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| Jean Baptiste Tavernier [[tah-vehrn-YEH]] was one of the first Europeans to note this structure, and he mentioned that a black-stoned counterpart of this structure was planned to be built prior to Aurangzeb's deposition of his father. This monument on the banks of the Yamuna River was built to house the tomb of Mumtaz, the foremost wife of Shah Jahan, and is located in the city of Agra. For ten points, name this ivory-white mausoleum, built during Mughal rule, an iconic symbol of India. | Taj Mahal |
| Shah Pahlavi briefly took exile on this gulf's Contadora Island, which with Isla del Rey, forms the Pearl Islands. This gulf is bounded by the Azuero Peninsula, and President Juan Carlos Varela restricted construction in a certain area of this gulf which can be seen from the Bridge of the Americas. The Darién Gap is to the east of, for ten points, what gulf, located at the southern end of a namesake Central American country's Atlantic-Pacific canal? | Gulf of Panama (or Golfo de Panamá) |
| This sea is separated from the Syvash, or "Rotten Sea," by the Arabat Spit. This sea is the world's shallowest with an average depth of 23 feet. This sea, fed by the Kuban and Don Rivers, was closed by Vladimir Putin in April of 2021 when he forbade foreign warships from crossing the Kerch Strait. This sea's port city of Mariupol serves the claimed Donetsk People's Republic. For ten points, name this sea, separated from the Black Sea by Crimea. | Sea of Azov |
| This city contains the oldest Baptist congregation in the U.S. in its College Hill neighborhood, also known for Thayer Street which is popular with college students. This city at the confluence of the Moshassuck and Woonasquatucket rivers contains the offices of Daniel McKee, who replaced Gina Raimondo in 2021 as its state's governor. This city, founded by Roger Williams, is situated at the head of Narragansett Bay. Home to Brown University is, for ten points, what capital of Rhode Island? | Providence |
| MLK-assassin James Earl Ray was captured at this location which notably contains four arrival stacks. Prior to 2008, travel between this location and the United States was governed by the Bermuda II [[TWO]] Treaty, and this place can be accessed via the A30 and M25 roads. This place's namesake Express train runs between Paddington Station and its Terminals 2, 3, and 5. For ten points, name this airport, the main international gateway to Greater London and the United Kingdom. | London Heathrow Airport (accept LHR; accept EGLL; accept Heathrow Express) |
| This city's Saint Boniface neighborhood hosts the Festival du Voyageur and is the largest Francophone community in Western North America. A place in this city called The Forks is located at the end of the Assiniboine River and is the site of a human rights museum known for its 100-meter glass spire. Other than Alberta, this city is the largest in the Hudson Bay Watershed and is located on the Red River of the North. For ten points, name this capital of Manitoba. | Winnipeg |
| This facility was prominently used for filming the private estate of Xanadu in Citizen Kane. Kurt Benirschke created the world's first frozen bank of genetic material for endangered species at this facility. The first video on YouTube showcased elephants at this zoo in Balboa Park, whose pandas, including Bai Yun, were repatriated to China in 2019. For ten points, name this most-visited zoo in the U.S., located in a city on California's southernmost coast. | San Diego Zoo |
| This lake's ports of Mpulungu and Kigoma are connected by the MV Liemba, the last German Imperial Naval vessel still in use. This lake's shores include Gombe Stream National Park where a "chimpanzee war" was observed by Jane Goodall, and this lake is connected via the Ruzizi River to Lake Kivu. Bujumbura is a port on, for ten points, what deepest lake in Africa, located between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo? | Lake Tanganyika |
| Major rivers on this region's namesake plain include the Tone [[TOH-neh]], Arakawa, and Sumida, and this region includes the Boso Peninsula. The US military planned to invade this region in "Y-Day" during Operation Downfall, and this region was devastated by a namesake 1923 earthquake. This region, which includes Kanagawa and Chiba Prefectures, names the setting of the original Pokémon games. For ten points, name this urban region of Japan which is home to Tokyo. | Kanto Region (accept Kanto Plain; accept Great Kanto Earthquake) |
| This city’s name translates to “people of the strange tongue” in the Arapaho language. This city was nicknamed “Magic City of the Plains” after its rapid growth as a stop on the Union Pacific Railroad. This city is located on Crow Creek and Dry Creek and is three miles to the west of Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, named after the first governor of Wyoming. For ten points, name this city, Wyoming’s capital. | Cheyenne |
| This region's Carnac Stones were allegedly formed from pagans in pursuit of Pope Cornelius, and this region's Île Vierge [[eel-VYEHRZH]] contains the world's tallest lighthouse. This region's U.S.-inspired flag displays "fur-like" ermine patterns with black and white stripes, and this region is home to the cities of Brest and Rennes. Between the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel, for ten points, what is this westernmost region of France? | Brittany (or Bretagne) |
| Brittany is located south of another peninsular region in England that is also named for a Celtic ethnic group, which includes the Land's End Peninsula and is the southwestern- most part of Great Britain. | Cornwall (accept Cornish Peninsula) |
| Several karyenda royal drum sanctuaries are located in this country's capital, which is itself located near Ruvubu National Park. This country's former capital includes a Museum of Life and Intwari Stadium and features a monument at the location where David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley met at Mugere. In 2018, this country's president, Pierre Nkurunziza, announced that this country's capital would change to the central city of Gitega. For ten points, name this African country formerly governed from Bujumbura. | Republic of Burundi (or Republique du Burundi; or Republika y'u Burundi) |
| Despite changing the capital, Bujumbura still remains Burundi's economic capital, which is fueled by this chief export. Yemenis would procure this good from the Ethiopian Highlands. | Coffee (accept Coffee beans) |
| A person who is primarily an activist for this cause wrote the book A Bigger Picture in 2021, referencing a January incident in which that Ugandan activist for this cause was cropped out of a photo. Vanessa Nakate [[nah-KAH-tay]] is an advocate for this cause and spoke at the PreCop26 summit for this cause along with the youngest-ever Time Person of the Year, who led the Fridays for Future movement of school strikes for this cause in Sweden. For ten points, identify this cause for which Greta Thunberg advocates. | Opposing Climate Change (or Opposing Global Warming; accept all answers indicating being an advocate against, or an advocate for policy changes to prevent, climate change or global warming; accept answers indicating advocacy for reducing carbon emissions; accept climate justice movement; accept clear knowledge equivalents) |
| Protests at COP26, the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, which suggested that the conference was not taking sufficient action, were the largest in this host city since the Iraq War marches of 2003. A 1919 battle in this city between city police, later amalgamated into the Strathclyde Police, and striking workers was known as the Battle of George Square. | Glasgow |
| This country's city of Byblos may have given its name to the Bible, and this non-Libyan country is also home to a city named Tripoli. The Shia Islamist party Hezbollah was formed in opposition to an Israeli invasion of this country called Operation Peace for Galilee, and this country contains the Cedars of God Forest. For ten points, name this Levantine country, the site of the Phoenician civilization, governed from Beirut. | Lebanon (or Lebanese Republic; or Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah) |
| This city in Southern Lebanon was the legendary birthplace of Dido [[DYE-doh]], the founder of Carthage, and was formerly an island until it was connected to the mainland through a causeway built by Alexander the Great. | Tyre (accept Tyros; accept Ṣūr or Sour) |
| At one of these places in Kansas City, oversized badminton shuttlecocks are scattered across the front lawn. Mount Pleasant and Cedar Grove are both administered by one of these places off of Benjamin Franklin Parkway whose main building is named for Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman. One of these places situated in Manhattan's Fort Tryon Park features a section called the Cuxa cloisters and contains works called Hunt of the Unicorn. One of these buildings on Fifth Avenue includes a department of Arms and Armor. For ten points, name these places that include New York's Metropolitan. | Art museum (accept Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; accept Philadelphia Museum of Art; accept Metropolitan Museum of Art; prompt on "The Met"; prompt on "Museum") |
| In this city, the Walker Art Museum hosts a sculpture garden that contains Spoonbridge and Cherry. This upper Midwestern city's Institute of Art, or MIA, owns the Purcell-Cutts House near the Lake of the Isles. | Minneapolis |
| A textile museum in this city protects valuable kiras and ghos, and this city annually hosts one of the world's largest Tshechu [[SHEH-choo]] festivals. The Motithang Preserve in this city protects a small population of takins, or gnu goats, and its Tashichho Dzong fortress is located on the Wang Chhu River. This capital city, which lacks any traffic lights, is the highest in Asia and contains the Dechencholing Palace, the residence of the Dragon King. For ten points, name this capital of Bhutan. | Thimphu [[TIM-poo]] (accept phonetic pronunciations) |
| Prior to 1955, when the capital was moved to Thimphu, this city served as the capital of Bhutan. This city is the site of the Palace of Great Happiness, and Bhutan signed a namesake non-interference treaty with Britain in this city in 1910. | Punakha (accept Treaty of Punakha) |
| This city contains the eclectic House of the Dragons, whose roof is adorned with bronze dragons. This city, which shares a land border with M'diq-Fnideq Prefecture, is the site of Arab Baths dating to the 11th century. This city contains both the Marinid and Royal Walls, the latter of which played a major role in protecting against Moroccan sieges. This city at the boundary of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean has a similar status to Melilla. For ten points, name this Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa. | Ceuta |
| Ceuta used to be a municipality belonging to this Spanish province, whose largest city is Jerez de la Frontera. | Cádiz |
| In a traditional dinner, this item is served after the Selkirk Grace is said and the soup course is served, and everyone stands as this food item enters the room to musical accompaniment. This food item is traditionally served with "neeps and tatties" and is the main course in a meal traditionally held on January 25th. An "Address to a [this food item]" describes it as "the great chieftain of the puddin' race." For ten points, name this savory pudding, usually consisting of oats, suet, and various lamb organs, which is a vital part of a Burns Supper and traditional Scottish cuisine. | Haggis (or Taigeis; accept "Address to a Haggis") |
| The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum is located in Alloway near this structure which crosses a local river. This structure gives its name to a Lerner and Loewe musical about an imaginary Scottish village that appears every 100 years. | Brig o'Doon (or Auld Brig; or Old Bridge of Doon; accept Brigadoon) |
| Most populous county in the United States, located in California. | Los Angeles County |
| Most populous county in the Midwest, home to Chicago. | Cook County |
| Most populous county in the southern U.S., home to Houston. | Harris County |
| County that contains a majority of Arizona's population. | Maricopa County |
| Most populous county in New York, co-extensive with Brooklyn. | Kings County |
| Inland Empire county in California, the largest by land area in the contiguous U.S. | San Bernardino County (or County of San Bernardino) |
| County in South Florida that contains Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood. | Broward County |
| Michigan county, home to Detroit and Dearborn, named after a Northwest Indian War general. | Wayne County (or Charter County of Wayne) |
| Largest non-capital city in the European Union, located near the mouth of the Elbe River in Germany. | Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (or Hamborg) |
| Capital of Lombardy in Italy which contains La Scala. | Milano |
| Russian city built as a "window on the West, containing the Lakhta Center, the tallest skyscraper in Europe. | Saint Petersburg (or Sankt-Peterburg; accept Petrograd; accept Leningrad) |
| City which contains two Roman Ventian towers and the Sagrada Familia of Antoni Gaudí. | Barcelona |
| Austrian capital of Styria, centered on the Alstadt and home of the Eggenberg Palace. | Graz |
| Alphabetically-early city, the largest in Jutland, located on the eastern edge of the Kattegat. | Aarhus |
| Busy container port near the mouth of the Rhine, the largest city in South Holland. | Rotterdam |
| City which rebuilt its Ferhat Pasha Mosque, the largest city of the Republika Srpska [[SERP-skah]]. | Banja Luka Intergovernmental Organizations Name the intergovernmental organization that... |
| Is headquartered in New York, replacing the League of Nations after World War Two. | United Nations |
| Coordinates military affairs between 28 European and 2 North American countries. | NATO (or North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
| Oversees the Schengen Area and elects officials from 27 member states. | European Union |
| Is headquartered in Jakarta and promotes cooperation between ten member states in Asia. | ASEAN (or Association of Southeast Asian Nations) |
| Is headquartered in Addis Ababa and suspended Burkina Faso's membership in 2022. | African Union |
| Is a trading bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción and has the Southern Cross on its flag. | Mercosur (or Mercosul; or Southern Common Market) |
| Was proclaimed after the 1991 Belavezha Accords were signed in Viskuli. | Commonwealth of Independent States (or CIS) |
| Was established through the Treaty of Lagos and is centered in Abuja. | ECOWAS (or Economic Community of West African States; or CEDEAO) |
| This country’s city of Hillah claims to possess the tomb of Ezekiel. The citadel city of Kirkuk in this country is one of the most prominent claimants to possess the tomb of Daniel. This country’s Razzaza Lake is home to the city of Karbala, the destination of the world’s largest (+) annual pilgrimage, the Arba’in. Major ports in this country include Umm Qasr and Basra, and this country’s historical cities include (*) Fallujah and Mosul, which lie in the Tigris and Euphrates basin. For ten points, name this Middle Eastern country, governed from Baghdad. | Republic of Iraq (or Jumhuriyat al-Irāq; or Komar-i Eraq) |
| This non-Danish city's neighborhood of Tivoli Gardens replaced the Back-O- Wall settlement. This city's Devon House is the former residence of its country's first Black millionaire, George Stiebel. This city, which is surrounded by the Blue Mountains, (+) includes a natural harbor protected by the Palisadoes, which connects it to the town of Port Royal. Norman Manley International Airport serves this city whose Hope Road houses a museum dedicated to (*) Bob Marley. For ten points, name this capital of Jamaica. | Kingston |
| In this city, Operation Your Slave and Redeemer was a canceled attack at the David Brothers Building, while another canceled attack was planned for St. Andrew's Church in this city's Bakaa neighborhood. Swedish mediator Folke Bernadotte was assassinated in this city's (+) Katamon neighborhood, after which the assassins hid with Haredi sympathizers. A 5-star hotel overlooking the Old City in this city was (*) bombed in 1946 by a Zionist paramilitary group. The King David Hotel bombing occurred in, for ten points, what city in Israel? | Jerusalem (accept Yerushalayim; accept Al-Quds) |
| This city's Basilica of Saint-Sernin [[sehr-NAHN]] is Europe's largest remaining Romanesque building, and this city was the first capital of the Visigothic Kingdom. This city's suburb of Blagnac [[blahn-YAHK]] contains its airport, one of the main gateways to (+) Andorra, and the main production facilities of Airbus. This city, where the Canal du Midi, which connects the Garrone River and Mediterranean Sea, begins is the capital of (*) Occitania. For ten points, name this fourth-largest city of France. | Toulouse (or Tolosa) |
| One dish developed by indigenous people in this state after the Long Walk originally consisted of flour, sugar, salt, and lard and is known as "frybread." This state's official question is "Red or Green?," and the word "Christmas" is used in this state to refer to (+) dishes with both of those colors. One sweet native to this state is a butter cookie flavored with cinnamon and anise which is similar to the Spanish bizcocho. (*) For ten points, name this southwestern state whose namesake chile peppers are grown in the Hatch Valley. | New Mexico (accept New Mexico chile; accept New Mexico group; prompt on "New Mexican Chile") |
| A monastery in a flat-topped mountain, or amba, in this region called Debre Damo was partially destroyed in 2021. The capital of this region contains the Emperor Yohannes IV [[the Fourth]] Palace Museum and was formerly the capital of Enderta Awraja. The obelisk King (+) Ezana's Stele is located in this region, as is the Obelisk of Axum which was returned by Italy. The Kunama and Irob peoples live in this region, whose namesake people have fought the Afar and (*) Amhara in an ongoing civil war. For ten points, name this state of Ethiopia governed from Mekelle. | Tigray Region (or Tigray National Regional State; accept Tigray War; prompt on "Region 1") |
| Many beach bars are located in this island's town of Grand Case, which is serviced by L'Espérance Airport. The Government Cistern and the Old Bridge are designated monuments on this island's Simpson Bay. Though Lower Prince's Quarter is the largest settlement (+) of a section of this island, that section is governed from Philipsburg. Pic Paradis is located on the other half of this island whose capital is (*) Marigot. For ten points, name this island in the Caribbean Sea, which is divided between France and the Netherlands. | Saint Martin (accept Sint Maarten) |
| The Mosque of the Booksellers can be found in this country, where a group of pirates came to be known as the Salé Rovers. Ahmad al-Mansur, a sultan of the Saadi Dynasty, ruled this country which contains the largest example of a type of market known as a souk. (+) Tarboosh is another name for a type of hat named for a city in this country where the Lisan al-Maghrib newspaper was established. (*) For ten points, Berbers make up a large percentage of what North African country’s population? | Kingdom of Morocco (or Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah) |
| An agreement signed in this city granted Western New Guinea to Indonesia, and one extraterritorial complex in this city, facing Roosevelt Island, contains the Dag (+) Hammarskjöld Library. This city's Columbus Circle is used as a basis for the restricted area of the C-2 Visa, and this city's Unisphere structure was built for the 1964 World's Fair in (*) Queens. For ten points, name this city, home to the UN Headquarters. | New York City (accept NYC) |
| This nation's official language is one of the two surviving Baltic languages, spoken in cities like Kaunas and Vilnius. | Republic of Lithuania (or Lietuvos Respublika; or Lietuva; accept Lithuanian) |