Question
The book In the Time of the Butterflies fictionalized the life of the Mirabal sisters in this country. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Caribbean country that was once led by Rafael Trujillo ("troo-0HEE-yo”).
ANSWER: Dominican Republic [or The Dominican or República Dominicana or La Dominican or DR; do not accept or prompt on “Dominica”]
[10e] In 1961, Rafael Trujillo was assassinated by this intelligence agency of the United States which also carried out the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and the invasion of Grenada.
ANSWER: CIA [accept Central Intelligence Agency]
[10h] Trujillo notoriously killed over 20,000 Haitians who could not pronounce the word for this thing properly in Spanish during a namesake “massacre.” You may give either the Spanish word or the English translation.
ANSWER: parsley [accept Parsley Massacre; accept Perejil or Persil]
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Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downingtown STEM | moving finger C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| East Brunswick A | Hunter B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Eastchester | North Babylon A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Great Valley | Mather C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Hastings A | moving finger B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Hunter A | Trinity B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Mather A | East Brunswick B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Mather B | Stuyvesant B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Stuyvesant A | North Babylon B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| USN A | USN C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| USN B | Merrol-Hyde | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| USN MS | Vanderbilt | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| moving finger A | Trinity A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Fight 2 | 1/11/2025 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 2024 FARSI @ Columbia | 12/08/2024 | Y | 10 | 27.00 | 100% | 100% | 70% |