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| This country's flag displays a shield featuring an extinct cattle species held by an eagle, and is based on Bessarabia's coast of arms. This country, home to the cities of Balti and Tiraspol, is the smallest former Soviet Republic and speaks a language that is sometimes held to be distinct from Romanian. Lying between the Prut and Dniester Rivers, for the point, name this country governed from Chisinau. | Republic of Moldova |
| This island has its dual capitals at Marigot and Phillipsburg, and this island is the main gateway to Saint Barthélemy and Anguilla. This island's Maho Beach is located at the foot of Princess Juliana Airport, where tourists can see KLM jets landing a few feet above them. For the point, name this Caribbean island split between the Netherlands and France. | Saint Martin (or Sint Maarten) |
| This country's Choluteca River was affected by Hurricane Mitch. This country is home to cities such as Comayagua and La Ceiba and its flag displays five stars between two blue stripes. This country's coastline on the Pacific is the shortest of any country in the Americas. For the point, name this country that borders Nicaragua and Guatemala. | Republic of Honduras (accept República de Honduras) |
| This county includes the affluent suburbs of Scarsdale and Chappaqua, home of Bill and Hillary Clinton. This county's town of Ossining renamed itself to avoid association with Sing-Sing Prison, and is served by the Metro-North Railroad. This county's largest city, Yonkers, is often called a "sixth borough," as it adjoins the Bronx. For the point, name this county located just north of New York City. | Westchester County |
| This U.S. city houses the Museum of Latin American Art within its area of Alamitos Beach. This city, east of the Palos Verdes peninsula, is a gateway to Santa Catalina Island, and it is situated where the Pacific Ocean meets the northern border of Orange County. For the point, name this port city that adjoins Los Angeles, the site of a major shipping backlog during the 2021 pandemic. | Long Beach |
| This country's bright blue flag displays an off-center yellow disc that represents the moon. This country forms the westernmost part of the Caroline Islands, along with the Federated States of Micronesia. For the point, name this microstate whose largest city is on the island of Koror and which is governed from Ngerelmud [[NYEH-rel-mood]]. | Republic of Palau (or Beluu er a Belau) |
| This lake's resort of Évian-les-Bains was the site of a 1938 conference on Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. The Jet d'Eau spouts water 100 feet from this lake, also known as Lac Léman. Montreux and Lausanne are ports on this lake overlooked by the Jura Alps, which includes part of Vaud canton and receives the Rhône River. For the point, name this lake between Switzerland and France. | Lake Geneva (accept Lac Léman until mentioned) |
| The country divides the region of Casamance from the northern half of another country. This country’s highway system is divided into North Bank and South Bank sections which are on opposite sides of its namesake river. Adama Barrow is the president of, for the point, what West African country mostly surrounded by Senegal? | Republic of The Gambia |
| This lake is the world's largest lake that consistently freezes over in winter. This lake contains the Svyatoy Nos, or "Holy Nose" peninsula, which is protected by Zabaykalsky National Park. Land to the east of this lake is sometimes known as Dauria, and this lake receives the Selenga River, which flows through Ulan- Ude. For the point, name this largest freshwater lake in Asia, nicknamed the "Pearl of Siberia." | Lake Baikal (accept Baigal Nuur) |
| This second-oldest colony of Britain contains Longwood House, and was used by the West Africa Squadron to prevent slave imports to Brazil. This island forms a British territory together with Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha. For the point, name this remote island in the Atlantic, named for the mother of Constantine the Great, the site of Napoleon's final exile. | Saint Helena |
| The "Pool of Nectar" in this region surrounds a religious site that contains the world's largest soup kitchen, or Langar. This region contains Harmandir Sahib, or the Golden Temple, and one state named for this region has its capital at Chandigarh. For the point, name this transnational region near the Indus River, the homeland of the Sikhs. | Punjab (or Panjab) |
| This city is situated just south of the world's largest tallgrass preserve in the Osage [[OH-sage]] Hills, and it lies near where the western Ozarks meet the Great Plains on the Arkansas River. Dozens of people were killed in this city in an area known as Black Wall Street during a 1921 race riot. For the point, name this second-most populous city of Oklahoma. | Tulsa |
| This archipelago's Løgting [[LOOK-ting]] parliament formerly met on the Tinganes Peninsula in the world's cloudiest city. This archipelago's dishes include Skerpikjøt [[SKER-pik-YOT]], a form of mutton dried by the wind, as well as tvøst og spik, which is made from whale meat and blubber. This archipelago's white flag displays a red cross outlined in blue. For the point, name this Danish-administered archipelago in the North Atlantic, governed from Tórshavn. | Faroe Islands (accept Føroyar; or Færøerne) |
| This country's busiest airport is located on its second-largest island, Muharraq Island. This country is the eastern terminus of a major road that links Al Jasra with a nearby country's city of Khobar. This country, which administers the island of Umm an Nasan, is linked via the King Fahd Causeway to Saudi Arabia. For the point, identify this island country in the Persian Gulf. | Kingdom of Bahrain (or Mamlakat al Bahrayn) |
| This city was originally inhabited by the Charca people, and is home to the second oldest university of the Americas. This city is the capital of the Chuquisaca [[CHOO-kwee-SAH-kah]] Department and it was named for the victor of the Battle of Ayacucho. This city, often inhabited by those working in Potosi, was replaced by La Paz as a functional capital. For the point, name this constitutional capital of Bolivia. | Sucre |
| This country's Shark Island concentration camp is situated off the coast of Lüderitz and was used to hold victims of the Herero and Namaqua genocides. This least densely populated country in Africa has a southern border that is formed by the Orange River, and this country's distinctive panhandle is formed by the Caprivi Strip. For the point, name this country that is located south of Angola and west of Botswana and is governed from Windhoek. | Republic of Namibia (prompt on “German South West Africa”) |
| Apex is a suburb of this city located on Frobisher Bay, an inlet of the Davis Strait, where the largest indigenous land settlement in history was signed. This city's St. Jude Cathedral is igloo-shaped and administers the world's largest, by area, Anglican Diocese, called the Diocese of the Arctic. Located on Baffin Island is, for the point, what capital of Nunavut? | Iqaluit [[eeh-KAHL-ooh-it]] (prompt on “Place of Many Fish”) |
| This city is guarded by the Venetian Walls, with entrances located at the Famagusta and Paphos Gates. This city’s central Ledra Street was the center of the Occupy Buffer Zone movement, which aimed to eliminate barricades on the UN-administered Green Line. This city, which is the southernmost national capital of the European Union, is split between a Turkish north and a Greek south. For the point, name this capital city of Cyprus. | Nicosia (or Lefkosía) |
| This animal names the largest ski resort in California, which is southeast of Yosemite National Park. These pachyderms survived on Wrangell Island in the Arctic Ocean for hundreds of years after the Pyramids of Giza were built. For the point, name this large extinct animal that names the world's largest cave system in Kentucky. | Wooly Mammoths (accept Mammoth Mountain; accept Mammoth Cave) |
| The Cabo Delgado province is located in this country, which contains Gorongosa National Park. Cyclone Idai destroyed most of this country's port of Beira in 2019. This country is the southernmost to recognize Swahili as a minority language. The channel that contains the Comoros is named for, for the point, what Portuguese-speaking African country governed from Maputo? | Republic of Mozambique (accept República de Mocambique) |
| This country contains the crusader town of Kerak and has its highest peak at Jabal Umm ad Dami. This country is home to the Wadi Rum Desert, which is located east of Aqaba [[AH-kuh-buh]]. This country’s city of Wadi Musa is considered the gateway to the ancient "Rose City" of Petra. Hussein bin Ali founded the Hashemite dynasty of, for the point, what country governed from Amman? | Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (accept Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah or Al Urdun) |
| This city, home to Trinity College, contains the historic homes of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain, and is nicknamed the "Insurance Capital of the World." This New England state capital was formerly home to a National Hockey League team named the Whalers. Its state's second largest city behind Bridgeport, for the point, what is this capital of Connecticut? | Hartford (accept West Hartford) |
| One island with this name is located between Fogo and Maio and contains the city of Praia. Another city with this name, followed by "de Compostela," is the capital of Galicia. Cities with this name are the second-largest in both Cuba and the Dominican Republic, and a national capital with this name is served by the port of Valparaiso. For the point, identify this name given to the capital of Chile. | Santiago (accept Santiago de Chile; accept Santiago de Compostela; accept Santiago de Cuba; accept Santiago de los Caballeros) |
| A prolonged war with the Janjaweed Militia led to widespread famine in this nation’s Darfur region. Supported by the SPLA, the southern portion of this nation broke off in 2011. For the point, name this nation along the Nile currently engulfed in a civil conflict in its capital of Khartoum. | Republic of the Sudan (or Jumhuriyat as-Sudan; do not accept or prompt on "South Sudan") |
| A political party with this name has domainated Paraguay’s politics for decades. This name is derived from a Spanish word for "ruddy," as it described a river which flowed through areas characterized by red sandstone, such as Canyonlands National Park and the Mojave Desert. For the point, what name is borne by a river home to Lake Mead on the Hoover Dam, as well as a state with a capital at Denver? | Colorado River (or Río Colorado) |
| This country's Xiangkhoang Plateau contains its highest point, Phou Bia. Unexploded bombs from the Vietnam War still litter this country's Plain of Jars. For the point, name this landlocked southeast Asian nation whose capital is Vientiane. | Laos (or Lao People’s Democratic Republic; or Lao PDR; or LPDR) |
| This civilization’s people and the Ute Indians together name a language family. This civilization spoke the Nahuatl language, from which the words “avocado” and “chocolate” are derived. This civilization’s capital on an island in a lake fell to conquistadors who conquered this civilization in the early 16th century. For the point, name this civilization that ruled from Tenochtitlan, in what is now Mexico City. | Aztec Empire (accept Uto-Aztecan Languages; accept Aztec Ruins National Monument) |
| This city is the world's coldest and northernmost with an urban area of more than ten million people. A cruiser named for this city was sunk in the Black Sea in 2022 and a recent explosion in this city’s Red Square was blamed on Ukrainian forces. For the point, identify this city, the easternmost capital city of Europe, the capital of Russia. | Moscow (or Moskva) |
| This country’s Cape York Peninsula supports a rainforest ecosystem home to Palm Cockatoos. The Myxoma virus was purposefully introduced to reduce this country's rabbit population. The elusive Night Parrot has been spotted only a handful of times in the past fifty years in this nation’s Outback region. For the point, name this country home to the Tasmanian Devil and koala. | Commonwealth of Australia |
| This city is the seat of Jefferson County, the only county to commonly support Democratic Party candidates in its state outside the "Black Belt." This city, whose 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed by the KKK, is named after the second-largest city in England. For the point, name this city, the center of the largest metro area of Alabama. | Birmingham |
| The oldest one of these places in the U.S. is situated in Ryderwood, Washington, and was once a logging camp. Another one of these places near Ocala has the highest population of veterans in the U.S. outside of a military base. That place in central Florida is called The Villages, and another prominent one of these places is Sun City, Arizona. For the point, name these places where a certain group of people often live. | Retirement (or Senior) Communities (accept clear-knowledge equivalents, but do not accept or prompt on “Nursing Homes”) |