Bonus

Two brothers with this family name, Lifu and Guofu, founded the CC Clique, an extreme faction of the Kuomintang. For 10 points each:
[10h] A governor with the given name Yi and what family name was executed for his role in suppressing the 228 incident?
ANSWER: Chen [or Chan; accept Chen Yi; accept Chen Lifu; accept Chen Guofu]
[10m] The influential “four big families” of the Republic of China included the Chen family and this family. Sun Yat-sen married the middle of three famous sisters belonging to this family.
ANSWER: Soong [or Sòng; accept Soong sisters; accept Soong Ai-ling; accept Soong Ching-ling; accept Soong Mei-ling]
[10e] This patriarch of one of the “four big families” extended his influence by marrying the youngest of the Soong sisters, Mei-ling. This leader of the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan after his defeat in the Chinese Civil War.
ANSWER: Chiang Kai-shek [or Jiang Jieshi; or Chiang Chung-cheng]
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EditionsHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
12015.5095%50%10%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Cambridge AOxford A0101020ME
Carnegie Mellon AMichigan C001010E
Case Western AMichigan State10101030HME
Case Western BMichigan B001010E
Harvard ABrown A0101020ME
MIT ABrandeis B001010E
Michigan AKenyon001010E
MissouriChicago B001010E
Northwestern APurdue0101020ME
Notre Dame AGeorgetown A001010E
Notre Dame CGeorgetown B001010E
Ohio State AMichigan D0101020ME
Ohio State BCarnegie Mellon B001010E
Stanford BIowa0101020ME
TAMUASU001010E
Texas ATexas B0101020ME
Tufts ABrandeis A0101020ME
UBCAlberta1010020HM
UW AUW B0101020ME
Virginia AVirginia Tech A001010E

Summary

TournamentEditionHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
Great Lakes2025-02-01615.00100%33%17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01110.00100%0%0%
Midwest2025-02-01110.00100%0%0%
Northeast2025-02-01316.67100%67%0%
Overflow2025-02-01415.00100%50%0%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01220.0050%100%50%
South Central2025-02-01215.00100%50%0%
UK2025-02-01120.00100%100%0%