Packet 1: Bonus 14

As part of a program of “decentralization” pursued after this event, survivors were told to “self-help” by relocating to the outlying development of Las Américas. For 10 points each:
[10h] A National Emergency Committee allegedly diverted foreign aid after what 1972 event? Roberto Clemente died accompanying a relief shipment for this event.
ANSWER: 1972 Nicaragua earthquake [or the Managua earthquake; accept answers indicating an earthquake striking Nicaragua or an earthquake striking Managua]
[10e] The Somoza family’s corrupt management of earthquake relief catalyzed support for this revolutionary group, which fought with the CIA-backed Contras after taking power.
ANSWER: Sandinistas [or the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional or FSLN; or the Sandinista National Liberation Front]
[10m] Anger at the Somozas grew thanks to reporting by La Prensa, which this person edited after her husband was murdered in 1978. This politician beat Daniel Ortega in 1990 to become Nicaragua’s first female president.
ANSWER: Violeta Chamorro [or Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro]
<Waterloo, World History> | A. Prelims 1 - Waterloo + Toronto A + Georgia Tech B

HeardPPBE %M %H %
2218.64100%55%32%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
CambridgeRutgers0101020EM
Chicago AHarvard10101030HEM
Columbia AUC Berkeley A10101030HEM
Columbia BMIT0101020EM
GeorgetownGeorgia Tech A0101020EM
Georgia Tech CChicago B1010020HE
IndianaMaryland A10101030HEM
Maryland BMinnesota010010E
MichiganNorthwestern A010010E
NYU AJohns Hopkins10101030HEM
North CarolinaUCF010010E
Penn StateUCLA010010E
PittsburghCornell1010020HE
Stanford AIllinois B10101030HEM
Stanford BNorthwestern B010010E
TexasOhio State010010E
Toronto BBruin0101020EM
UC Berkeley BIllinois A010010E
VanderbiltBrown0101020EM
VirginiaBritish Columbia010010E
Virginia TechPurdue0101020EM
WashUSwarthmore0101020EM

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2218.64100%55%32%