Question
The “Korean wave” helped inspire this country’s investment in cosmetic centers to challenge medical tourism powerhouses like Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this doubly landlocked country whose tourism board has traced its medical heritage from Ibn Sīnā, who was born near its historically Tājīk city of Bukhara.
ANSWER: Uzbekistan [or Republic of Uzbekistan or O‘zbekiston Respublikasi]
[10h] Uzbek patients often obtain Indian medical visas for procedures in this “Millennium City” near Delhi. Private investment made this former farming town in Haryana a major tech and finance hub that hosts DLF’s Cyber City.
ANSWER: Gurgaon [or Gurugram]
[10m] A company called “Eugenix” caters to medical tourists seeking this surgery’s FUE (“F-U-E”) harvesting procedure in Gurgaon. Many athletes undergo this surgery’s DHI procedure in its global hub of Istanbul.
ANSWER: hair transplant [or hair transplantation; accept follicular unit extraction, follicular unit excision, follicular transfer, direct hair implantation, or descriptions of hair follicle donation; accept “Turkish Hairlines”]
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Data
Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arizona State | South Carolina | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Berkeley A | Cornell A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Chicago C | Columbia A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Claremont Colleges | Illinois | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Cornell B | WUSTL B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Duke | Harvard | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Florida | Kentucky | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Maryland | Yale B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Michigan | Chicago D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Minnesota A | Ottawa | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Minnesota B | Chicago B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
NYU | WUSTL A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
North Carolina A | Iowa State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Northwestern | Purdue | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Penn | Truman State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Rutgers | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Stanford | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Texas | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Toronto A | Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Waterloo | Toronto B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Yale A | Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Summary
Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
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2024 ACF Nationals | 04/21/2024 | Y | 21 | 18.57 | 95% | 67% | 24% |