Packet 3: Tossup 3

This person’s namesake peninsula abuts High Island’s bird sanctuaries near Galveston. In 1955, (10[1])the TCSB twin towers (10[1])were dedicated to this person, who names a department that contains the “heritage town” of Mompox (“mom-POGS”). The ODEBO organizes games named for this person, (10[1])who was interred at a national pantheon in 1883. Pietro Tenerani sculpted a statue of this person for a namesake square that contains Liévano Palace in La Candelaria. This person names a grand hotel that popularized the pisco sour and a state that contains many tepuis (“TEP-wees”) in Canaima National Park. This man added an eighth (10[1])star (-5[1])to a yellow, blue, (-5[2])and red tricolor (10[2])to represent Spanish (10[1])Guayana. M-19 (-5[1])guerrillas (10[1])stole this man’s sword. (10[3])A city (10[2])that was renamed for this man (10[1])created (-5[1])Angostura bitters. For 10 points, what man names Venezuela’s currency (10[3])and a “plurinational” (10[2])country with two capitals? ■END■ (10[5])

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