Question
The first UN award named for this variable was co-won by Qian Xinzhong, chair of China's NFPC. This variable declines after the year 2030 according to the 1972 World3 computer simulation funded by the Club of Rome. A 1970 Tonight Show appearance sparked panic about this variable when Paul Ehrlich discussed his book on its (*) "bomb." A campaign to reduce this variable during The Emergency led by Sanjay Gupta forced many men to get surgeries. People who violated a policy begun in 1979 to decrease this variable were denied a hukou. 19th century fears that an increase in this variable led to poverty sparked the formation of the Malthusian League. For 10 points, name this variable reduced via China's One Child policy. ■END■
ANSWER: human population [accept descriptions such as size of the global population or the population of China or India; accept over-population; accept The Population Bomb; accept number of people in the world; prompt on family size or fertility rate or number of children or number of people by asking "what global variable does that contribute to?"]
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 42 | 95% | 45% | 0% | 49.17 |