Question

The prevalence of this activity in the turn-of-the-20th-century Dominican Republic caused the Blue Party and the Red Party to be nicknamed the “tailless one” and the “long-tailed ones.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this sporting activity popular among bettors in state-sponsored Cuban arenas despite its illegality in most of the world.
ANSWER: cockfighting [or cock match or bird fighting; or pelea de gallos or riña de gallos; accept gamecocks]
[10h] The term rabiblancos, literally meaning “white-tailed,” was used in this country to derogatively refer to rich elites of European descent. José de Fabrega convinced those elites in this country to join an eastern neighbor.
ANSWER: Panama [or Republic of Panamá; or República de Panamá] (The eastern neighbor was Gran Colombia.)
[10m] This Caribbean dictator claimed his grip on power was as “firm as a monkey tail” despite the Reagan Administration announcing his flight to France in 1986; he was exiled a week later.
ANSWER: Jean-Claude Duvalier [accept “Baby Doc” or “Bebe Dòk”; prompt on Duvalier or Doc; reject “François Duvalier” or “Papa Doc”]

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Chicago CIndiana A100010
Claremont ARutgers A100010
Columbia BFlorida B100010
Cornell ABrown A0000
Florida ADuke A1001020
Georgia Tech AYale A100010
Harvard ANorthwestern A100010
Imperial AMinnesota B100010
Iowa State AGeorgia Tech B100010
Johns Hopkins APurdue A100010
McGill AIllinois A1001020
Michigan ARutgers B0000
Minnesota AColumbia A100010
Ohio State AMaryland A0000
Penn AWUSTL B100010
Penn State ASouth Carolina A100010
Stanford AChicago A100010
Texas AMIT A100010
Toronto ANorth Carolina A1001020
UC Berkeley ACornell B0000
UC Berkeley BHouston A0000
Vanderbilt ANYU A100010
WUSTL AChicago B1001020
Yale BVirginia A100010