Question

A phrase used by this group became synonymous with conjunctivitis since an outbreak coincided with a mass emigration of this ethnicity. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ethnolinguistic group. Sheikh Hasina’s father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founded the Awami League to agitate for the creation of an independent nation for this ethnic group.
ANSWER: Bengalis [prompt on Bangladeshis] (The first clue refers to how conjunctivitis is called “Joi Bangla” in India.)
[10e] This Indian prime minister supported the rebels during the Bangladeshi Liberation War. This daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in 1984.
ANSWER: Indira Gandhi [or Indira Nehru; prompt on Gandhi; prompt on Nehru]
[10h] The Bengali genocide began with this 1971 operation, in which hundreds of thousands of Bengali intellectuals were killed by Pakistani soldiers.
ANSWER: Operation Searchlight
<Hari Parameswaran, History - World - Asian&gt; ~22196~ &lt;Editor: Hari Parameswaran>

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
BarringtonCanyon Crest10101030
BelmontHunter A10101030
BloomingtonMaggie Walker C010010
CarbondaleHoover B010010
ChattahoocheeAlabama Cyber Tech10101030
Cincinnati HillsDetroit Catholic Central B010010
Detroit Catholic Central CMexico010010
Downingtown STEMSeven Lakes010010
Fairfield County ATMaggie Walker B10101030
FreemanElkhorn North10101030
Great ValleySolon010010
HeightsJohns Creek B10101030
Hoover AHastings0101020
Innovation Academy AThomas Jefferson A10101030
Innovation Academy BOwensboro010010
James W. RobinsonStevenson B010010
Johns Creek AThomas Jefferson D1010020
LightridgeHunter B010010
Livingston ALivingston B10101030
Maggie Walker AStrake Jesuit1010020
McLean ADetroit Catholic Central A0101020
McLean BOkemos010010
Norfolk Academic GuildSt. Thomas010010
Richard Montgomery AGeorgetown Day010010
Richard Montgomery BNorthmont B10101030
Saint JosephDurham AT010010
St. Mark'sKinkaid1010020
St. XavierCarl Sandburg010010
Stevenson AChoate Rosemary Hall0101020
Thomas Jefferson CWinston Churchill B010010
University LabLambert10101030
Walter Payton ABeavercreek0101020
Walter Payton BLindbergh010010
West PointThomas Jefferson B0101020
William FremdDuPage County AT010010
Winston Churchill ANorthmont A0101020

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2024 PACE NSC06/08/2024Y3618.06100%36%44%