Round 14: Tossup 18

The Avril (“ah-VREEL”) family teaches a Haitian martial art named for pulling these objects, which title a folk dance performed by farmworkers in Jalisco (“ha-LEE-sko”) on Cinco de Mayo. Pedro de la Portilla led a 1799 (-5[1])“conspiracy” named for these objects that prefigured Mexican independence. Cuban mambises unusually used these objects in cavalry charges. (-5[1])Gabriel García Moreno yelled “God does not die!” when Faustino Rayo killed him (10[1])with one of these objects, (-5[1])which alternatively name the Boricua Popular Army. (10[1])Chicleros tap sapodillas with these objects to harvest gum. (10[3])Danny Trejo’s character (10[2])is nicknamed (10[3])for these objects (10[6])in two Robert Rodriguez films derived from Grindhouse. (10[2])The Tonton Macoutes (“ma-COOT”) wielded guns (10[1])and these objects, (10[1])one of which is crossed by a cogwheel on the Angolan (10[1])flag. (-5[1])For 10 points, what front-heavy knives are used to chop tropical vegetation? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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