| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A small artist colony was established in this lake's Solentiname Islands. Volcán Concepción and Volcán Maderas make up this lake's largest island of Ometepe. A population of bull sharks, believed to be their own species, swam to this lake through the San Juan River. The Rivas Isthmus separates the Pacific Ocean and this lake, which was the setting of plans for a failed canal similar to the Panama Canal. For ten points, name this large, freshwater lake near Managua. | Lake Nicaragua (or Lago de Nicaragua; or Lago Cocibolca; or Lago de Granada) |
| This country’s population is clustered around the southern end of the Tihamah. This country’s portion of the Sarat Mountains includes the Jabal Haraz region, and the Kamaran, Zuqar, and Hanish Islands make up this country’s primary Bab-el-Mandeb area territory. This country owns a biodiversity hotspot in the Indian Ocean known for its cucumber and dragonblood trees. This owner of Socotra has its largest port at Aden. For ten points, name this country in southwest Arabia, with capital Sana’a. | Republic of Yemen (or Al Jumhuriyah al Yamaniyah) |
| The lengthy Wings of Tatev cable system connects two sites in this nation, the Tatev Monastery and Halidzor Fortress. This nation’s patron saint, Gregory the Illuminator, built the oldest cathedral in the world in the city of Vagharshapat [[vah-gar-SHAH-paht]]. This nation has openly supported the Christian majority breakaway state of Nagorno-Karabakh within Azerbaijan. For ten points, name this Caucasian nation centered on Yerevan. | Republic of Armenia (or Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun) |
| This territory administers the island of Märket, home to an international border which had to be moved after the construction of a lighthouse. This archipelago, 100 miles from Turku, is located in the Archipelago Sea, has its capital at Mariehamn, and was demilitarized by the League of Nations in the 1920s. For ten points, name this Finnish- administered, Swedish-speaking archipelago, located between the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia. | Åland [[OH-ah-lahnd]] Islands (or Ahvenanmaa; accept pronunciations similar to [[AH-land]]) |
| This ethno-religious group has its holiest city at Lalish and reveres Melek Taus, a "Peacock Angel," as its most sacred deity. This ethnic group's most populous city is Sinjar in the Nineveh Governorate. This ethno-religious group speaks Kurmanji, a language closely related to Kurdish and practices a non-Abrahamic, monotheistic religion. For ten points, name this ethno-religious minority in northern Iraq who were victims of a genocidal ISIS campaign in 2014. | Yazidis (or Yezidis) |
| One station in this metro system is noted for its vestibule in the A.V. Fomin Botanical Garden and is called Universytet after Shevchenko University. This metro system includes the M2 Obolonsko–Teremkivska line, and this metro system's Arsenalna station is the world's deepest. This metro system, which crosses the Dnieper River, was used as a bomb shelter during a 2022 Russian invasion. For ten points, name this metro system that serves Ukraine's capital. | Kyiv Metro (or Kyivskyi metropoliten) |
| Margaret Thatcher's son was convicted for funding this country's 2004 coup attempt which attempted to install Severo Moto, who was born in this country's Centro Sur province in Rio Muni. This country, which displays a tree on its blue, green, white, and red flag, has Bata as its largest city. For ten points, name this country which is sandwiched between Gabon and Cameroon, where Bioko Island is home to the capital of Malabo. | Republic of Equatorial Guinea (or Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial; or Republique de Guinee Equatoriale; do not accept or prompt on "Guinea" or "Republic of Guinea") |
| This immigrant group has a major cultural hub in the Washington Heights neighborhood. Cibao [[see-BAO]] International Airport mainly serves members of this immigrant group who visit Santiago de los Caballeros, and this immigrant group, which grew in number after the fall of Rafael Trujillo [[troo-HEE-yoh]], recently overtook Puerto Ricans as the largest Latinx group in New York City. For ten points, name this immigrant group made up of people from cities such as San Pedro de Macoris and Santo Domingo. | Dominican-Americans (accept answers indicating U.S. immigrants from the Dominican Republic or D.R.; prompt on partial answers) |
| This city's Eyo festival is said to be emblematic of traditions that influenced the Brazilian Carnival, and during that festival, participants pay homage to this city's Oba, who resides at Iga Idunganran. This city's planned Eko Atlantic development would adjoin Victoria Island, and this city in Yorubaland lies 50 miles east of Benin. For ten points, name this largest city in Nigeria which was replaced as the capital by Abuja. | Lagos (accept Èkó before mentioned) |
| This U.S. state is home to the cities of Rhinelander, Tomahawk, and New Glarus, the latter of which was founded by Swiss settlers. This state's Five-Mile Bluff Prairie overlooks the Chippewa River, which runs through Eau [[OH]] Claire. This state's port of Superior is located south of Duluth, and this state's Green Bay is an inlet of Lake Michigan. For ten points, name this state which is famed for dairy production and governed from Madison. | Wisconsin |
| This province is the source of a tributary of the Red River called the Assiniboine, which joins the Whitesand River at Kamsack. The resort town of Waskesiu Lake is located in this province's Prince Albert National Park, which shares its name with this province's third- largest city. The Snowbirds train runs in this province's city of Moose Jaw. "Paris of the Prairies" is the nickname of this province's largest city, which contains the Delta Bessborough and Remai Modern Museum. For ten points, name this province whose largest city is Saskatoon. | Saskatchewan |
| The right side of the flag of Saskatchewan displays this provincial flower. This lily is endangered in many parts of the U.S. and is protected in Saskatchewan. | Prairie lily (accept Wood lily; accept Philadelphia lily; accept Western Red lily) |
| An inscription found on this peninsula, at the site of Serabit el-Khadim, was widely believed to have shown a link between hieroglyphics and later Canaanite scripts. A military road called the Way of Horus ran through this region. The most important sources of turquoise in Ancient Egypt were found in this region, and this region’s Saint Catherine Monastery is one of the oldest in the world. For ten points, name this peninsula, east of the modern Suez Canal, where Moses was given the Ten Commandments during the Exodus. | Sinai Peninsula (do not accept "Mount Sinai") |
| This capital of the North Sinai Governorate of Egypt lies on the Mediterranean coast, some 214 miles northeast of Cairo, and is the largest city on the Sinai Peninsula. | el-Arish |
| Orangi is the world's largest example of these settlements, located in Karachi, while another named Dharavi in Mumbai is the world's most densely populated place. Jacob Riis photographed these settlements in New York, and one of these settlements, called the Kowloon Walled City, was demolished in Hong Kong. Rio de Janeiro's favelas are an example of, for ten points, what poorly constructed settlements where the urban poor live? | Slums (accept Shanty Towns; accept Favela before mentioned; accept descriptive equivalents) |
| Kibera, a slum in this city, has a name that translates to "jungle." This city, which has a Maasai name that translates to "place of cool waters," houses the only major UN offices in Africa. | Nairobi |
| Dunaliella salina algae causes this city's Lake Retba to be abnormally red. This city's Grand Mosque is located in its department of Médina, the birthplace of singer Youssou N'Dour. A North Korean company constructed this city's African Renaissance Monument, the tallest statue in Africa. The House of the Slaves, a major exit point for the slave trade, was operated on this city's Gorée Island. This city lies on the Cap-Vert peninsula that juts into the Atlantic. For ten points, name this capital of Senegal. | Dakar |
| The Dakar Rally, which was staged from Paris to Dakar, was moved to South America and then to Saudi Arabia due to security threats in this country governed from Nouakchott. | Islamic Republic of Mauritania (or Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah al Muritaniyah) |
| This country's declaration of independence cites the Kalevipoeg [[kah-LEV-ee-poh- eg]], an epic based on its pagan mythology. This country's frozen Lake Peipus [[peh-EE- pooss]] was the scene of the battle dramatized by Eisenstein in Alexander Nevsky. This country's 100-kroon [[CRONE]] note honored Lydia Koidula, whose poem concluded its UNESCO-listed Song Festival while the Soviets banned its current anthem. For ten points, name this EU country, the northern terminus of the Baltic Way, a human chain protest against Soviet occupation. | Republic of Estonia (or Eesti Vabariik; accept Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic) |
| This second-largest city in Estonia lies on the Emajõgi [[EH-mah-yoh-gee]] River and is home to the oldest university in Estonia and the Estonian National Museum. | Tartu |
| The northwest of this region is nicknamed the "useful triangle" for its phosphate mines in the town of Bou Craa. A wall called the Berm separates one country from this region, whose capital is divided by the dry Saguia el-Hamra. The Ras Nouadhibou is partially divided between this region and a neighboring country. Cape Bojador and Ad-Dakhla are major cities in this region, which is currently governed from Laayoune. The Polisario Front seeks the independence of, for ten points, what African disputed territory, largely controlled by Morocco? | Western Sahara (or aṣ-Ṣaḥrā' al-Gharbiyyah) |
| The Polisario Front proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic with a government in exile in this country's city of Tindouf. | People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (or Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah) |
| The custom-built "Mighty Wurlitzer" organ is located in this city's Shea's Performing Arts Center. Students at D'Youville University and Canisius College often frequent sites in this city such as the Albright–Knox Art Gallery. An early skyscraper in this city, similar to the Wainwright Building, was designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan and is named the Guaranty Building. This seat of Erie County makes up a statistical area with nearby Niagara Falls. For ten points, name this second-largest city in New York. | Buffalo |
| A hipster Buffalo neighborhood of this name is home to Kleinhans Music Hall. A city in Pennsylvania with this name is the largest city in the Lehigh Valley. | Allentown |
| Karl Mauch believed this city was the lost ruins of Ophir, whose gold mines were used by the Queen of Sheba, and this city formed a trade network with Kilwa. Carved birds discovered in this city inspired a national flag design placing those carvings in front of a red star. This city was established by ancestors of the Shona people, a fact the Rhodesian government attempted to deny. For ten points, name this ancient Iron Age city in a namesake southern African country. | Great Zimbabwe (prompt on "Zimbabwe" or "Republic of Zimbabwe") |
| The Zimbabwe Bird, the national symbol of Zimbabwe, is based on carvings found in Great Zimbabwe from this stone, the same stone used to create the outer layers of the Christ the Redeemer statue. | Soapstone (or Steatite; or Soaprock) |
| Texas A&M University and the George Bush Presidential Library. | College Station |
| The University of Maryland, located just outside of Washington D.C. in Prince George's County. | College Park |
| The University of Virginia and the site of a violent white supremacist Unite the Right rally in 2017. | Charlottesville |
| The University of Florida, the seat of Alachua County, and named for a U.S. general in the Seminole Wars. | Gainesville (prompt on "Edmund P. Gaines") |
| The University of Tennessee, and the home of the Sunsphere, built for a 1982 World's Fair. | Knoxville |
| The University of Arkansas, also the 2nd largest city in the state, near the border with Missouri and Oklahoma. | Fayetteville |
| The University of Colorado, near the Flatirons and home to the National Center for Atmospheric Research. | Boulder |
| The University of Missouri, located north of Jefferson City and roughly equidistant between Kansas City and St. Louis. | Columbia |
| Country for which Prague is the capital. | Czech Republic (or Czechia; or Česká republika; or Cesko; do not accept or prompt on Czechoslovakia) |
| Region in which it is located that makes up most of its country along with Moravia. | Bohemia (or Čechy) |
| Major rectangular avenue overlooked by the National Museum, the site of Velvet Revolution protests. | Wenceslas Square (or Václavské náměstí) |
| Large cathedral in Prague Castle containing the tombs of many Holy Roman Emperors. | St. Vitus Cathedral (or The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus, and Adalbert) |
| Medieval pedestrian bridge that crosses over the Vltava and is named for a Holy Roman Emperor. | Charles Bridge (or Karlův most) |
| Capital building in a namesake square which includes a 15th century astronomical clock. | Old Town Hall (prompt on "Old Town Square") |
| Neighborhood that contains the Old New Synagogue, the home of a legendary golem. | Josefov; (or Jewish Quarter) |
| Historic "upper castle" that contains the graves of Karel Čapek [[CHAH-pek]] and Antonín Dvořák [[DVOHR-zhahk]]. | Vyšehrad [[VISH-eh-rahd]] |
| Largest African lake by area, the main source of the White Nile. | Lake Victoria |
| Southernmost lake in the East African Rift which shares its name with a country. | Lake Malawi (or Lake Nyasa) |
| Lake shared by Uganda and the DRC, named for Queen Victoria's husband. | Lake Albert |
| Largest alkaline lake in the world, shared by Kenya and Ethiopia and formerly known as Lake Rudolf. | Lake Turkana |
| Lake in Ethiopia that is the source of the Blue Nile. | Lake Tana |
| Lake on the DRC border, once named Lake Idi Amin but today named for Queen Victoria's eldest son. | Lake Edward (or Rutanzige) |
| Lake shared between Rwanda and the DRC, known for its methane deposits. | Lake Kivu |
| Lake shared between Zambia and the DRC, located on the longest arm of the Congo River. | Lake Mweru |
| This state, the fourth-most populous in its country, has its largest city on the Hooghly River, containing the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity. This state is largely synonymous with the Rarh region east of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. This state, which controls the (+) "Chicken's Neck" near Siliguri, contains the mountain resort of Darjeeling, which offers views of Mount Kanchenjunga, India's tallest peak. Mother (*) Teresa worked in, for ten points, what state which is governed from Kolkata? | West Bengal (accept Paschim Banga; accept WB; prompt on "Bengal") |
| Muslims in this country hold that a conical mountain there was formed from the footsteps of Adam. A nearly 600-foot tall rock pillar fortress complex was located in this country at Sigiriya. The relic tooth of the Buddha (+) is traditionally said to be housed in a temple in this country’s city of Kandy. The largest ethnic group in this country is the Sinhala, while the Tamils (*) make up its largest minority. For ten points, name this island nation located off the southern tip of India whose largest city is Colombo. | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (or Shri Lanka Prajatantrika Samajavadi Janarajaya; or Ilankai Jananayaka Choshalichak Kutiyarachu; accept Ceylon) |
| A myth regarding one of these locations suggests that a hole was cut into the ceiling, which depicts constellations of the winter zodiac, to fit a Redstone missile. Nearly 200 people were killed in a bombing near one of these places called Atocha. Louis Delacenserie (+) designed an architecturally revered building of this kind in Antwerp that was nicknamed "spoorwegkathedraal." Zaha Hadid designed one of these buildings in Naples to serve the Rome–Naples (*) high-speed line. For ten points, name these buildings that include New York's Grand Central Terminal. | Train stations (accept Railway or Rail in place of Train; accept Terminal in place of Station; accept Madrid Atocha railway station; accept Antwerpen-Centraal railway station; accept Napoli Afragola railway station; prompt on "Grand Central Terminal" or "Grand Central Station") |
| This city is surrounded by the Koulikoro Region, and Kati is a suburb of this city that is the terminus of the largest amateur rally race across the Sahara from Budapest. This city, which gains its power from the Sélingué Dam, was the site of a 2015 hostage crisis in a Radisson Blu (+) hotel, and a 2012 coup in this city that deposed Amadou Toumani Touré led to the declaration of Azawad, a breakaway Tuareg State. Outside of Nigeria, this city is the largest inland city in West Africa (*) and is also the Niger [[nee- ZHEHR]] River's largest port. For ten points, name this capital of Mali. | Bamako |
| This lake, fed by the Mayer River and drained by the Pascua River, contains arms named Maipú and Chacabuco, which share their names with battles won by one of this lake's namesakes. This lake, north of Lago Videma, contains the southern terminus of the Carretera Austral (+) at its namesake port where tourists often continue on to El Chaltén to trek to the jagged Monte Fitz Roy. This deepest lake of South America is located on the edge of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Named for either of the commanders (*) of the Army of the Andes is, for ten points, what lake split between Argentina and Chile? | Lake O'Higgins (or Lake San Martín; accept Bernardo O'Higgins; accept José de San Martín) |
| This country's Nosy Alañaña [[ah-lahn-YAHN-yah]] Light is located on the Ile aux Prunes [[eel-oh-PRUHN]] and is Africa's tallest lighthouse, located within Toamasina Province. This country's nano-chameleon is said to be the world's smallest reptile, and the aye-aye (+) is also native to this country, whose high rate of endemism was caused by its split from India during Gondwana's breakup. East of the (*) Mozambique Channel, for ten points, what is this island country off Africa's coast, home to lemurs? | Republic of Madagascar (or Republique de Madagascar; or Repoblikan'i Madagasikara) |
| This region's largest city is Kennett, the seat of Dunklin County, and John Hardeman Walker convinced Congress to include this area in its present-day state. This region contains its state's lowest point along the St. Francis River. This area also contains part of the New (+) Madrid [[MAD-rid]] Seismic Zone, which was the epicenter of a series of earthquakes which caused the Mississippi River to run backwards (*) in the early-19th century. For ten points, name this salient in the southeastern part of the Show Me State, which indents into Northeastern Arkansas. | Missouri Bootheel (prompt on partial answers and descriptive answers) |
| This country's town of Tamins is home to the confluence of two rivers, one dubbed the "Posterior" and the other the "Anterior" of their union. That river, on whose north lies this country's city of Schaffhausen, is joined by the Aare [[AH-ruh]], which flows through Solothurn. (+) A city in this country's northwest is split into "Gross" and "Klein" sections because of that river, the Rhine, and borders both (*) France and Germany. For ten points, name this country that includes Basel. | Switzerland (accept Swiss Confederation; accept Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft; accept Confédération suisse; accept Confederazione Svizzera; accept Confederaziun svizra) |
| With a name taken from the Swahili for "journey," inclusion of an area for this type of journey at Six Flags Great Adventure makes it the world's second-largest theme park. Pith helmets and bush jackets (+) are often worn by tourists on this type of journey which is popular at Maasai Mara and Kruger National Park, and this type of journey is often done to observe the (*) "Big Five" game. For ten points, name this journey, common in Africa and undertaken to observe wild animals. | Safaris (prompt on descriptions about a trip for viewing wildlife or similar answers; prompt on "ecotourism") |
| Also known as the Isis, this second-longest river in the United Kingdom flows through Oxford and Windsor. | River Thames (accept in either order) |