Packet 8: Tossup 6

Description acceptable. In a resignation speech prompted by this event, one leader declared “I am not really Atlas who carried the whole world on his shoulders.” A pivotal moment leading to this event occurred during a meeting at the Villa Tugendhat (“TOO-gund-hot”), where two leaders bypassed a proposed referendum that received just 36-percent support in polling. (10[1])In the leadup to this event, one proposal was dubbed a certain “state” with “insurance” from another during negotiations between the ODS and HZDS parties. (10[1]-5[1])This event was preceded by a linguistic dispute (10[1])that (10[1])was dubbed (-5[1])the “Hyphen War.” (10[6])This event was formally legalized by the passage (10[1])of (10[1])Constitutional (10[1])Act 542, (10[1])several months after President Václav (“VAHT-slaff”) Havel (10[2])had resigned (10[2])in protest. (10[1])For 10 points, identify this 1992 diplomatic event that resulted in the peaceful separation of a former Central European country. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Velvet Divorce [or Velvet Split; accept the dissolution of Czechoslovakia or equivalents; accept the establishment or independence of the Czech Republic AND Slovakia; accept Rozdělení Československa or Rozdelenie Československa; prompt on partial answers specifying only one of the Czech Republic and Slovakia by asking “what other country also became independent?”; accept answers with Czechia or Česká republika in place of “Czech Republic” or Slovensko or Slovak Republic or Slovenská republika in place of “Slovakia”; reject “Velvet Revolution”] (The first line is from Havel’s resignation speech.)
<Georgia Tech C, European History> | H. Prelims 8 - Stanford A + Georgia Tech C + Columbia A + Columbia B
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Jonathan HuangMITPittsburgh5410
Jeffery AustinNorth CarolinaRutgers7910
Ethan BositaStanford BIllinois A79-5
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BBrown8710
Joel MilesMinnesotaPurdue8810
William HoustonChicago BIllinois B90-5
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU BMaryland A9310
Alan WuVanderbiltNorthwestern B9310
Michael KearneyHarvardOhio State9310
Cole HartungGeorgetownSwarthmore9310
Benjamin ChapmanToronto AGeorgia Tech B9310
Joey SunToronto BNorthwestern A9310
Vivian MaloufUC Berkeley AVirginia10110
Brendan BethlehemCambridgeBritish Columbia10210
Terrence HanUCLAMaryland B10310
Todd MaslykMichiganBruin10510
Charles HangWashUChicago A11110
Akshar GoyalIllinois AStanford B11110
Bryce CruiseTexasGeorgia Tech A11310
Noah ChinVirginia TechPenn State11310
Jakob MyersIndianaWaterloo11510
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BChicago B13610

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Main Site2026-04-17✓20100%10%98.80