Packet E: Tossup 17

The first white person to receive the death penalty in this country, Mariette Bosch, was nicknamed this country’s “White Mischief” for murdering her husband’s lover. (-5[3])In 1988, an Angolan military jet mistakenly shot a plane containing this country’s president Quett (-5[1])Masire (10[1]-5[3])(“mah-SEE-ray”). The (10[1])Malan (-5[1])government (10[1])threatened (10[1])to cut off uranium supplies to the UK (-5[1])in an unsuccessful (-5[1])attempt to block the (10[1])interracial marriage (-5[1])of Englishwoman (10[1])Ruth (10[2])Williams (10[5]-5[1])to this country’s (10[2]-5[1])first (10[1])president, (10[7]-5[4])Sir (10[1])Seretse (10[2])(“seh-RET-say”) Khama. (10[10])This (10[1])country’s Orapa (10[2])diamond mine, (10[1])opened in 1971, (10[1])is now (10[1])the largest in the world. (10[4]-5[1])This country (10[1])has been the oldest continuous multiparty (10[1])democracy (10[1])in Africa (10[1])since receiving (-5[1])independence as (10[1])Bechuanaland. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[1])what country led from (10[1])Gaborone (10[4])(“gab-oh-RO-nee”) is directly north (10[1])of (10[1])South (10[1])Africa? (10[2])■END■ (10[5]0[5])

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