Packet 7: Bonus 10
Zimbabwe pioneered restricting NGOs with a 2004 bill that became the prototype for these laws in Ethiopia and Uganda. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this two-word English term for laws passed by Slovakia and Republika Srpska (“SERP-skuh”) to monitor international NGOs. In 2024, Georgian Dream copied one of these laws from Russia to require NGOs to disclose funds.
ANSWER: foreign agent laws [or foreign agent bills; accept foreign agents, foreign representatives, covered foreign entities, or covered foreign entity]
[10m] This country’s Russian-style foreign agent law was signed by President Sadyr Japarov (“jah-PAR-off”), who fired his “co-ruler” in 2026. This former “island of democracy” in Central Asia authorized state suppression of “false information” in 2021.
ANSWER: Kyrgyzstan [or Kyrgyz Republic or Kırgız Respublikası or Kyrgyzskaya Respublika] (The “co-ruler” was security chief Kamchybek Tashiyev.)
[10e] In 2025, this US state passed a “baby FARA law” targeting “hostile foreign principals” from Russia. ICE has deported many Marshallese people from this home state of Walmart.
ANSWER: Arkansas [or AR] (FARA is the Foreign Agents Registration Act.)
<Editors, Current Events> | P. Playoffs 7 (Editors 7)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 12.92 | 88% | 25% | 17% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | MIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brown | Chicago B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruin | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge | WashU | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | H |
| Columbia B | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| Georgetown | North Carolina | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| Georgia Tech A | Virginia | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech B | Michigan | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Harvard | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Illinois A | Toronto B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Maryland A | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Maryland B | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Minnesota | Georgia Tech C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| NYU B | Stanford B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Northwestern B | Cornell | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Penn State | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | NYU A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Swarthmore | Purdue | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Texas | UCLA | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Toronto A | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| UC Berkeley A | Chicago A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Vanderbilt | Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Waterloo | UCF | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 24 | 12.92 | 88% | 25% | 17% |