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| This strait marks the western end of the minor Scotia Plate, and it lies south of another strait named for a Portuguese explorer. Also known as the Mar de Hoces, the Diego Ramírez Islands is an archipelago in this strait located south of Tierra del Fuego. Cape Horn is located on, for the point, what strait between South America and Antarctica that is named for an English explorer who circumnavigated the world? | Drake Passage (accept Mar de Hoces or Hoces Sea until mentioned) |
| This province's intricate Honghe Hani Rice Terraces are situated in an autonomous prefecture, which also includes the Yi People. This province to the west of Guizhou [[GWEE-JOH]] includes a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the "Three Parallel Rivers" of Salween, Yangtze, and Mekong pass very close to each other. Dali and Kunming are cities in, for the point, what Chinese province located south of Sichuan and which shares a border with Laos and Myanmar? | Yunnan |
| This island's Peahi surfing break is often nicknamed "Jaws." This island is nicknamed the "Valley Isle" for its isthmus connecting its two major portions, which is occupied by the city of Kahului. This island contains Haleakala National Park on a namesake shield volcano. For the point, identify this second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands, situated between Oahu and the Big Island. | Maui |
| This mountain's southeast face is visible from Goecha La. This mountain was first climbed in 1955 by George Band and Joe Brown, who stopped five feet short of the peak out of respect for the Chogyal of Sikkim. This mountain, visible from the resort of Darjeeling in West Bengal, is the world's third highest. For the point, name this tallest mountain of India. | Kangchenjunga (accept Kanchenjunga) |
| Kirk's red colobus monkey is endemic to this archipelago. This archipelago, which includes Mafia Island and Pemba Island, was traded by the Germans for Namibia’s Caprivi Strip. This archipelago united with a country on the African mainland, resulting in a portmanteau word being adopted as the new name of the unified country. Also called the Spice Islands, for the point, what is this archipelago off the coast of Tanzania? | Zanzibar Archipelago |
| This city is served by Kamuzu International Airport, and this city replaced Zomba as its nation's capital. A clock tower in this city honors the King's African Rifles, and this city is the most populous in its country, just ahead of Blantyre. A namesake river flows into Lake Nyasa in, for the point, what city near the eastern end of the Zambia-Mozambique border, the capital of Malawi? | Lilongwe |
| One city in this country contains is home to the Gur-e-Amir, a mausoleum dedicated to Tamerlane. This doubly-landlocked country’s region of Karakalpakstan lies in its west on its borders with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. For the point, name this Central Asian nation home to the Silk Road city of Samarkand and a capital at Tashkent. | Uzbekistan |
| This sea's easternmost inlet is Bristol Bay, and the Yupik people inhabit both sides of this sea. Puffins live on the Pribilof Islands in this sea, and the International Date Line enters this sea just west of Attu island. Unalaska and Nome are ports on this sea bounded by the Aleutian Islands, which receives the Yukon River. For the point, name this northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean, east of Russia. | Bering Sea (accept Béringovo móre) |
| This desert occupies a region that includes cities such as Copiapó, where a rare bloom of Añañuca flowers takes place upon rainfall. That city in this desert is situated near the San José Mine, the site of a 2010 copper mining disaster. Iquique [[ee-KEE-keh]] and Antofagasta are located in, for the point, what driest nonpolar desert in the world, which is located mostly in northern Chile? | Atacama Desert |
| This state's population is concentrated around Port Phillip Bay, which forms the world's southernmost major metropolitan area. Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared while swimming in this state, which is north of the Bass Strait and borders New South Wales and South Australia. For the point, name this mainland Australian state governed from Melbourne. | Victoria |
| This city contains the Philosopher's Walk, which was allegedly used by academics Nishida Kitaro and Hajime Tanabe. Shogun-dominated governments in this city constructed the Fushimi and Nijo Castles. This city’s Muromachi Period temples include the Ginkaku-ji and Kinkaku-ji, the Temples of the Silver and Golden Pavilions. For the point, name this historical imperial capital of Japan, succeeded by Tokyo. | Kyoto (or Kyōto-shi) |
| This country's town of Schengen was where a namesake European Union Agreement abolishing border controls was signed. Located on the Moselle River, this country has the highest per capita GDP in the EU, and it houses the European Court of Justice. For the point, name this European country, the world’s only remaining Grand Duchy, located between France, Belgium, and Germany. | Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (accept Grand Duche de Luxembourg) |
| Anderson Torres was blamed for a failure to deploy police during a recent political riot in this city. A tapestry owned by Princess Isabel and furniture from the Monroe Palace were among items damaged during an event centered in this city's Three Powers Plaza on January 8th, 2023. For the point, a mob stormed the Supreme Federal Court and the National Congress in what city following the defeat of President Jair Bolsonaro in South America’s largest country? | Brasilia |
| J. Bristol Foster studied 116 species living in these places, which led him to propose a namesake rule that compared resource availability to species size. Robert MacArthur and the biologist Edward O. Wilson developed a theory of biogeography relating to these areas, small, reef-bound examples of which are called cays. Atolls are examples of these regions, on which many birds have evolved to be flightless due to a general lack of predators. For the point, name these isolated landmasses that can form archipelagos. | Islands (accept Isles; accept Cays before mentioned; accept Atolls before mentioned; accept Archipelagos before mentioned) |
| This region between the Moroni and Oyapock Rivers has 98.9 percent of its land area covered in primeval forest, much of which is protected by the largest national park in the EU, though it is not itself in Europe. This territory's Devil's Island is located just north of Kourou, home to the European Space Agency's main launch site due to its location near the equator. Cayenne is the capital of, for the point, what European territory in South America? | French Guiana (prompt on Guyane) |
| This country, which encloses the Koro Sea, handles most of its international flights at Nadi. An artesian well on this country's island of Viti Levu provides the "earth's finest water," according to a product named for this country. Having the largest proportion of Hindus in Oceania, for the point, what is this Melanesian country governed from Suva? | Republic of Fiji (accept Matanitu ko Viti) |
| This country is located at the southern end of the Lowveld, and the king of this country lives in the Ludzidzini Royal Village. This is Africa's smallest landlocked country by size, as well as the smallest country in mainland southern Africa. Surrounded by KwaZulu-Natal, and Maputo Province, this is, for the point, what landlocked country governed from Mbabane [[mm-BAH-bah-nay]]? | Kingdom of Eswatini (accept Umbuso weSwatini; accept Swaziland) |
| This country became the most recent to adopt the Euro, when it switched its currency from the kuna in 2022. This country contains one of the world's largest karst areas in Dinara Nature Park. This country’s city of Rijeka [[ree-YEH-kah]] is a gateway to its peninsula of Istria in the Adriatic Sea. For the point, name this country where cruise ships dock in Split and Dubrovnik and which is governed from Zagreb. | Republic of Croatia (accept Republika Hrvatska) |
| This peninsula is the main habitat of the ocellated turkey, which is also called the "royal peacock." This peninsula is known for sinkholes called cenotes [[say-NO-tays]], and it contains the ruins of Uxmal and the "Pyramid of the Magician." This peninsula, which is home to cities such as Chetumal and Merida, is separated from Cuba by a channel linking the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. For the point, identify this peninsula shared by Mexico and Belize. | Yucatán Peninsula |
| In Greek mythology, Prometheus was chained to these mountains, near what today is the breakaway region of Abkhazia. These mountains, which hosted some events of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, have their highest point at Mount Elbrus. For the point, name these mountains which together with the Urals form a border between Europe and Asia and which are shared by Georgia and Russia. | Caucasus Mountains |
| This body of water includes Apalachee Bay, and resort centers on this body of water include Marco Island and Clearwater. This body of water was the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 which devastated marine life off of Plaquemines Parish and Mobile Bay. The waters of Everglades National Park discharge into, for the point, what gulf located west of Florida? | Gulf of Mexico |
| This country's Grand Harbor is overlooked by the Kordin Temples and Fort St. Angelo in Birgu. A "Sovereign Military Order" of this country is actually an entity that only maintains control over two buildings in Rome, but maintains diplomatic relations. This smallest member of the EU has its second largest island at Gozo. For the point, name this Mediterranean island country governed from Valletta. | Republic of Malta (accept Repubblika ta' Malta) |
| Though spelled slightly differently, a kingdom bearing this name was bounded by the Cuanza River to the south, and that kingdom was split into a colony governed from Léopoldville. A Portuguese exclave that once bore this name is now known as Cabinda, and a river of this name is navigable up to Boyoma Falls, also known as Stanley Falls. For the point, identify this name found in two African countries governed from Kinshasa and Brazzaville. | Congo (accept Congo River; accept Democratic Republic of the Congo or Republic of the Congo; accept Kingdom of the Kongo) |
| This national park's Two Medicine Region is situated on its border with the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. This national park is served by Amtrak's Empire Builder train at Whitefish. This national park, north of Flathead Lake, borders British Columbia and Alberta. For the point, name this national park in northwestern Montana, named for slow moving bodies of ice. | Glacier National Park |
| This country's Haro Wine Festival sees participants splash wine onto each other in the La Rioja region. This country is home to the Festival de San Fermin which holds an annual running of the bulls in its city of Pamplona. For the point, identify this country whose cuisine includes the rice dish paella and Manchego cheese, which comes from the La Mancha region south of Madrid. | Kingdom of Spain (accept Reino de España) |
| This city remains the busiest cargo airport in the Americas as it is FedEx's base of operations. B.B. King got his nickname from this city’s Beale Street, and Elvis Presley’s mansion Graceland is found in this city. The Lorraine Motel in this city is where Martin Luther King was assassinated and is now a civil rights museum. For the point, name this largest city of West Tennessee. | Memphis |
| This country’s island of Heligoland is administered by Schleswig-Holstein, this country's northernmost state. This country's largest urban area is concentrated in the industrial Ruhr Valley, and its highest peak, the Zugspitze, is fifteen miles from Neuschwanstein [[noy-SCHWAN-stine]] Castle. For the point, name this most populous country in the European Union, which is home to Hamburg and Berlin. | Federal Republic of Germany (accept Bundesrepublik Deutschland) |
| This river's Roosevelt Island is served by an aerial tram, and crossed by a bridge named for former mayor Ed Koch [[KOTCH]]. This river separates the USA’s most populated island from the most densely populated county in America, and its northern end is marked by the start of the Harlem River. For the point, name this river that bounds Manhattan with the Hudson River, and which is named for a cardinal direction. | East River |
| This city contains both the second-busiest airport in the world and the largest single-structure airport terminal. This city’s subway system was constructed under the premiership of Zhou Enlai [[JOH EN- LYE]]. Forming the Jing-Jin-Ji megalopolis with Tianjin and Hebei, this is, for the point, what city home to the Temple of Heaven and the Forbidden City, the capital city of the People’s Republic of China? | Beijing (or Peking) |
| This state's Red Rocks Amphitheatre is carved into the landscape near the cities of Golden and Lakewood. This state is home to ski resorts in its cities of Vail and Aspen and it is the northeastern state of the four that meet at the Four Corners. For the point, name this U.S. state home to Rocky Mountain National Park near the mile-high city of Denver. | Colorado |
| This island is linked to Samar via the San Juanico Bridge, which was built as a gift to Imelda Marcos. One beach on this island contains a golden statue of Douglas MacArthur. The world’s largest naval battle took place in the gulf of, for the point, what island that was the starting point of the U.S. liberation of the Philippines from Japanese occupation? | Leyte [[LAY-tee]] (accept Battle of Leyte Gulf) |