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Round 3: Tossup 18

One of this country’s colonies sparred with the guerilla “Black Flag Army.” This country won the Battle of Day River during a war where it dropped paratroopers into a valley as part of Operation Castor. The Béatrice ("bay-uh-TREES") stronghold operated by this country was allegedly named after one of Colonel (-5[1])de Castries’s mistresses. This country’s C•E•F•E•O withdrew from a colony as part of the (*) Geneva Accords. Provinces of one of this country’s colonies included Cochinchina and Tonkin. Vo Nguyen Giap’s ("voh nu-win zyahp’s") Viet Minh defeated this country (10[1])at the battle of Dien Bien Phu. (10[2])For 10 points, Indochina was ruled by what European country’s Third Republic? ■END■

ANSWER: France [or French Empire; accept French Third Republic or French Fourth Republic; accept French Indochina; prompt on Indochina or the Indochinese Union or the Indochinese Federation before “Indochina” by asking “what country was that a colony of?”; reject “Vietnam” ]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Pierre-Olivier Pitt-ButeraChimeraManchester A48-5
Elliot EarleySheffield AManchester B8310
Maciej WojdyłaManchester AChimera9010
Alex IrvineSheffield BEdinburgh9010

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VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%25%25%68.75
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓560%40%40%53.33
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%38%13%60.13