Round 1: Tossup 18

Migrants from this country were interned by police in a government building called the CIV. Assistance from the Jeanson network allowed militants from this country to operate abroad. Troops stationed in this country planned to carry out a coup in Operation Resurrection. Violence between rival nationalist movements from this country took place in a different country in the Café Wars. The Manifesto of the 121 (10[1])condemned the use of torture in this country. A crisis caused by a war in this country led to the collapse of another country’s (10[1])Fourth Republic (10[1])in May 1958. (10[1])Fighters derisively called harkis and refugees called pieds-noir (“pyay-nwarr”) left this country after it achieved independence in the Évian Accords. For 10 points, name this North African country that fought a 1950s independence war from France. ■END■

ANSWER: Algeria [or People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria]
<Purdue, European History> | Packet A - Brown A, Wisconsin A, Purdue, Maryland B
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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site3100%33%85.00
California (South)Main Site4100%0%75.25
CanadaMain Site12100%17%90.17
FloridaMain Site3100%0%86.67
Great LakesMain Site5100%0%74.00
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site9100%33%103.56
MidwestMain Site8100%13%75.38
OverflowMain Site4100%0%83.75
South CentralMain Site2100%0%91.50
SoutheastMain Site7100%0%83.29
UKMain Site12100%8%91.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site8100%13%77.13
Upstate NYMain Site4100%25%106.25