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| This region encompasses the Registan Desert and Nimruz Province in its far north. This region names a province governed from the city of Zahedan with the Sistan region, and this region's town of Turbat recorded the hottest temperature in the Indian subcontinent. This region's eastern portion was mostly occupied by Kalat, the westernmost of the Princely States. For the point, name this historical region split between southeastern Iran, southern Afghanistan, and southwestern Pakistan. | Balochistan (or Baluchistan) |
| With Liberal and Garden City, this town forms part of the “Golden Triangle of Meat-packing,” including a plant of National Beef. This town contains a statue called El Capitan, which depicts a Texas Longhorn, and this city’s “war” involved its mayor trying to force Luke Short to close its Long Branch Saloon. This city, which is the windiest in the U.S., serves as a gateway to the Santa Fe Trail. For the point, name this wild west town in southwestern Kansas. | Dodge City, Kansas |
| This state, home to Cuttack, corresponds to the ancient region of Kalinga, which was bounded to the north by its Mahanadi River and was the last region to be conquered by the Maurya Empire. This state's namesake language is also used in the bordering states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. This state was the site of a 2023 train collision near its city of Balasore, which is the deadliest to have occurred in 21st century India. For the point, name this state governed from Bhubaneswar, situated on the northwestern Bay of Bengal. | Odisha (accept Orissa; or Utkala) |
| This empire was ruled over by the Askiya dynasty until its collapse at the Battle of Tondibi, which led to the looting of the Sankore Madrasah. The first ruler of this empire conquered the Dogon people and fended off the Mossi. This empire fell after an invasion ordered by Ahmad al-Mansur, sultan of Morocco. This empire was named for an ethnic group which now inhabits Djenné [[JEH-ney]] and far southwestern Niger. For the point, name this empire governed from Gao, which dominated the western Sahel for most of the 1500s. | Songhai Empire (or Songhay Empire) |
| This city's governor, George Paulet, was killed in O'Doherty's Rebellion, though its vigorous defense by Englishman Henry Docwra led to him being called "the founder of" this city. This city on the River Foyle borders on County Donegal, and its riot between the Protestant Apprentice Boys and Catholic Bogside residents led to the start of the Troubles, and it was the site of the Bloody Sunday massacre. For the point, name this second largest city of Ulster and Northern Ireland. | Derry (or Londonderry) |
| This archipelago's Fort Belgica was founded after the Dutch established a foothold on its island of Banda Neira. This archipelago is largely situated between the Lydekker and Weber Lines in the eastern part of a region called Wallacea, which marks the border between Asia and Oceania. This archipelago is known today as the Moluccas Islands. For the point, give this historical name of an archipelago which was a major source of cloves, mace, and nutmeg for European traders in modern-day Indonesia. | Spice Islands (accept Moluccas or Maluku Islands until mentioned; prompt on "Indonesia" or "Malay Archipelago") |
| A separatist state of this ethnic group called Martyazo existed for a little over a week in Makamba Province. This ethnic group gained power in a republic in a revolution called the Wind of Destruction, where Grégoire Kayibanda became a national leader. This ethnic group dominates the Interahamwe [[in-tehr-ah- HAHM-weh]] militia, which secondarily targeted members of the Twa Pygmies. For the point, name this ethnic group forming the majority of Burundi's and Rwanda's population, sometimes opposed to the Tutsi. | Hutu (or Abahutu) |
| This town is situated within the Mường Thanh Valley, accessible via the Pha Din Pass, and was targeted by Operation Castor. This town was the site of a battle which marked the end of the Tai Federation. That battle in this town is where Võ Nguyên Giáp [[JYAP]] took advantage of the fact that his enemy believed his forces lacked anti-aircraft capability, and that battle led to the 1954 Geneva Conference. For the point, name this Vietnamese town in which the battle which ended the First Indochina War took place. | Điện Biên Phủ (accept Battle of Điện Biên Phủ) |
| This polity administers the town of Zeila, which may have been the historic site of Havilah, a biblical location whose jewels were used by the Amorites. This region, where the Ogo Mountains contain the peak of Shimbiris, is currently led by the Kulmiye party, which is supported by the Habr Je'lo, Habr Awal, and Darod clans. This polity is situated west of historical Puntland and is governed from Hargeisa. For the point, name this self-declared independent country that opposes a nation led from Mogadishu. | Republic of Somaliland (or Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland; prompt on "Somalia") |
| This kingdom sponsored journeys which resulted in the Kingdom of Kotte having its king replaced by Parakramabahu the Sixth. A giraffe gifted to this kingdom was conflated with the legendary qilin [[CHEE- lin]], and this kingdom was ruled by the Yongle [[YONG-LUH]] Emperor when they sponsored the "treasure voyages" of Zheng He [[JUNG-HUH]]. For the point, name this dynasty governed from Nanjing and Beijing which constructed the Forbidden City and was the last native imperial dynasty of China. | Ming Dynasty (accept Great Ming; or Dà Míng) |
| The Illuminated Chronicle details the history of this ethnic group, first led by Álmos after the fall of the Avar Khaganate. This ethnic group's western migration was solidified at the Battle of Pressburg, where they defeated a Bavarian army. Members of the Székely subgroup of this ethnic group became part of an autonomous region of Romania after the Treaty of Trianon. The southwesternmost language in the Uralic family is spoken by, for the point, what primary ethnic group of Hungary? | Magyars (or Magyarok; accept Hungarians until "Hungary" is mentioned) |
| Troops from Fatah and Libya fought with this country's forces at the Battle of Lukaya, which saw the death of commander Godwin Sule. That battle in this country was triggered by its invasion of the Kagera Salient. This country's Luwero War, or "Bush War," was fought between forces led by Milton Obote and Yoweri Museveni. This country was the site of a hostage situation resolved by Israeli troops in Entebbe. For the point, name this country where a law recently made homosexuality punishable by death, governed from Kampala. | Republic of Uganda |
| This city was chosen as a temporary seat of government due to the Spartacist uprising. This city is the namesake of a type of classicism led by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [[GUHR-tuh]] and Friedrich Schiller. This city's Bauhaus art university pioneered the International Style of architecture. This city only, eight kilometers from the Buchenwald concentration camp, is where the first democratic constitution of Germany was signed. For the point, identify this namesake city of the German republic in the Interwar Period. | Weimar [[VY-mar]] (accept Weimar Republic) |
| This desert is the legendary home of a "death worm" known as olgoi-khorkhoi, which the Tartar sand boa has often been mistaken for. This desert is the world's largest non-polar cold desert. The "Great Green Wall" has attempted to stop the expansion of this desert, which was the site of discovery of the world's first dinosaur eggs. For the point, name this desert split between a country governed from Ulaanbaatar and Inner Mongolia. | Gobi Desert (or gēbì) |
| This region, which is bounded by Thessaly to its south, was the site of a Roman province which was traversed by Via Egnatia, an eastern continuation of the Appian Way. This region, where the southernmost Slavic language is spoken, includes a monastic peninsula known as Mount Athos, where women are barred from entry due to Eastern Orthodox tradition. One king of this region defeated Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea [[KAY-roh-NEH-uh]]. Philip the Second led, for the point, what region formerly occupied by the kingdom of Alexander the Great? | Macedonia (or Makedonía; accept Kingdom of Macedonia; accept North Macedonia; prompt on "Greece;" prompt on "Balkan Peninsula") |
| Sir Thomas Button led an expedition to this body of water in an attempt to find an explorer who was abandoned there. The melting of ice in this body of water prompted the drainage of Lake Agassiz. The drainage basin of this body of water was roughly used to define the borders of Prince Rupert's Land, and it is also the namesake of the oldest corporation in North America and Canada. Nunavut has control over all the islands in, for the point, what bay named for an English explorer? | Hudson Bay (or Hudson's Bay) |
| This city's outskirts include a necropolis with complexes such as Dahshur and Saqqara. A massive sculpture discovered in this city was moved to Bab Al-Hadid Square by Gamal Abdel Nasser, and that sculpture, discovered in the Great Temple of Ptah, depicted Ramesses the Second. This city was founded by King Menes, and it subsequently served as the capital of the Old Kingdom. For the point, name this ancient Egyptian city which lends its name to a modern city in Tennessee. | Memphis |
| This species was responsible for creating the scratches of Gorham's Cave. The remains of this species were discovered at Kleine Feldhofer Grotte, a site within the valley that inspired the name of this species around the Düssel River. This species, which interbred with the Denisovans in the Altai Mountains, created the world's oldest known art at Spain's Cave of Ardales. For the point, name this species of archaic humans which inhabited Europe during the last Ice Age. | Neanderthals (or Homo neanderthalensis; accept Neander Valley) |
| This state contains the only state-run bank in the U.S., conceived by the Nonpartisan League which was founded there to combat predatory lenders from the Twin Cities. This state is the only one in the United States where German is the second most spoken language behind English. This state has the lowest unemployment rate in the Lower 48 due to its oil boom in the Bakken Formation. For the point, name this U.S. state whose capital is named for Germany’s ‘Iron Chancellor.’ | North Dakota |
| This region's La Trochita railway terminates at the town of Esquel, which was the site of a mining referendum in 2003. This region's Tehuelche people used large ropes called Bolas with stones attached at either end to capture guanacos and rheas. This region also includes the Train of the End of the World, which is the world's southernmost operating train. This region's Selk'nam people may have been its namesake "giants" referred to by Ferdinand Magellan. For the point, name this region, the southern end of Argentina and Chile. | Patagonia (prompt on "Argentina" until mentioned) |
| This location includes a platform known as Lobnoye Mesto, which traditionally served as the end of "donkey walks." This location was the site of German pilot Mathias Rust's landing on an adjoining bridge, and that bridge in this location was also the site of Boris Nemtsov's assassination in 2015. This location, partially bounded by Kazan Cathedral, is home to the tombs of Yuri Andropov and Leonid Brezhnev. For the point, name this square at the center of Moscow, bounded by the Kremlin. | Red Square (or Krasnaya ploshchad') |
| This ethnic group's sovereignty was upheld in the case Worcester v. Georgia. This ethnic group speaks the only language of the southern branch of the Iroquoian languages, and this ethnic group's syllabary was developed by Sequoyah. This ethnic group currently forms the largest federally recognized tribe in the United States. For the point, name this ethnic group, which was one of the Five Civilized Tribes alongside the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole. | Cherokee Tribe |
| One of these events was held at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel despite being named for a town in Ulster County. One of these events was named for the fact it was first hosted at Governors Island on the East River, although it later relocated to Queens. The Bahamian island of Great Exuma hosted a failed example of these events called "Fyre," where participants were housed in FEMA tents. For the point, name these events, examples of which include Woodstock and Coachella. | Music Festivals (accept clear-knowledge equivalents; prompt on partial answers or specific festivals until “Fyre” is mentioned) |
| The world's longest traffic jam was caused on China National Highway 110 due to a surplus of trucks carrying this resource from Inner Mongolia in 2010. Regions known for mining this resource include Silesia and Donbas. This resource powers the majority of "six-pack" facilities owned by Eskom in South Africa, and this resource is responsible for a section of the West Midlands being named the "Black Country." For the point, name this rock used as a fossil fuel which formerly powered West Virginia's economy. | Coal |
| This city hosts the world's oldest annual marathon, timed to take place on Patriot's Day. This city is known for its namesake variant of baked beans sweetened with molasses, and a tank containing that sweet substance exploded in this city in 1919. Ayanna Pressley represents most of the northern part of this city, whose current mayor, Michelle Wu, has supported free fares on its MBTA bus network. For the point, name this oldest and largest city of New England. | Boston (accept Boston Baked Beans) |
| This structure's construction was partly managed by Giovanni di Simone, who made additional stories taller on only one of its sides. After the collapse of a similar building in Pavia, this structure was stabilized by removing its bells. This structure was the alleged site at which Galileo Galilei dropped two cannonballs to demonstrate mass was not related to falling speed. For the point, name this slanted building which rises over a Tuscan city. | Leaning Tower of Pisa (prompt on partial answers; accept Torre Pendente di Pisa) |