Packet 7: Bonus 12

The CIA distributed faulty condoms with the label “courtesy of Claro M. Recto” because of his fervent opposition to this installation and Subic Bay. For 10 points each:
[10h] Ferdinand Marcos escaped the Philippines via what oft-protested US air base? American forces left this base in 1991 following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
ANSWER: Clark Air Base
[10m] Clark supported an informal economy in Angeles City that these guerrillas ironically skimmed to fund their 1940s insurgency in Luzon. Americans often shortened the name of this communist group to one syllable.
ANSWER: Hukbalahap [or the Huks; or Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa Hapon or People’s Army Against the Japanese; accept Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan or HMB]
[10e] An unpopular treaty signed by the Philippines at independence gave the US base rights for this many years, though it was later amended to 25. The UK handed over Hong Kong after a lease of this two-digit number of years.
ANSWER: 99 [accept 99-year lease]
<Editors, World History> | P. Playoffs 7 (Editors 7)

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaMIT1001020HE
BrownChicago B001010E
Columbia AIndiana0101020ME
Columbia BRutgers0101020ME
HarvardVirginia Tech001010E
Illinois AToronto B0101020ME
Johns HopkinsBruin001010E
Maryland BIllinois B10101030HME
MichiganGeorgia Tech B001010E
MinnesotaGeorgia Tech C001010E
NYU AStanford A0101020ME
NYU BStanford B0101020ME
North CarolinaGeorgetown0101020ME
Northwestern AToronto A001010E
Northwestern BCornell001010E
Penn StateOhio State0000
SwarthmorePurdue001010E
TexasUCLA0101020ME
UC Berkeley AChicago A0101020ME
UC Berkeley BMaryland A001010E
UCFWaterloo001010E
VanderbiltPittsburgh001010E
VirginiaGeorgia Tech A0101020ME
WashUCambridge10101030HME

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2415.4296%46%13%