Round 6: 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 (10[1])to cut off uranium supplies to the UK in an unsuccessful (-5[1])attempt to block the interracial marriage of Englishwoman Ruth (10[1])Williams (10[1])to this country’s (10[1])first (10[1])president, (10[1]-5[1])Sir Seretse (“seh-RET-say”) Khama. (10[1])This country’s Orapa diamond mine, opened in 1971, is now the largest in the world. (-5[1])This country has been the oldest continuous multiparty democracy in Africa since receiving independence as Bechuanaland. For 10 points, what country led from Gaborone (10[1])(“gab-oh-RO-nee”) is directly north of (10[1])South (10[1])Africa? (10[2])■END■

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