Packet 5: Bonus 2

While traveling to this competition, Muhamed Fazlagic ran five hours after losing his shoes to escape the siege of Sarajevo. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this annual music competition held by the European Broadcasting Union, which ABBA won in 1974 with “Waterloo.”
ANSWER: Eurovision Song Contest
[10m] A radio broadcast of “And After the Farewell,” Portugal’s 1974 Eurovision entry, was used as a signal for this revolution, which takes its name from the flowers placed in the barrels of soldiers’ rifles.
ANSWER: Carnation Revolution [or 25th of April Revolution]
[10h] This country was forced to withdraw its 2009 Eurovision entry “We Don’t Wanna Put In” because it protested against a foreign leader who had supported two breakaway regions in this country, one of which was South Ossetia (“oh-SET-ee-uh”).
ANSWER: Georgia [or Sakartvelo] (The leader is Vladimir Putin.)
<European History — Sam Macchi> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 5

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