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

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