Round 6: Tossup 7

Julia Lovell compared this “manic” monarch to King Julien from Madagascar for his habit of calling his subjects “the little people.” In the 1950s, this monarch opened and lent his name to his country’s only deep-water port, married Paule-Monique Izzi, (10[1])and patronized (10[1])“new” architects like Vann Molyvann. A general and a dancer enter a love triangle in Apsara, (10[1])the first of 50 films (10[1])that (10[1])this monarch wrote, produced, and directed (10[1])to portray his country positively. (10[1])This monarch embraced a “united front” with his country’s guerrillas as head of the Beijing-based government-in-exile GRUNK. (10[2])This monarch (10[2])abdicated (10[2])and took the title “Chief of State” (-5[1])during the “Royal-Buddhist socialist” Sangkum regime, (10[1])but was deposed in a 1970 military coup led by Lon Nol. For 10 (-5[1])points, (10[1])the Khmer Rouge allied with, then arrested, what longtime (10[1])king of Cambodia? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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