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| This city contains the only all-freshwater aquarium in the U.S., and it is home to a replica of Leif Erikson's ship. This city's harbor is the world's furthest point inland that is accessible to oceangoing vessels. The Saint Louis River empties into that harbor, which separates this city from its "twin port" and serves the western end of the Great Lakes system. For the point, name this Minnesota port on Lake Superior. | Duluth |
| This island's namesake racer is often called the world's rarest snake. This island's English Harbour hosts an annual sailing week at Nelson's Dockyard. This island's highest peak, Mount Boggy, was named Mount Obama from 2009 to 2016. This island administers the remote rock of Redonda between Montserrat and Nevis, and its capital is St. Johns. For the point, name this island that forms a country with Barbuda. | Antigua (accept Wadadli; prompt on "Antigua and Barbuda") |
| This country's highest peak is Mount Heha. This country recently moved its capital to the centrally located city of Gitega, and its western boundary formed by the Ruzizi River. It's not Rwanda, but the three six sided stars on this country's flag represent the Twa, Tutsi, and Hutu ethnic groups. Tanzania and the DRC border, for the point, what country where Lake Tanganyika contains its largest city of Bujumbura? | Republic of Burundi (or Republique du Burundi; or Republika y'u Burundi) |
| This lake's Deep Bay is supposedly the home of a monster named mishinigoshu according to Anishinaabe legend. This lake's flow is regulated by the Whitesand Dam, and that dam is located on this lake's namesake river, a tributary of the Churchill. This lake is located about halfway between Lake Athabasca and Lake Winnipeg. For the point, name this lake that lies between Saskatchewan and Manitoba, named for an antlered animal. | Reindeer Lake |
| This country's town of Sur near its easternmost point of Ras al Jinz is known for its production of traditional wooden boats like the ganja and sambuk. This country's exclave of Madha encloses the second order exclave of Nahwa, and this country formerly controlled ports as distant as Stone Town and Gwadar. Today controlling the Musandam Peninsula, this is, for the point, what sultanate governed from Muscat, the eastern neighbor of Yemen? | Sultanate of Oman (accept Saltanat Uman) |
| It's not part of Spain, but this island's city of Alghero contains the easternmost community of Catalan speakers. Punta La Marmora is the highest peak on this island that was used by the Carthaginians as a wheat-producing territory. This island is bounded to the north by the Strait of Bonifacio, and its capital is Cagliari. For the point, name this island located south of Corsica, the second-largest in Italy and the Mediterranean Sea. | Sardinia (or Sardegna; or Sardigna; or Saldigna; or Sardenya) |
| This city's historic sites such as Carondelet Palace and La Compañía Church made it the world's first inscribed Cultural World Heritage Site. This city is part of the Pichincha province, which also includes the "Ciudad Mitad del Mundo" monument. Cayambe and Cotopaxi are volcanoes visible from this capital, the world's second-highest and the closest to 0 degrees latitude. For the point, name this capital of Ecuador. | Quito (accept Kitu; accept San Francisco de Quito) |
| This state's mining exports are processed through the town of Gladstone. Many of this state's popular surfing beaches are concentrated around the city of Gold Coast. This state is separated from Papua New Guinea by the Torres Strait. This state extends from the Sunshine Coast in the south up to Cape York in the north and the Great Barrier Reef to the east. For the point, name this northeast Australian state whose capital is Brisbane. | Queensland |
| Wakkanai [[wuh-KAH-nay]] and Cape Soya are some of the northernmost points on this island. North from this island lies Sakhalin and the Sea of Okhotsk, while the Kuril Islands lie to the east of this island. Hakodate [[hah-koh-DAH-tay]] lies on the southern part of this island where one can reach Honshu by crossing the Tsugaru [[soo-GAH-roo]] Strait. For the point, name the northernmost of Japan's four main islands. | Hokkaido |
| This state encloses the colonial cities of Daman and Diu on the Gulf of Khambhat, which bounds this state's Kathiawar Peninsula, home to the only remaining Asiatic lions. This state's Statue of Unity depicts Vallabhbhai Patel, and it is the world's largest at almost 600 feet. Rajkot and Surat are cities in this home state of Narendra Modi. Ahmedabad is the largest city of, for the point, what westernmost Indian state? | Gujarat |
| Ojibwe woman Angelique Mott survived on this island by using her hair to create animal traps. This island is accessible by ferry from Copper Harbor, and this island is part of Keweenaw County. This island is known for its ecological relationship between wolves and moose, and it is protected as part of the least-visited National Park in the lower 48. Closer to Thunder Bay than the Upper Peninsula, this is, for the point, what largest island in Lake Superior? | Isle Royale |
| This city home to the Bakaara Market contains a monument to Abdullah Hassan, the leader of a Dervish movement. Also known as Xamar, this city is the center of the Banadir region, and Italian is often spoken as a second language by older residents. Operation Gothic Serpent targeted Mohamed Farrah Aidid in this city, the site of the Black Hawk Down incident in 1993. For the point, name this capital of Somalia. | Mogadishu (accept Hamar or Xamar until mentioned) |
| The last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah II, spent his final years in this city where the Sule Pagoda was a rallying point of the 2007 Saffron Revolution. This city's Karaweik Palace resembles a barge on the shores of Kandawgyi [[KAN-dow-gee]] Lake, and its buildings are forbidden from exceeding the height of the golden Shwedagon [[SHWE-duh- "gone"]] Pagoda. East of the Irrawaddy Delta and replaced as its country's capital by Naypyidaw, this is, for the point, what largest city of Myanmar? | Yangon (accept Rangoon) |
| This lake's largest island of Valaam is known for the singing tradition of its namesake monastery, and it is part of far southern Karelia. This lake is fed by the Svir River, which originates from Lake Onega, and its sovereignty was disputed in both the Great Northern War and the Winter War. Drained by the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland past St. Petersburg, this is, for the point, what Russian lake, the largest in all of Europe? | Lake Ladoga |
| This city's Maceo Organization earned it the nickname of the "Free State" due to illegal activities in places like the Balinese Room. This city famed for its historic Pleasure Pier is connected to Texas City by a causeway bridge named for George and Cynthia Mitchell. This "Queen City of the Gulf" was devastated by a 1900 hurricane that is still the deadliest natural disaster in American history. For the point, name this Texas port that serves Houston. | Galveston |
| Peninsulas that extend off this polity include Rio de Oro and Cap Blanc, the former of which is home to Dakhla. This polity, which was the largest colony by size of Spanish Africa, has its capital in exile at the oasis town of Tindouf. The Polisario Front claims this territory's capital of Layounne as part of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. For the point, name this disputed territory claimed by Morocco. | Western Sahara (accept Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic or SADR until mentioned; accept Spanish Sahara or Sáhara Occidental; prompt on "Sahara") |
| This archipelago's islands of Corvo and Flores are located on the North American Plate. Other islands of this archipelago include Sao Miguel and Pico, both of which are located on the African or Eurasian Plates. This Macaronesian archipelago has its capital at Ponta Delgada, and it is located approximately 800 miles west of Iberia. For the point, identify this archipelago that, along with Madeira, is one of two autonomous regions administered by Portugal. | Autonomous Region of the Azores (accept Região Autónoma dos Açores) |
| This city's Yarkon Park held a a Britney Spears concert that led the political party HaAvoda to delay the election of their chairperson by a day. This city that has the world's highest population per capita of vegans hosts Asia's largest Pride Parade. Even though it does not contain the seat of government for its country, this city contains 86 embassies, and it is served by Ben Gurion Airport. For the point, name this second-largest city of Israel. | Tel-Aviv-Yafo |
| A river with this name is so called due to a literal translation of its Mapuche name. That river with this name has an upper course that is split into the "Alto Valle" [[vah-YAY]] and "Valle Inferior." Another river with this name is connected to the Orinoco River via the Casiquiare [[kah-see-kee-AR-ay]] Canal. For the point, give this name of a river known for its distinctive color, the largest tributary of the Amazon. | Río Negro (accept Black River; accept Guainía River) |
| This building's observation deck is the world's most expensive by price to height ratio. In 2013, Greenpeace activists scaled this building to protest against Arctic Drilling. This pyramidal skyscraper that replaced the Southwark Towers overtook One Canada Square as the tallest in its city, and this structure was formerly the tallest in the EU. For the point, name this tallest building in London named for its resemblance to a piece of broken glass. | The Shard |
| The shore of this lake runs parallel to Olkhon Island for nearly 45 miles. This lake is referred to as the "Blue Eye" by the native Buryat people. This lake's primary inflows are the Barguzin and Selenga Rivers. This lake, which is located in the Irkutsk Oblast, is the largest freshwater body of water in the world by volume, containing more water than the Great Lakes combined. For the point, name this Siberian lake, the oldest and deepest in the world. | Lake Baikal |
| In 2022, this country's Nomuka Island was covered in ash following the eruption of an underwater volcano that kicked off a 6.2 magnitude earthquake near this country's city of Pangai. This Polynesian country was almost totally without Covid until the arrival of Australian aid, and over $500,000 in relief funds for this country were raised by its Olympic flagbearer, Pita Taufatofua [[TAU-fuh-ta-foo-uh]]. For the point, identify this Polynesian kingdom with capital at Nuku'alofa. | Kingdom of Tonga (or Pule'anga Fakatu'i 'o Tonga) |
| This city on Paranoá Lake has the Monumental Axis as its central avenue, which is home to a modernist pyramidal cathedral designed by Oscar Niemeyer. This city, Latin America's wealthiest by GDP per capita, is almost entirely surrounded by the state of Goiás, barring a mile-long border with Minas Gerais. This city was constructed in the shape of an airplane as a planned capital to replace Rio de Janeiro. For the point, name this capital of Brazil. | Brasília |
| This archipelago contains the United States's largest uninhabited island, which was attacked along with Kiska during World War Two. These islands were known as the Catherine Archipelago until 1867, and this archipelago that shares a time zone with Hawaii includes settlements such as Adak and Unalaska. For the point, name this partially volcanic island chain south of the Bering Sea that extends west from Alaska to Kamchatka. | Aleutian Islands (accept Unangam Tanaa; accept Catherine Archipelago until mentioned) |
| This city where the 1981 Toxteth Riots occurred contains Europe's oldest Chinatown. This city was the terminus for the world's first commercial railway, which connected it to another city in Lancashire County. This city at the mouth of the Mersey River was the port of registry for the RMS Queen Mary, the RMS Lusitania, and the RMS Titanic. For the point, name this English port on the Irish Sea, the hometown of the Beatles. | Liverpool |
| This island's Mount Ronui is the apex of its southeastern "Iti" portion. This island's language has a creole with English that forms Pitkern, and it contains the world's only pearl museum. This island's Faa'a International Airport receives the only flight from the Caribbean to Oceania, which arrives from Guadeloupe. For the point, name this island whose capital, Papeete, administers a French territory that inspired mutiny on the HMS Bounty. | Tahiti (accept Otaheite) |
| This resource names the northernmost tip of Madagascar, and its "grey" version names the largest island of Belize. Kaliningrad Oblast is the world's leading producer of this resource that is used to make perfume and is harvested from the digestive system of sperm whales. This resource has traditionally been associated with the Baltic region where many samples of it contain trapped insects. For the point, name this gemstone formed from fossilized tree resin. | Amber (accept Ambergris Island) |
| This building's first architect was William Thornton, and it was seized by Puerto Rican nationalists in 1954. This building's surrounding offices, including the Russell, Hart, and Rayburn Buildings are connected by a subway system. This building's rotunda divides a federal district into four quadrants and contains the The Apotheosis of Washington. For the point, name this building in Washington D.C. where the Senate and House of Representatives meet. | United States Capitol Building |
| This city's Arsenalna Metro Station is the world's deepest at over 100 meters below the surface. This city's House with Chimaeras was designed by an architect nicknamed its "Gaudi," Władysław [[VLAD-eh-slaw]] Horodecki, and that house is located on Bankova Street across a Presidential Office used by Volodymyr [[vuh-LO-duh-meer]] Zelensky. This city on the Dnieper River was the largest in the USSR outside of Russia. For the point, name this capital of the Ukraine. | Kiev (accept Kyiv) |
| Two international border crossings are required to access this U.S. state's exclave of Point Roberts from Bellingham. This state's town of Everett is home to Boeing Field, and Bill Gates' mansion is located on its namesake lake, which is connected to Puget Sound via canal. This state's three national parks are all located in mountainous areas, those being Olympic, North Cascades, and Mount Rainier. For the point, name this state home to Seattle. | Washington |
| This country was targeted in a 2016 terrorist attack that diverted flights to airports in Charleroi and Ostend. This country's city of Antwerp contains a major Jewish community, and that diamond center is located on the Scheldt River in Flanders. Located between France and the Netherlands, this is, for the point, what country home to the EU headquarters in Brussels? | Kingdom of Belgium (accept Royaume de Belgique; or Koninkrijk Belgie; or Koenigreich Belgien) |
| This mountain range, which is divided into Tropical, Dry and West regions, is home to Cerro Aconcagua. This mountain range widens at the Altiplano plateau, and this mountain range is home to high-altitude cities like La Paz and Bogota. This longest continental mountain in the world overlooks the Atacama Desert in some places. For the point, identify this South American mountain range that covers much of the continent's western coast. | Andes Mountains |