| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This city's harbor boasts the world's second largest merchant marine fleet, most of which fly flags of convenience. The American Colonization Society founded this West African capital as a place for freed slaves to return to. For the point, name this capital of Liberia, named after the fifth U.S. president, James Monroe. | Monrovia |
| This U.S. state's Urbana-Champaign metro area contains its flagship public university. A university in this state's Hyde Park neighborhood had its namesake school of economics shaped by Milton Friedman, while its Adler Planetarium is located on Lake Michigan's shores. For the point, name this state home to Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. | Illinois |
| This country, home to the city of Prizren, displays a golden map of itself topped by six stars on its blue flag. This Balkan country is claimed by Serbia, from which it declared independence in 2008. For the point, name this partially recognized European country with an ethnic Albanian majority, governed from the capital of Pristina. | Republic of Kosovo |
| This state, which is home to Palolem Beach, has its capital at Panaji, and was a prominent destination for European hippies in the 1960’s. This state's largest city is Vasco da Gama, and Konkani is the official language of this state. This richest state of India by GDP per capita is also its smallest. For the point, name this former Portuguese colony on India's western coast. | Goa |
| Herman Melville wrote The Encantadas about this archipelago, home to the marine iguana and the world's only tropical penguin. This archipelago, the westernmost landmass bisected by the Equator, is accessible via plane from Guayaquil. Giant tortoises roam around, for the point, what biodiverse archipelago off the coast of Ecuador, visited by Charles Darwin? | Galápagos Islands |
| This country has backed the dubious claim that its city of Visoko contains the world’s largest pyramids covered in forest. A shooting at this country’s Latin Bridge sparked the July Crisis, and its town of Srebrenica [[sreh-breh-NEET-sah]] was the site of a massacre of its Muslim population by Serbian forces. For the point, name this country where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed in Sarajevo [[sah-rah-YEH-voh]]. | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| This U.S. state's Elk Mountains include the Maroon Bells, which names a wilderness area that straddles Pitkin and Gunnison Counties. This state's larger cities include Fort Collins and Pueblo. Home to Rocky Mountain National Park, this is, for the point, what state bordering Kansas and Utah, governed from Denver? | Colorado |
| This mountain, home to the Rebmann Glacier, is accessible from the town of Moshi. This mountain's summit on the Kibo cone was named Kaiser Wilhelm Peak until it was renamed to Uhuru in 1964. The Serengeti is overlooked by, for the point, what dormant volcano located near the Kenya-Tanzania border, the highest mountain in Africa? | Mount Kilimanjaro |
| The massive Ogallala Aquifer underlies this large region, which is the most tornado- prone region of the globe. Rivers that cut across this region include the Platte and the Red River of the South. Situated between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains, this is, for the point, what grassland that dominates states such as Nebraska and Kansas? | Great Plains (prompt on "Plains" or "Midwest" or “Tornado Alley”) |
| Water puppetry has been practiced in this country since the 10th century, and traditional opera in this country is known as Hát tuồng [[HAHT TOONG]]. This country, which along with Hainan Island lies on the Gulf of Tonkin, made up former French Indochina with Cambodia and Laos. For the point, name this country, home to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. | Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| In the Ancash department, this animal is used in a festival where they are placed in mock bullfights. The name of this animal, used for Corpus Christi feasts in Cotopaxi, may derive from a mistaken belief they were from Africa. For the point, name this rodent from the Andes often used in experiments or kept as a pet. | Guinea Pigs (accept Domestic Cavys) |
| The low elevation of this river’s delta caused it to be devastated by the 1970 Bhola cyclone. This river’s delta contains the world's largest area of mangrove forests, the Sundarbans, a refuge of the Bengal tiger. For the point, name this river with the largest delta region in the world, a region shared between India and Bangladesh. | Ganges River Delta |
| This province is home to the greatest number of Celtic language speakers in Canada. This province, connected to the mainland by the Isthmus of Chignecto, is separated from the majority of New Brunswick by the Bay of Fundy. For the point, name this Maritime Province of Canada, home to Cape Breton Island and a capital of Halifax. | Nova Scotia |
| This country's exclusive Black Ivory Coffee is made from Arabica beans digested by elephants. Dishes from this country include khao chae [[KOW-CHEH]], which consists of rice cooled with water, as well as green curry and drunken noodles. For the point, name this country where Bangkok is nicknamed the "street food capital of the world." | Kingdom of Thailand |
| Ironically, prisoners in this state make license plates containing its motto “Live Free or Die.” This state, nicknamed the Granite State, contains the highest peak in the northeastern U.S. in its Presidential Range. For the point, name this state which hosts the first presidential primaries and is home to the White Mountains. | New Hampshire |
| This state's New Urbanist community of Seaside lies between Panama City Beach and Destin. Fort Jefferson was built on this state’s Dry Tortugas islands and performers at sunset crowd Mallory Square on this state’s island of Key West. For the point, name this state, where Art Deco architecture is found on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach. | Florida |
| This country's Bete Giyorgis [[BEH-teh GYOHR-gees]] church is hewn into rock in its Amhara Region. This country contains the Omo River valley, which was the site of many fossil discoveries, including that of the skeleton, Lucy. The highest national capital in Africa is located in, for the point, what country governed from Addis Ababa? | Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia |
| This island's highest mountain is Jade Mountain, and its aboriginal inhabitants, the Gaoshan, are considered the world's northernmost Austronesians. This island, north of the Luzon Strait, was ruled by Chiang Kai-shek until 1975 and was recognized by the U.S. as an independent country until 1979. For the point, name this island formerly known as Formosa, home to the city of Taipei. | Taiwan (or Republic of China; or ROC; accept Chinese Taipei before “Taipei”; accept Formosa before mentioned; do not prompt or accept “China” alone) |
| This state's city of Valentine is located in Cherry County in the Sand Hills region. This U.S. state changed its postal code to avoid confusion with New Brunswick. The Missouri River forms the northeastern border of, for the point, what state located between South Dakota and Kansas, home to Omaha and Lincoln? | Nebraska |
| This country's pengő currency suffered from the most severe hyperinflation in history before it was replaced by the forint. This country's Holy Crown sports a bent cross, and the communist symbol of this country's red, green, and white flag was cut out by proponents of a 1956 revolution. For the point, name this country formerly united with Austria, whose capital is Budapest. | Hungary (or Magyarország) |
| This country was the sole one to disapprove of a 2000 IHO measure to define a new Southern Ocean. This country's Avenida Nueve de Julio is considered the world's widest avenue. and this country's largest urban area is on the Río de la Plata. For the point, name this country that shares Patagonia with Chile and is governed from Buenos Aires. | Argentina |
| The first 2016 presidential debate was hosted on this island's Hofstra University in the town of Hempstead, and this island's Suffolk County was the most populous to vote for Donald Trump in 2020. A state park on this island is named after Robert Moses, who oversaw the construction of its Jones Beach State Park. For the point, name this New York island, the most populous in the U.S. | Long Island |
| This ethnic group experiences a type of panic attack called "kayak angst," which is reported by those who live on Igloolik Island. Some women of this ethnic group carry their children in a type of parka called amautis [[ah-MOW-tees]], and these people form the majority of the population of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. For the point, name this Arctic ethnic group. | Inuit People (accept Inuk; accept "Eskimos") |
| This country's tallest falls are the Shōmyō Falls, which descend from the Tateyama Mountains. The chrysanthemum flower is used as the Imperial Seal of this country, where Kawasaki and Yamaha manufacture motorcycles. For the point, name this island country, whose cuisine includes yakatori-style chicken as well as sashimi and sushi. | Japan (or Nippon-koku) |
| A sentimental song was written by Stephen Foster about a home in this state. This state, home to Bowling Green and Owensboro, contains the largest cave system in the world, Mammoth Cave. For the point, name this state which lies between the Upper South and the Midwest and is home to a capital at Frankfort. | Kentucky |
| This island's Hold with Hope peninsula is bounded by the Godthab Gulf as part of King Christian the Tenth Land. Peary Land, in this region, is considered to be the world's northernmost piece of land. The world's largest dependent territory is, for the point, what Danish-controlled island, the world's largest? | Greenland (or Kalaallit Nunaat) |
| This animal is displayed on the flags of Kent and Lower Saxony, and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio campaigned on ending their use in Central Park. The only "true" wild breed of this animal is the Przewalski [[pshuh-VAHL-skee]] variant, which lives in Mongolia's Hustai National Park. For the point, name these animals which compete at Royal Ascot in England and Belmont Park in New York. | Horses |
| This gulf, which receives the Sabine and Brazos rivers, contains Port Arthur, which houses the largest oil refinery in the Western Hemisphere. This gulf borders the shorelines of the states of Veracruz and Yucatán. Northwest of the Caribbean Sea is, for the point, what gulf, which stretches from Havana to Houston, named for a large Latin American country? | Gulf of Mexico |
| This structure’s inner and outer portions were established west of Juyong Pass during the Ming Dynasty. The earliest predecessor of this structure was built under Qin Shi Huang to repel the Xiongnu [[SHONG-new]]. For the point, name this massive fortification meant to keep out invading nomads, located in northern China. | Great Wall of China |
| Floyd Bennett Field was originally one of these facilities, before being converted to a park on Jamaica Bay. Examples of these facilities in Berlin, called Tempelhof and Tegel, have been closed and replaced by one of these named for Willy [[VILL-lee]] Brandt. For the point, name these facilities which are named after Fiorello LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy in New York. | Airports (accept clear-knowledge equivalents) |
| John Allen Chau set off from Port Blair to this union territory's North Sentinel Island to convert the uncontacted Sentinelese people to Christianity. This territory's two portions are separated by the Ten Degree Channel, and this territory is situated between Aceh and the Irrawaddy Delta. For the point, name this Indian territory in the southeastern Bay of Bengal. | Andaman and Nicobar Islands (prompt on partial answers) |
| This polity contains a sculpture called We Are Our Mountains in its capital of Stepanakert. This polity, connected to a larger state via the Russian-controlled Lachin corridor, was the site of a 2020 war whose ceasefire was negotiated by Ilham Aliyev. For the point, name this breakaway republic of southwestern Azerbaijan with a mostly Armenian population. | Republic of Artsakh (or Nagorno-Karabakh) |