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| This island's highest point of Mount Jamanota is in Arikok National Park, known for its cascabel rattlesnakes and the Quadiriki Caves. This island, located north of the Paraguana Peninsula, is served by Queen Beatrix International Airport in its capital of Oranjestad. For the point, name this Dutch Caribbean Island, which forms the ABC Islands with Curaçao [[“CURE”-eh-sow]] and Bonaire. | Aruba |
| The Jesuit priest Pedro Páez was the first European to travel this river’s length. This river's planned Hidase Dam is set to be Africa's largest hydroelectric power plant, located near the Sudan-Ethiopia border. For the point, name this branch of an African river originating from Lake Tana. | Blue Nile (accept Abay River until mentioned; prompt on “Nile River”) |
| This mountain range overlooks Mono Lake and includes a spur called the Carson Range. This mountain range includes the Oroville Dam and North America's largest alpine lake, and the Donner Party of settlers was trapped in these mountains near Truckee. For the point, name this California mountain range that contains Mount Whitney and Lake Tahoe. | Sierra Nevada |
| One example of this type of body of water south of the Banks Peninsula is named for the Canterbury region. Eucla Motel is a port on one of these bodies of water, which is traced by the Eyre Highway on the Nullarbor Plain's southern extent. Biafra, Heligoland, and the Great Australian are examples of, for the point, what bodies of water that bend into a coastline? | Bights |
| The Gringo Gazette is published from this city, the terminus of Mexican Federal Highway One. This city's Divorce Beach and Lovers Beach are overlooked by an iconic arch, and separate the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California. For the point, name this resort city on Baja California's southern tip. | Cabo San Lucas (accept Los Cabos) |
| Kola nut drinks are served to spectators in this city's weekly Moro-Naba Ceremony, which is important to the Mossi People. This city, which is more than double the size of its country’s second-largest city, Bobo-Dioulasso, is served by Thomas Sankara International Airport. After Bamako, the largest city in the Sahel is, for the point, what capital of Burkina Faso? | Ouagadougou [[WAH-gah-DOO-goo]] (be lenient on pronunciation) |
| This country's karst tower of Ko Ta Pu adjoins Khao Phing Kan, which is nicknamed "James Bond Island" for its use in the film The Man with the Golden Gun. This country's Phi Phi [[PEE PEE]] Islands were popularized by the Leonardo DiCaprio film The Beach. For the point, name this Southeast Asian country, the setting of the musical The King and I whose early films included Miss Suwanna of Siam. | Kingdom of Thailand (or Ratcha Anachak Thai; or Prathet Thai; accept Siam before mentioned) |
| Samuel Blodgett founded this city on the Amoskeag Falls, which lent its name to the world’s largest cotton textile plant. This city serves as the co-seat of Hillsborough County alongside the city of Nashua, and this city is the largest on the Merrimack River. For the point, name this city named for an industrial city in England, the largest of Northern New England and New Hampshire. | Manchester |
| Séléka rebels established the breakaway Republic of Logone in the north of this country, which is bounded by the Ubangi River. This Francophone country’s name refers to its location in the continent it is found in. The Republic of Congo and South Sudan border, for the point, what country governed from Bangui [[BAHN-gwee]]? | Central African Republic (or République centrafricaine; accept CAR or RCA) |
| This region, which stretches from the Meuse River to Bruges [[BROOZH]], is represented by a flag with a lion on a yellow background. Antwerp and Ghent are the largest cities of this region, which completely surrounds Brussels. For the point, name this Dutch-speaking region of northern Belgium. | Flanders (or Vlaanderen; prompt on "Belgium" before mentioned) |
| This city contains a memorial called the Train of Pain, which was built to honor the victims of deportations from Bessarabia. This city, which also houses the Stephen the Great Monument, is roughly one- third of the way between Iasi and Odesa. This city is the most populous in its country, ahead of Tiraspol. For the point, name this largest city and capital of Moldova. | Chișinău (or Kishinev) |
| This country's paʻanga currency is named for the box bean. This country's second largest city of Neiafu is the closest settlement to Niue [[NYOO-eh]], and this country's city of Muʻa was the capital of its namesake "Tu'i" empire, which expanded north into Samoa. Located east of Fiji, this is, for the point, what Pacific island country governed from Nuku'alofa? | Kingdom of Tonga (or Pule'anga Fakatu'i 'o Tonga) |
| This sea lends its name to a tectonic plate northeast of the Sunda Plate. A World War Two battle named for this sea is alternatively referred to as the Marianas Turkey Shoot. Home to the ocean's deepest point, the Marianas Trench, this is, for the point, what sea south of Japan and east of a namesake country? | Philippine Sea |
| Emigrants from this country flocked to another country’s cities of Cúcuta and Boa Vista. Some members of this immigrant group support the government of Juan Guaidó [[GWY-doh]] in their home country. Often called the "Bolivarian Diaspora," this is, for the point, what immigrant group fleeing from the rule of Nicolas Maduro and formerly Hugo Chavez in places like Caracas? | Venezuelan Immigrants (accept reasonable equivalents) |
| Two countries required. The border between what is now these two countries was historically known as the Durand Line. The Baloch and Pashtun ethnic groups are split by this border, which is crossed by the Hindu Kush Mountains. For the point, name this border between the two southernmost countries to use "stan" in their names, which are governed from Kabul and Islamabad. | Afghanistan-Pakistan Border (accept in either order; accept clear-knowledge equivalents; prompt on “Af-Pak”) |
| One hotel in this city, located off Jumeirah Beach, is often cited as the world's only "seven-star" hotel and is in the shape of a sail. After having its finances bailed out by the emirs of a different city, this city renamed its tallest building the Burj Khalifa. For the point, name this Middle Eastern tourist center on the Persian Gulf, the largest city by population in the United Arab Emirates. | Dubai |
| This desert has been the reintroduction site of Przewalski's [[sheh-VAHL-skeez]] horse, considered the only true wild horse. This desert, bounded by the Altai Mountains to the west, has been the source of dust that contributed to widespread masking before the COVID-19 pandemic, and was where the first dinosaur eggs were discovered. For the point, name this desert shared between China and Mongolia. | Gobi Desert |
| This city contains the National Carillon, which was built on Queen Elizabeth the Second Island on Lake Burley Griffin. Anthony Albanese governs from this city, which is the largest within the Great Dividing Range. Established to balance power between Melbourne and Sydney, this is, for the point, what capital city of Australia? | Canberra |
| This state is where Bill Gates built a mansion with 24 bathrooms near Microsoft’s headquarters in the city of Redmond. The busiest ferry system in the U.S. serves Bainbridge Island and Everett in this state, which is indented by the Salish Sea. For the point, name this state home to Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula whose largest city is where the Mariners and Seahawks play in Seattle. | Washington |
| This country’s Operation Dudula was established to fight against illegal immigration across the Limpopo River. This country’s Economic Freedom Fighters have been accused of fomenting racism against its Indian community in places such as KwaZulu-Natal. The Gauteng province was the site of 2021 unrest in, for the point, what country whose administration resides in Pretoria? | Republic of South Africa (accept RSA) |
| One of these structures built in New York harbor was converted into the base of the Statue of Liberty. Delhi's "Red" example of one of these structures housed the Mughal Emperors, while one of these named for Casimir Pulaski is located in Savannah, Georgia. For the point, name these military constructs that include ones named McHenry and Sumter. | Fortresses (or Fortifications; accept Fort Independence; accept Red Fort; or Fort Pulaski; accept Fort McHenry; accept Fort Sumter) |
| Teddy Roosevelt proclaimed the first National Monument to be this state’s Devil’s Tower. This home of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is the least populated state and is where Grand Teton National Park is found. For the point, name this Western state, whose capital city of Cheyenne lies near its border with Colorado. | Wyoming |
| This city was called the "Jerusalem of the North" by Napoleon for its Jewish community, which published the still most widely-used version of the Talmud. This city is situated on the Neris River, which meets the Nemunas River in Kaunas, and this city, just west of the Belarusian border, is the southernmost of the three Baltic capitals. For the point, name this capital of Lithuania. | Vilnius |
| A five-point fort in a city on this island was the main fortress of the short-lived Republic of Ezo. The La Pérouse Strait separates this island from Sakhalin. A city on this island hosts an annual snow festival in February, and was also the host of the 1972 Winter Olympics. The Ainu people are native to, for the point, what northernmost Japanese island? | Hokkaido |
| This city, which contains the college of Wycliffe Hall and the Ashmolean Museum, is where the River Isis becomes the River Thames [[TEMZ]]. The Bodleian Library in this city is frequently used by Rhodes Scholars and teachers here are frequently referred to as dons. The oldest English university is located in, for the point, what city, the rival of Cambridge? | Oxford (accept University of Oxford) |
| This city's Gare du Palais station marks the end of a rail corridor stretching to Windsor. This city, home to the Petit Champlain neighborhood, is the last major port on the St. Lawrence River. For the point, name this capital city of the largest Francophone province in Canada. | Québec City |
| This state is the westernmost of the four that officially call themselves commonwealths. A monument in this state contains a synthetic log cabin at the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, and this state is home to the cities of Owensboro and Bowling Green. For the point, name this Bluegrass State where a namesake Derby sees horses race each May in its city of Louisville. | Kentucky (accept Kentucky Derby) |
| Three state capitals of this country are located on islands: Vitoria, Florianópolis, and São Luís. This country is the only one crossed by both the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, and it is the second most populous in the Western Hemisphere. For the point, name this country that controls the world's largest river island, Marajo, at the mouth of the Amazon. | Federative Republic of Brazil (or República Federativa do Brasil) |
| This island’s cities of Dunedin and Queenstown are hotspots for adventurous travelers looking to visit Fiordland. This island, home to the Tasman Glacier on its highest point known as Aoraki, is bounded by the Cook Strait. The larger island by area of the two primary ones inhabited by the Maori, this is, for the point, what island which forms the bulk of New Zealand with North Island? | South Island (or Te Waipounamu) |
| This city, within the "Treasure Valley," serves as the seat of Ada County, and it forms an urban area with the city of Nampa. This city, which is the second-most populous between the Rockies and the Cascades after Spokane, is also the largest city in the Snake River Plain. For the point, name this state capital which was once the namesake of a brand of potato chip, found in Idaho. | Boise |
| Symbols of this faith include the calligraphy of the Greatest Name and its nine-pointed star. Members of this faith revere the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and pray at the Lotus Temple in New Delhi. This religion's governing body, The Universal House of Justice in Haifa, Israel, also contains this faith's holy Shrine of the Báb. For the point, name this Iranian faith founded by Baháʼu'lláh, which emphasizes unity. | Baháʼíism (prompt on “Babism”; prompt on “Babi”) |