several Asian economies collapsing. Earlier in this year, a Basic Law drafted by Szeto Wah (“see-toh wah”) went into effect.
ANSWER: 1997
[10e] The aforementioned Basic Law went into effect in this city. This former British colony was handed over to Jiang Zemin’s (“j’YAHNG tsuh-meen”) China in 1997.
ANSWER: Hong Kong [or Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; or HKSAR; or Hēunggóng or Xiānggǎng]
[10h] Though this British company dropped its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange three years prior to the handover, it still maintains a significant presence in the city. This company’s two namesakes dominated the Chinese opium market.
ANSWER: Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited [or Jardines; or Jardine, Matheson & Co.]
<World History>
Answerlines and category may not exactly match the version played at all sites

Back to bonuses

Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chicago ABritish Columbia1010020ME
Chicago BNYU010010E
Columbia AToronto B10101030MEH
Columbia BNorth Carolina B010010E
Georgia TechArizona State1010020ME
HarvardLSE1010020ME
IndianaCornell B1010020ME
Iowa StateMIT010010E
MinnesotaWUSTL B010010E
North Carolina ACornell A010010E
OttawaVanderbilt10101030MEH
Penn StateRutgers010010E
RITVirginia010010E
TexasUC Berkeley A1010020ME
Toronto AWaterloo B1010020ME
UC Berkeley BStanford1010020ME
UCFJohns Hopkins1010020ME
Virginia TechNorthwestern10101030MEH
Waterloo AMaryland1010020ME
Winona StateMichigan010010E
YaleWUSTL A010010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2117.14100%57%14%