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| This city's namesake promenade includes the heart-shaped Marriage Island and the Tower of the Americas, which was constructed for the HemisFair in 1968. This city and seat of Bexar County is the United States' largest majority Hispanic city, and its River Walk parallels its river of the same name. For the point, name this Texas city southwest of Austin, home to the Alamo. | San Antonio |
| This country's Virunga Mountains contain Volcanoes National Park, a preserve for golden monkeys and mountain gorillas. This country's parliament contains the world's highest proportion of women, and it shares Lake Kivu with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This country experienced a brutal civil war in 1994 between its Hutu and Tutsi populations. For the point, name this country governed from Kigali. | Republic of Rwanda (accept Republika y'u Rwanda) |
| This river's delta has its largest city at Bethel, and this river's tributaries include the Porcupine and Tanana Rivers. This river's confluence at Dawson City with the Klondike River was the site of the largest gold rush in history. Originating in British Columbia and flowing to the Bering Sea, this is, for the point, what river that flows through Whitehorse in a namesake Canadian territory? | Yukon River |
| This city is the largest in Europe not located on a major body of water. This city contains Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, and it is served by the Liante and Malpensa airports. The Vittorio Emanuele II Galleria is found in this city that also boasts La Scala, a world class opera venue. The capital of Lombardy is, for the point, what fashion center, Italy's second-largest city? | Milano |
| Cities on this sea include Townsville, Cairns, and Gold Coast. This sea is connected to the Arafura Sea via the Torres Strait, and this sea is home to the world's largest structure made by living organisms. This sea is bounded by New Guinea and Melanesia to the northeast, and it merges with the Tasman Sea in the south. For the point, name this sea off Australia's northwest coast, home to the Great Barrier Reef. | Coral Sea |
| This country has the world's largest number of motor vehicles per capita, and its largest city is Dogana. This country's population increased tenfold during World War Two after the Allies crossed the Gothic Line, and it is governed by two heads of state known as Captains Regent. For the point, name this microstate and serene republic nestled in the Apennines of northern Italy. | Republic of San Marino (accept Repubblica di San Marino) |
| The Wat Xieng [[SHEE-ang]] Thong temple is situated on this river in a city whose name translates to "the place of the Buddha." Luang Prabang lies on this southernmost of the three "Great Asian Rivers" that originates from the Tibetan Plateau and contains the capitals of Vientiane and Phnom Penh on its shores. For the point, name this long river that touches six countries in Southeast Asia. | Mekong River |
| Hambantota is a port on this island, and its parliament is located in a city called Kotte. This island's port of Jaffna is located just north of the Adam's Bridge, and its city of Kandy is said to contain a tooth of the Buddha. The Sinhalese live on this island that was formerly known as Ceylon. For the point, name this island nicknamed the "Teardrop of India," home to the city of Colombo. | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (accept Shri Lanka Prajatantrika Samajavadi Janarajaya or Ilankai Jananayaka Choshalichak Kutiyarachu; accept Ceylon before mentioned) |
| This river's confluence with the Kama River was the center of a Bulgar State until it was conquered by the Mongols. This river's delta lies 92 feet below sea level near Astrakhan, and it curves at the Samara Bend halfway between Saratov and Kazan. This river that now names the city formerly known as Stalingrad is the main inflow of the Caspian Sea. For the point, name this longest river of Europe. | Volga River |
| This city's Altamount Road contains the world's largest single family house, a structure known as Antilia. Along with Thane, this city is situated on Salsette Island, which lies on the northern Konkan Coast. This city is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and it is known for its film industry, which is often called Bollywood. For the point, name this largest city of India. | Mumbai (accept Bombay) |
| This body of water's disputed islands include the Greater and Lesser Tunbs [[TOONBS]]. This body of water is guarded by the island of Qeshm [[KEH-shem]] and the Musandam Peninsula at the Strait of Hormuz. Dammam and Sharjah are ports on this gulf that includes an artificial archipelago that transports 20 percent of the world's oil. For the point, name this gulf between Arabia and Iran. | Persian Gulf (accept Arabian Gulf until "Arabia" is mentioned) |
| A pan of this resource forms the Devil's Golf Course in Death Valley. This substance names the largest river of central California, as well as that state's largest lake. A large body of water named for this substance formed from the remains of Lake Bonneville, and that lake is the largest such body in the western U.S. For the point, identify this resource responsible for the salinity of the world's oceans. | Salt (accept NaCl or Sodium Chloride; accept Salt Pans; accept Salinas River; Salton Sea; accept Great Salt Lake) |
| A prison of this name in Colorado is the only supermax in the federal prison system. A city of this name in South Carolina is located halfway between Columbia and Wilmington. The most populous city with this name is located on the Arno River and bridged by the Ponte Vecchio [[VECK-ee-oh]]. The Uffizi [[OO-fee-zee]] Gallery is located in, for the point, what capital of Tuscany, the cradle of the Italian Renaissance? | Florence (accept Firenze after "most populous") |
| This U.S. state's Green Bank Observatory is located in the National Radio Quiet Zone, and it contains America's newest national park at New River Gorge. This state's northern panhandle includes the town of Wheeling, while its eastern panhandle contains the headquarters of the Appalachian trail at Harpers Ferry. For the point, name this state governed from Charleston. | West Virginia |
| This province's Rene-Levasseur Island is nicknamed its "Eye." Mont Tremblant [[TREM-blahn]] is a ski resort in this province that controls Anticosti Island and the Gaspe Peninsula, where its first European claim was made by Jacques Cartier. This province is Canada's largest by area, and second largest by population. For the point, name this French- speaking province. | Quebec |
| A peak in this city's Tijuca [[tee-HOO-kuh]] Forest has a name that translates to "Hunchback," and that peak is known as Corcovado. This city on Guanabara Bay was the capital of the Portuguese Empire during the Napoleonic Wars, and it hosted Olympic events in Maracanã Stadium. For the point, name this second-most populous city in Brazil, which is overlooked by Christ the Redeemer. | Rio de Janeiro |
| The Salso is the longest river on this island that also contains the Madonie Mountains. This island's resort of Taormina hosted the 2017 G7 summit 25 miles north of Catania. This island is separated from Calabria by the Strait of Messina and its largest city is Palermo. Mount Etna can be found on, for the point, what major Italian island, the largest in the Mediterranean Sea? | Sicily (accept Sicilia) |
| The Cotentin Peninsula juts into this body of water that includes the ports of Brighton and Le Havre. A namesake archipelago of this body of water includes the island Sark, along with the islands of Guernsey and Jersey. This body of water includes the D-Day Beaches at Normandy, and it is crossed by the Chunnel. For the point, name this body of water that separates the UK from France. | English Channel (accept la Manche; prompt on "The Channel") |
| This country contains the world's largest ship-breaking yard in Chittagong, and this country includes the Sundarbans [[SOON-durr-bans]] wetlands, which are inhabited by a namesake tiger. Excluding a very small border with Myanmar, this country formerly known as East Pakistan is almost entirely surrounded by India. For the point, name this country with capital at Dhaka. | People's Republic of Bangladesh (accept Gana Prajatantri Bangladesh; accept East Bengal; accept East Pakistan until mentioned) |
| This country's islands of Mafia and Pemba speak an Omani-influenced Bantu language. This country's Arusha region is home to Olduvai Gorge, and it is the site of the world's largest animal migration at Serengeti National Park. This Swahili-speaking country formerly had its capital at Dar es-Salaam before that role was overtaken by Dodoma. For the point, name this country home to Mount Kilimanjaro. | United Republic of Tanzania (accept Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) |
| This U.S. state's contains the counties of Passaic and Camden. A scandal in this state's city of Fort Lee known as "Bridgegate" implicated members of Chris Christie's Cabinet, and the Delaware River forms the western boundary of this most densely populated state that contains a remote region called the Pine Barrens. For the point, name this state between Pennsylvania and New York, which is home to Newark. | New Jersey |
| This archipelago's Volcán Wolf is its highest peak, while its capital is Puerto Baquerizo [[bah-KAY-ree-zo]] Moreno. This archipelago's Pinta Island was formerly home to a giant tortoise called "Lonesome George." This archipelago lies at the junction of the Cocos, Nazca, and Pacific Plates, and its biodiversity inspired a book by Charles Darwin. For the point, name this archipelago located 600 miles west of Ecuador. | Galapagos Islands (accept Archipiélago de Colón; accept Islas Galápagos) |
| This body of water's Crozet Islands includes the Île des Pingouins, and its far western portion was formerly known as the Sea of Zanj. This body of water was once crossed by "Double Sunset" flights, and it contains the island countries of Mauritius and the Maldives. The Java Trench is the deepest part of, for the point, what ocean between Asia, Africa, and Australia? | Indian Ocean |
| This country's 2014 movement to "Bring Back Our Girls" began after 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram. This country split between a Hausa north and an Igbo [[EE-bo]] and Yoruba south is one of two countries named after West Africa's longest river. The most populous country in Africa is, for the point, what country where Abuja replaced its former capital of Lagos? | Federal Republic of Nigeria (do not accept or prompt on "Niger") |
| This island's highest peak is Mount Suribachi [[SORE-uh-bah-chee]], and it is part of the Ogasawara [[oh-GOSS-oh-wahr-uh]] Subprefecture in the Volcano Islands, which are administered by Tokyo. The last civilians left this island in 1944 before U.S. troops and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Joe Rosenthal arrived in 1945. For the point, name this Japanese island where an iconic photo of Marines raising the American flag was shot. | Iwo Jima (accept Iō Tō) |
| An attempt to discover this place led to the founding of the Klein-Venedig colony, which had its capital in what is now the city of Coro. This city was allegedly located on Lake Parima, and the throwing of jewelry into Lake Guatavita led to rumors of this city's existence. Walter Raleigh led an expedition to find, for the point, what legendary city of gold, supposedly located in South America? | El Dorado (prompt on "Seven Cities of Gold;" prompt on "Seven Cities of Cibola") |
| This feature is home to the Great Bitter Lake at its center, and it is crossed by the Al Salam Bridge. Port Tewfik is the southern point of this structure which terminates in the north at Port Said [[SYE-eed]], and the Taiwanese company Evergreen obstructed this feature in March of 2021. For the point, identify this artificial waterway that connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas in a namesake Egyptian city. | Suez Canal (prompt on "Suez") |
| This continent's legendary "Mountains of the Moon" are most likely the Rwenzori Mountains, which are home to its third-highest peak, Mount Stanley. This continent's peak of Thabana Ntlenyana [[TUH-bahn-uh UN-tell-en-yah-nuh]] is located in the Drakensberg Range, while its peak of Brandberg towers over the coastal Namib Desert. For the point, name this continent home to Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro. | Africa |
| This U.S. state's Eisenhower Tunnel is the highest point of the Interstate Highway System, and it connects Breckenridge to the Front Range urban corridor, which is home to cities such as Fort Collins and Boulder. This "Centennial State" was the first to legalize recreational cannabis, and it is home to Rocky Mountain National Park. For the point, name this state that contains Denver. | Colorado |
| This country's Palace of the Parliament is the world's heaviest building, and its construction was ordered by Nicolae Ceaușescu [[CHOW-chess-koo]]. This country speaks the easternmost of the five major Romance Languages, and its Wallachian king, Vlad Dracula, was born in this country's region of Transylvania. For the point, name this Eastern European country that is governed from Bucharest. | Romania |
| This country on the north side of the Brenner Pass has its highest peak at Grossglockner. This country home to regions such as Styria and Tyrol contains Linz, Graz, and Innsbruck. Many scenes from The Sound of Music were filmed in this country’s city of Salzburg, which was also the birthplace of Mozart. For the point, name this Alpine country home to Vienna. | Republic of Austria (accept Republik Oesterreich) |
| One park in this U.S. state protects mounds built by the Palm Bayou culture, which were mistakenly identified as a Toltec creation. This state, which is home to the original Walton's Five and Dime shop, also contains the Thorncrown Chapel with clever architecture that makes it look like an open-air church in the Ozarks. For the point, name this state, home to Crater of Diamonds State Park and Hot Springs National Park. | Arkansas |