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| This mountain's Mentasta Pass lies between it and the only other higher mountain for 4,500 miles. Although it commands stunning views of Yakutat Bay, this mountain is located in a territory whose only coastline is 600 miles to the north. Jean Chrétien proposed renaming this mountain, the apex of the Saint Elias Range, after Pierre Trudeau. For the point, name this highest mountain of Canada. | Mount Logan |
| This state contains the former Schönefeld [[SHURN-feld]] Airport. This state's Sanssouci Palace is considered the German equivalent of Versailles, and it is located in the capital of this state that hosted a conference to divide post-war Germany. Potsdam is contained within, for the point, what German state that surrounds Berlin and shares its name with a famous gate? | Brandenburg |
| This desert includes the Inyo Range, and its town of Soda Springs was renamed to Zzyzx to make it the last word of the English language. This desert contains the world's tallest thermometer, which honors a 134 degree Fahrenheit temperature record set in nearby Furnace Creek. The Joshua tree grows in this desert that is home to Death Valley. For the point, name this desert between California and Nevada. | Mojave Desert |
| This country's Kaieteur [[KYE-toor]] Falls is the world's most voluminous single drop waterfall, and it is located 45 miles west of the Essequibo [[ess-uh-KYE-bo]] River. Cheddi Jagan, the first South Asian head of state in the Americas, was the former leader of this country, the only British colony of South America. For the point, name this country whose capital is Georgetown. | Cooperative Republic of Guyana (accept British Guiana) |
| This city's Giant Center is home to the oldest member of the American Hockey League. This city contains the wealthiest private high school in the U.S. by endowment, and that school is located in this city's Dauphin County. This Harrisburg suburb is nicknamed "Sweetest Place on Earth." For the point, name this town in Pennsylvania built by and named for a major chocolate company. | Hershey |
| This country's capital is the least populous on the American mainland, and it was built following destruction caused by Hurricane Hattie. This country's Lighthouse Reef and Ambergris Caye are of part of the largest coral reef system in the Atlantic Ocean, which also contains the Great Blue Hole. For the point, name this English-speaking country between Mexico and Guatemala with capital at Belmopan. | Belize |
| This city where Storer College operates is home to the headquarters of the Appalachian Trail, and it was the northernmost city controlled by the Confederacy. This town is located at the confluence of the Shenandoah and the Potomac Rivers, and it is the easternmost city of West Virginia. For the point, name this town where John Brown unsuccessfully raided a federal armory. | Harpers Ferry |
| This state's capital near Laguna Salada forms an urban area with Calexico, the northernmost city of its country. This state's port of Ensenada is used by cruise ships en route to Hawaii to avoid taxes. This state's capital is Mexicali, although its largest city is Tijuana. For the point, name this state synonymous with a peninsula that separates the Gulf of California from the Pacific Ocean. | Baja California (prompt on "Baja;" do not accept or prompt on "California") |
| This city formerly protected by a "Ring of Steel" once housed a solitary Jew named Zablon Simintov who maintained a synagogue on Flower Street. This city's Gardens of Babur contain the resting place of the first Mughal emperor, and President Ashraf Ghani fled from this city in the backdrop of the Hindu Kush shortly before the Taliban gained control in 2021. For the point, name this capital of Afghanistan. | Kabul |
| This city that twice renamed itself after a Pokémon is home to the Evel Knievel Museum. Washburn University has its campus in this seat of Shawnee County that takes its name from an Osage word for "a good place to grow potatoes." This city was founded by Free-Staters, and its Board of Education was sued by Oliver Brown in 1950. For the point, name this capital of Kansas. | Topeka |
| This “Oriental Republic” is known for formerly having the world's "poorest president,” Jose Mujica [[moo-HEE-kuh]], who drove a VW beetle and made this country the first to legalize cannabis. It's not Argentina, but this country that displays the Sun of May on its blue-striped flag contains the resort of Punta del Este. For the point, name this South American country whose capital is Montevideo. | Oriental Republic of Uruguay (accept Republica Oriental del Uruguay) |
| This country home to Lake Kyoga contains the eastern half of Mount Elgon, its tallest peak outside the Rwenzori Range. This country with a western border partly composed of Lakes Edward and Albert displays an African crowned crane on its red, yellow, and black striped flag. The White Nile River on this country's southern shore at Lake Victoria. For the point, name this country governed from Kampala. | Republic of Uganda |
| The northernmost point of this country is on the banks of the Putumayo River. That point in this country just barely misses grazing the Equator, and the socialist party of this country supported Pedro Castillo in a 2021 election against Keiko Fujimori. For the point, name this country home to the westernmost point of South America and the city of Cusco. | Republic of Peru (accept Republica del Peru) |
| This city is bordered by the satellite cities of Bogor, Tangerang, Bekasi, and Depok, which form the largest metropolitan area in the world. The official nickname of this city is the "Big Durian." Established as Sunda Kelapa, this city was known as Batavia while serving as the capital of the Dutch East Indies. Nusantara will replace, for the point, what current capital of Indonesia? | Jakarta (accept Special Capital Region of Jakarta; or Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) |
| This desert's northernmost portion is located on the north bank of the Cunene River. Luderitz and Swakopmund are cities in this desert, which is inhabited by the Nama and Herero people. Walvis Bay is the largest city in this desert whose most desolate portion is nicknamed the "Skeleton Coast." For the point, name this coastal desert in southwestern Africa, named for a country governed from Windhoek. | Namib Desert (do not accept or prompt on "Namibia") |
| This geographic feature is part of a larger arc with the Izu and Bonin Islands. Some have proposed using this geographic feature to deposit nuclear waste into the Earth's mantle. Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard were the first to reach this bottom of this geographical feature at Challenger Deep. For the point, name this Pacific Ocean trench that is home to the lowest point on Earth. | Marianas Trench (prompt on "Pacific Ocean" or "Challenger Deep" until mentioned) |
| One of these polities hosts a guitar-shaped hotel at a casino in Hollywood, Florida, and another one hosts the Mohegan Sun. San Carlos and Pine Ridge are examples of these types of polities managed by the Department of the Interior, many of which were parceled following the Dawes Act. For the point, what are these polities set aside for the indigenous inhabitants of the United States? | Native American Reservations (prompt on "Reservations" alone; accept alternatives like Indian Reservations; accept Seminole Reservations until "Mohegan Sun" is mentioned) |
| This country's largest governorate of Al-Anbar formerly contained a CIA black site at Abu Ghraib. The Hammar Marsh was drained near this country's port of Basra on the Shatt al-Arab by the Ba'ath Party. This country's city of Samarra is known for its spiral mosque, and it was the former capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. Kurdistan is an autonomous region of, for the point, what country that contains Baghdad? | Republic of Iraq (accept Jumhuriyat al-Iraq; or Komar-i Eraq) |
| This river passes between Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Haba Snow Mountain at the Tiger Leaping Gorge. This river was formerly home to the now-extinct baiji [[by-GEE]] river dolphin, and this river discharges near the cities of Jiangsu and Shanghai. Over a million people were displaced along this river by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. For the point, name this longest river in China. | Yangtze |
| This country's city of Puerto Princesa is the largest on its Palawan Island. This country's island of Bohol contains limestone formations known as the "Chocolate Hills." This country's island of Cebu is where Ferdinand Magellan died in the Battle of Mactan against Lapulapu in the Visayas. The Moro Muslim minority lives on the island of Mindanao in, for the point, what country home to Manila? | Republic of the Philippines (accept Republika ng Pilipinas) |
| This country's salt-mining ghost town of Dallol is the hottest inhabited place on earth, and that town is known for its brightly colored hydrothermal system around a cinder cone in the Danakil Depression. That depression in this country is part of the Afar Triangle of the Great Rift Valley. Oromo and Amharic are languages spoken by residents of, for the point, what country governed from Addis Ababa? | Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (accept Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik; accept Abyssinia) |
| This country's cities of Vitebsk and Gomel are part of White Ruthenia, which is sometimes known as White Russia. This country's flag has an ornamental Rushnyk pattern on a green and red background. This country's Pinsk Marshes were affected by the Chernobyl Disaster, and it is led by a man nicknamed "Europe's Last Dictator," Alexander Lukashenko. For the point, name this country governed from Minsk. | Republic of Belarus (accept Respublika Byelarus') |
| The Pontic and Kartvelian language families are spoken in this region, which is home to the Kura River and Lake Sevan. This region houses Eurasia's highest volcano and Europe's highest mountain. Disputed territories in this region include Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Mount Elbrus is contained within, for the point, what region between Russia, Turkey, and Iran? | Caucasus (accept Caucasia) |
| This country's Cape Three Points is the closest location on land to the intersection of the Equator and the Prime Meridian, while its Elmina Castle is the oldest European building south of the Sahara. The largest artificial lake in the world is formed by this country's Akosombo Dam, and that lake is Lake Volta. The Gold Coast was the former name of, for the point, what African country governed from Accra? | Republic of Ghana (accept Gold Coast until mentioned) |
| This country's Mount Taranaki, located south of New Plymouth, is surrounded by an almost completely round forest. Fear of a Russian invasion of this country led to the fortification of Otago Harbor, which is home to Dunedin. Christchurch is the third-largest city in this country that is made up of North and South Islands. For the point, name this country that contains Wellington and Auckland. | New Zealand (accept NZ; accept Aotearoa until mentioned) |
| This U.S. state is home to America's largest East Coast submarine base at Groton, which is located across the Thames River from New London. This state's shape is mostly rectangular barring a panhandle that includes Norwalk, Stamford, and Greenwich. This state with the highest per-capita income in the U.S. contains Yale University. For the point, name this state governed from Hartford. | Connecticut |
| The Triveni Sangam is a confluence of this river, the Yamuna, and the Sarasvati. This river's delta stretches from the Hooghly River east to the Meghna River. Varanasi is a city along this river that attracts pilgrims wishing to purify their bodies and souls. For the point, name this river that flows through India and Bangladesh, the most sacred river in Hinduism. | Ganges River (or Mother Ganga) |
| Inhabitants of the former settlement of Pituffik [[PIH-too-fik]] on this island were relocated to the nearby town of Qaanaaq [[kah-NAHK]] after the U.S. constructed Thule [[TOO-lee]] Air Base. The main mode of transport on the western coast of this island is the Umiaq [[OO-mee-ak]] Line, which connects Sisimiut [[SIH-sih-myoot]] to Nuuk [[NOOK]]. For the point, name this territory of Denmark, the largest island in the world. | Greenland (accept Kalaallit Nunaat; accept Grønland) |
| This city faced major earthquakes in 1906 and 1989 that were caused by the nearby San Andreas fault. Al Capone was famously interred in one prison on an island off this city, nicknamed the Rock. That prison, Alcatraz, is one of many tourist attractions in this city alongside Fisherman's Wharf and Golden Gate Bridge. For the point, name this city in Northern California. | San Francisco (or San Fran; or Frisco) |
| This country's Dingle Peninsula is the westernmost of the three peninsulas that form County Kerry, and its traditional provinces include Ulster. This country contains rivers such as the Liffey and the Shannon. Visitors to this country's Country Cork can obtain the legendary "Gift of Gab" by kissing the Blarney Stone. For the point, name this country that contains Limerick and Dublin. | Ireland (accept Eire; do not prompt on "United Kingdom;" do not accept or prompt on "Northern Ireland") |
| This immigrant group forms the plurality of the population in Kendall and the majority of Hialeah. This immigrant group contributed to the success of Ybor City, which is home to a robust cigar trade. This immigrant group popularized a sandwich made of ham, pickles, and mustard in Key West. For the point, name this immigrant group that inhabits the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. | Cuban-Americans (prompt on "Latino" or "Hispanic immigrants") |
| This landmass stretches from Murchison Promontory to Cabo Froward, and its lowest points include Laguna del Carbon and Badwater Basin. The first Europeans to encounter this landmass established a colony at Vinland, although it would gain its present name from an explorer named Vespucci centuries later. For the point, name this large landmass whose northern part contains Canada and the U.S. | The Americas (accept obvious equivalents; accept North America until "Cabo Froward;" do not accept "South America;" do not accept the "United States of America") |