Packet K: Tossup 15

A mass withdrawal of funds from this organization’s bank accounts is depicted in the film 80 Million. Lane Kirkland oversaw an operation smuggling supplies to this organization through its office in Brussels. Activists graffitied dwarves in one city (10[2])as part of a social (10[1])movement that helped broaden this organization’s popular (10[1])appeal, (10[2])the (-5[1])Orange Alternative. (10[3])This (10[1])organization’s (10[1]-5[1])leader (10[1])signed the August (10[1])Agreements with a pen depicting Pope John Paul II, whose 1979 visit to this organization’s country (10[3])galvanized (10[1])its (10[2])creation. (10[9])This (10[1])organization (10[4])participated in the (10[1])Round (10[1])Table (10[1])Talks (10[3])eight years (10[2]-5[1])after being banned following (10[1])a strike (10[2])at the Lenin (10[1])Shipyard (10[1])in (10[1])Gdańsk. (10[4])For 10 points, name this (10[1])trade union whose (10[1])leader (10[1])Lech Wałęsa (“lekh va-WEN-sa”) was (10[1])elected President of Poland in 1990. (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: Solidarity [or Solidarność; or Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarity”; accept NSZZ “Solidarność”]
<Michigan State A, European History> | Packet K - UCF A, Notre Dame B, Durham A, Michigan State A, Swarthmore A, Cambridge B
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Stefan VladOttawaQueen's3710
Micah ColmanWaterloo AMcMaster A3710
Amir DolanskyToronto EUBC B4210
John ChenUBC AToronto B4910
Olin BoseColumbia BColumbia C5010
Cole HartungGeorgetownNYU B5010
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick AEdinburgh A51-5
Jaskaran SinghUCLA BUCSD B5310
Rohan GaneshanHarvard ABrandeis A5310
Robert WangColumbia ARutgers B5310
Joel MilesMinnesota AMissouri A5410
Davin SivertsonAlabama BTennessee B55-5
Aiden DartleyRutgers AJohn Jay5510
Jack LewisBruinLouisville B5610
Tiffany ZhouOhio State APittsburgh5910
Eva MandelbaumGuelphMcGill A7510
Charles HangWashU AGeorgia Tech B7510
Lucy DennettWarwick BMontpellier7510
Stuart Chandler-BaasCarleton UniversityWaterloo B7610
Dmitri Anh-Minh TranUC Santa BarbaraUCSD C7710
Jake MeltzerCWRU AOhio State B7710
Kaiwen XiaoUCLA AUCSD A7810
Todd MaslykMichigan AMichigan B7810
Varun SathyajeethOhio State CCWRU B7810
Joseph ChambersVirginiaLiberty C7810
Jonathan HuangMITBowdoin B7810
Merrick HillIowa StateMissouri B7810
Sasha FillbrandtWashington AWashington B7810
Nathan EasowManchesterSouthampton B7810
Nathan ZhaoMaryland CJohns Hopkins B7810
Meredie CohenWilliam and MarySouth Carolina B7910
Josh SchmidtLiberty AWake Forest8010
John GambleNC State AJames Madison B8010
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AVCU8010
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AImperial B8010
Graham TroyNorth Carolina ANorth Carolina C8310
Christian SherringtonSouthampton ABirmingham8410
James O'ReillyArizona StateUC Irvine8510
Sam KemenyBrandeis BBrown8610
Alexander ClarkeYaleDartmouth A8610
Justin WytmarNYU ACatholic8610
Ishan JoshiToronto MetropolitanToronto F88-5
Conner YamnitzWashU BVanderbilt B8810
Patrick TorreMaryland AJohns Hopkins A8810
Owen RojasDukeLiberty B9210
Luke SloanMcGill BSimon Fraser9410
Jackson PriceDartmouth BBowdoin A9410
Christopher BradleySouthern Connecticut StateHarvard B9710
Eric ChangVirginia Tech BNorth Carolina B9810
Alex WyrickTennessee AAlabama A9910
Jay MisukWestern CBrock10010
Franklin WuToronto CToronto G10010
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech C10010
Oliver MortenCardiffOxford C10010
Trey LewisSouth Carolina AJames Madison A10510
Yash ModiWestern BToronto D10810
Sawyer SmithMississipi StateKentucky10910
Teshawn McDonaldLouisville ASewanee11210
Rayhana AmjadEdinburgh AWarwick A11810
David VellojinWestern AMcMaster B1190
Bailey LacefieldToronto FToronto Metropolitan11910
Danny TranTennessee BAlabama B11910
Gannon SmithMaryland BNYU C11910

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (South)Main Site4100%0%73.25
CanadaMain Site1292%8%76.09
Great LakesMain Site4100%0%73.00
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site9100%0%86.11
NortheastMain Site6100%0%82.33
OverflowMain Site3100%0%70.00
SoutheastMain Site8100%13%94.75
UKMain Site6100%17%89.17
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site8100%0%72.38