Round 1
The northernmost point of this mountain range is known as the Rif. The rain
shadow of this mountain range helped form the Sahara Desert. Mount Toubkal is the highest
peak of, for the point, what mountain range in Africa that stretches f
Bukit Bintang is the main shopping district of this city, which is known for its Batu
Caves that contain a massive gold statue of Lord Murugan. This city is the home of the
world's tallest twin towers, the Petronas Towers. For the point, identify this city in
Southeast Asia, the capital of Malaysiya
Kuala Lumpur
It’s not Turkey, but Mount Ararat is a national symbol of this country. The Nagorno-
Karabakh autonomous region area decreased in area following a conflict between this
country and Azerbaijan. For the point, name this smallest Transcaucasian country, which
has its capital at Yerevan
Armenia
Huasteca is the most-spoken variant of this language that forms a family with the
Ute [[YOOT]] languages. This language was documented in the Florentine Codex, and the
words for tomato and chocolate originate from this language, which La Malinche [[mah-
LEEN-cheh]] translated for Hernán Cortés. For the point, name this language spoken by the
Aztecs
Nahuatl
This city's Öskjuhlíd [[OHSK-yoo-leed]] hill contains an exhibition hall that contains
a replica of Látrabjarg [[LAH-trah-byarg]], Europe's largest bird cliff. This city is served by
Keflavík International Airport and contains a church with distinctive side wings called
Hallgrímskirkja [[HAHLT-greem-skeer-kyah]]. The world's northernmost national capital,
this is, for the point, what largest city of Iceland?
Reykjavík
A waterway in this country is situated on the Great Glen fault. The Shetland Islands
and Hebrides are archipelagos in this country, the flag of which displays the white x-shaped
cross of St. Andrew on a blue background. For the point, name this constituent country
within the United Kingdom with its capital at Edinburgh
Scotland
This state that is home to the archaeological site of Tres Zapotes has its capital at
Xalapa [[hah-LAH-pah]]. This state controls the east side of Pico de Orizaba, and it was
founded when Hernán Cortés first landed in Mexico. For the point, identify this Mexican
state whose name means “True Cross.”
Veracruz
Todt Hill is the highest point of this island and the entire Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Synonymous with Richmond County, this island receives the busiest ferry route in the U.S.
at St. George Terminal. This island is connected to Brooklyn via the Verrazano-Narrows
Bridge. For the point, name this island and southernmost borough of New York City.
Staten Island
A marker to this feature is found in the town of Ruisui, and the highest point on this
feature is Yu Shan. This feature reaches its westernmost terrestrial point at Baja California,
and the sun lies directly overhead to viewers on this line during the June Solstice. For the
point, identify this geographical line that is named for a constellation resembling a crab
Tropic of Cancer
This city's namesake peak in the Elk Mountains is called "Ajax" by locals. That peak
is one of this city's four ski areas along with Highlands, Buttermilk, and Snowmass. Situated
west of Mount Elbert, this is, for the point, what posh Colorado ski resort town that shares
its name with a type of tree?
Aspen
This company formerly ran properties called Westgate and Flamingo in Las Vegas.
This company's namesake "Beverly" property hosts the Golden Globe ceremonies, and the
Conrad, Waldorf Astoria, and DoubleTree are brands run by this company. Founded by a
man with the first name Conrad, this is, for the point, what American hotel company?
Hilton Hotels & Resorts
his city and Trenton are the only modern U.S. state capitals to also have previously
served as the capital of the United States. This city, the host of the penultimate meeting of
the Constitutional Convention in 1786, contains the United States Naval Academy on
Chesapeake Bay. For the point, name this capital of Maryland.
Annapolis
An annual festival southwest of this city has contestants throw a dead mullet
between state lines. This city contains an obelisk dedicated to William Dudley Chipley, a
man who constructed a railroad that stretched west to the Apalachicola River at the town of
Chattahoochee. For the point, identify this westernmost city in the panhandle of Florida.
Pensacola
This region's indigenous language is Euskara [[yoo-SKAH-rah]]. This region's capital
is Vitoria-Gasteiz, and this region's city of Guernica was subjected to a bombing campaign
by the Condor Legion. For the point, name this autonomous region of northwestern Spain,
which is home to a notable isolated language.
Basque Country (
This language is the most widely spoken of the Austroasiatic languages. This
language, which originally used the Chữ Nôm script, is now the most-spoken Asian language
to chiefly use the Latin script, due to French rule. Nguyen [[WEE-IN]] is a common surname
in, for the point, what language spoken in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City?
Vietnamese
A narrow strip of territory from this modern-day country was ceded to
Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province. Recent conflicts with this country’s neighbor,
Kyrgyzstan, erupted over water scarcity in the Transoxania Region. For the point, name this
Central Asian country whose capital city is Dushanbe.
Tajikistan
Major ports in this country include Puerto Cabezas [[kah-BEH-sahs]], Bluefields, and
Corinto. With its northern neighbor, this country contains the Mosquito Coast, and this
country's namesake lake and the San Juan River were once considered potential locations
for the Panama Canal. For the point, name this largest country of Central America.
Nicargua
Anna Hingley was the first woman to cross this region by horse, travelling from
Broome to Cairns. This region, that is bounded by areas nicknamed "the bush," once hosted
nuclear tests at Emu Field, and the Dingo Fence stretches across this region. Including
Uluru, or Ayers Rock, this is, for the point, what region that consists of Australia's brutal
desert interior?
The Outback
This sea's islet of Sveti Stefan was converted into a luxury hotel by connecting it to
Budva Municipality via a tombolo. This sea's inlets include the Gulf of Trieste, and this sea is
used as a vertical datum to measure peaks of the Dinaric Alps. Dubrovnik is the “Pearl of,”
for the point, what sea between Italy and the Balkans
Adriatic Sea
This city is served by the Muhammad Ali International Airport. This city is home to
the "World's Largest Baseball Bat" outside a factory that makes this city's namesake
“Slugger.” For the point, name this city with many sporting connections, including the
Kentucky Derby
Louisville
This country's Khawr al Udayd is the proposed site of the Salwa Canal, which would
make this country an island. This country is ruled by the al-Thani family, and it was
blockaded by the Gulf Cooperation Council after it was accused of supporting terrorism. For
the point, name this peninsular country on the Persian Gulf that has its capital at Doha
QATAR
This city is known for its keyhole-shaped Mozu Tombs from the Kofun Era, which
are adjacent to Daisen Park. This city is the center of the Kansai Region, which also includes
the cities of Kobe and Kyoto. For the point, name this city, the center of Japan's second-
largest metro area
Osaka
This territory's namesake "apes" are actually a semi-wild colony of Barbary
Macaques. This territory's namesake Rock is considered the northern portion of the two
Pillars of Hercules. For the point, name this British territory on the southern coast of Spain,
which lies across a namesake strait from Morocco.
Gibraltar
This city is home to the Vinayaka Chaturthi festival where idols of Ganesh are
immersed in the Arabian Sea. This city's "Navi" counterpart administers the Elephanta
Caves, and this city contains the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. For the point, name this largest city
of India, known for its Bollywood Film Industry.
Mumbai
The volcano Mount Apo overlooks this island's largest city, Davao. This island, which
is grouped with the Sulu Archipelago, is located north of the Celebes [[SEH-leh-bess]] Sea.
The Moro conflict is an ongoing insurgency on and around, for the point, what
southernmost island of the Philippines, the site of Muslim separatism?
Mindanao
This mountain's peak is contained within the Gran Cono, which was formed from the
collapse of Mount Sommo. An observatory on this mountain monitors the Phlegraean Fields
as part of the Campanian volcanic arc. Herculaneum was destroyed by, for the point, what
volcano that buried Pompeii in 79 AD?
Mount Vesuvius
This U.S. state’s southeastern border is formed by the Snake River. This state, which
is home to some of the snowiest places in the continental U.S. at Mount Baker and Mount
Rainier, also contains Tacoma. For the point, name this state which is home to Olympia and
the Space Needle in Seattle
This lake is fed by the Kagera and Katonga Rivers, the latter of which links this lake
to Lake George. This lake, which is the source of the White Nile, lies on the junction between
the countries of Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. For the point, name this largest lake in Africa,
which is named for a British queen.
Lake Victoria
This city hosts the world's largest Junkanoo festival and shares its name with a New
York county located east of Queens. Slave revolters from the ship Creole settled in this city,
which is named in honor of William of Orange. Paradise Island's Atlantis Resort is
connected to, for the point, what capital of the Bahamas?
Nassau
The Toksha Lakes were created by diverting water from this body via a canal named
for Anwar Sadat. The Abu Simbel Temples were relocated from this lake to prevent their
flooding due to the construction of the Aswan High Dam. For the point, name this reservoir
in Southern Egypt.
Lake Nasser
This region's northernmost portion contains the Torngat Mountains. This region's
town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay is located on the Churchill River, which contains the
world's second-largest manmade lake, the Smallwood Reservoir. For the point, identify this
region of Canada that forms a province with Newfoundland.
Labrador
This museum displays part of the Cape York meteorite, the largest on display in the
Northern Hemisphere. A statue of this museum's founder was moved to North Dakota due
to its depiction of a Native American man and an African man in subordinate positions.
Adjoining Central Park, this is, for the point, what New York museum founded by Theodore
Roosevelt?
American Museum of Natural History
This border between a country and a division of another country runs past the
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and has Nogales as its largest city. This border,
created by the Gadsden Purchase, contains a section near Yuma on the Colorado River. For
the point, name this border that separates a state governed from Phoenix from a country to
the south.
Mexico-Arizona Border
This country is home to the Hlane Royal National Park, and this country's flag was
designed by Sobhuza II. His son, Mswati III, is the "lion-king" of this country and rules with
the "She-Elephant" queen, or Ndlovukati [[nnd-loh-voo-KAH-tee]]. Mbabane is the capital of,
for the point, what kingdom between Mozambique and South Africa
Kingdom of Eswatini (accept Umbuso weSwatini; accept Swaziland)
This former capital of the viceroyalty of New Granada is the world's highest capital
lying north of the equator. One museum in this city contains the world's largest collection of
gold artifacts, and this city is served by El Dorado Airport. For the point, name this capital of
Colombia.
Bogota
One of these structures, near the ancient city of Tarraco, is called the Pont del
Diable, or "Devil's Bridge." The Porta Maggiore [[mah-ZHOR-eh]] Gate was created from one
of the four "Great Ones" of these structures that supplied a city along with Aqua Marcia,
Anio Vetus, and Anio Novus. The Pont du Gard exemplifies, for the point, what structures
used to carry water?
Roman Aqueducts
This island, which is inhabited by the indigenous Batak and Minangkabau [[MEE-
nahng-KAH-bao]] peoples, contains the Toba supervolcano in its Barisan Mountains. The
Sunda Strait separates Java from the southern coast of this island. For the point, identify this
Indonesian island, which is located across the Strait of Malacca from the Malay Peninsula.
Sumatra
This city that is home to the largest Jewish cemetery in Europe is famed for its
astronomical clock, which is six centuries old. 30 statues line this city's Charles Bridge,
which crosses the Vltava River. For the point, identify this largest city in Bohemia, the
capital of the Czech Republic.
Prague
This region's town of Palo Alto is home to the garage where Hewlett-Packard was
founded. This region, which is named after the fourteenth element of the periodic table, has
its largest city at San Jose. For the point, name this "Valley" in the Bay Area of California that
is known for its technology sector.
Silicon Valley
This country's Yaohnanen people are known for their cargo cults, which hold John
Frum and Prince Phillip as holy figures. Efate and Espiritu Santo are the largest islands of
this country, which was formerly called the New Hebrides. For the point, name this country
in the South Pacific governed from Port Vila
Republic of Vanuatu
This territory's endemic animal species include the Blue iguana. This territory was
originally named Las Tortugas, and this territory is an extension of the Sierra Maestra range
of Cuba. Sharing its name with a species of crocodilian, this is, for the point, what British
dependency in the Caribbean, known for being a tax haven?
Cayman Islands
This river receives Poyang Lake near the border of Anhui and Jiangxi [[JAHNG-
SHEE]] provinces and flows past the cities of of Wuhu and Wuhan. This river hosts a
possibly extinct species of dolphin called the baiji, the survival of which was further
threatened by the Three Gorges Dam. For the point, name this longest river of China
Yangtze River
Rehoboth Beach and Ocean City are resorts on this peninsula, whose city of Lewes is
connected to Cape May via ferry. The Chincoteague ponies live on this peninsula's offshore
island of Assateague. Located on the east of Chesapeake Bay, the city of Dover lies on, for the
point, what peninsula whose name is a portmanteau of three states?
Delmarva Peninsula
Lloydminster and Moose Jaw are cities in this province that has completely
rectangular borders. Reindeer and Athabasca are both lakes in this province that borders
North Dakota and the Northwest Territories. Regina is the capital of, for the point, what
Canadian province with capital at Saskatoon?
Saskatchewan
This city, formerly known as Novo-Arkhangelsk, contains the oldest Orthodox
Cathedral in the Americas. This city is the largest city in the U.S. by size, and it occupies all of
Baranof Island and half of Chichagof Island. For the point, name this former capital of
Russian America, a city-borough of Alaska
Sitka
This region's Cueva de las Manos depicts hundreds of handprints and a herd of
guanacos, a type of camelid. This dry region that forms the southernmost part of the "Arid
Diagonal" with the Monte and Atacama Deserts is separated from Tierra del Fuego by the
Strait of Magellan. For the point, name this region of Southern Argentina.
Patagonia
This sea is overlooked by the planned kilometer-high Kingdom Tower. This sea's
southern exit is called the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which is the site of a proposed bridge
between Yemen and Djibouti. For the point, name this sea that borders Saudi Arabia and
Sudan and is named for a color.
Red Sea
This lake's port of Tiberias holds the Tomb of Maimonides [[my-MOH-nee-dess]],
and this lake, that receives waters from Mount Hermon, is the world's second lowest. The
western border of the Golan Heights swoops around this lake that is drained by the Jordan
River into the Dead Sea. For the point, name this "Sea” in Northern Israel.
Sea of Galilee
This island, where Thomas the Apostle was shipwrecked en route to India, lies east
of the Guardafui Channel from Puntland. This island’s xeric [[ZEE-rik]] landscape is known
for endemic species like the Dragon Blood Tree. For the point, name this island of Yemen
located off the Horn of Africa.
Socotra
The "Sword of [this city]" was presented to its former namesake by Winston
Churchill during the Tehran Conference. This city contains the world's largest statue of a
woman, which is titled The Motherland Calls. For the point, name this Russian city that is
named for the longest river in Europe.
Volgograd
This river passes through the Flaming Gorge Reservoir and Dinosaur National
Monument. This river meets its end in Canyonlands National Park, and this river merges
with a body of water formerly known as the Grand River. For the point, name this longest
tributary of the Colorado River, which is named for a color.
Green river
This island contains a re-purposed funicular track, now known as Jacob's Ladder,
that connects Half Tree Hollow to Jamestown. This island, that administers Tristan da
Cunha and Ascension Island, is served by a weekly flight to Johannesburg via Windhoek
[[“WIND”-“hook”]]. For the point, name this British island in the Atlantic Ocean, the site of
Napoleon's second exile
St Helena
A convention signed in Ramsar governs the conservation of these areas, examples of
which include the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Bengal Tigers thrive in one of these
areas called the Sundarbans, and boglands are a type of these areas that accumulate peat.
The Pantanal is an example of, for the point, what type of areas exemplified by the
Everglades?
Wetlands
This city's Rottnest Island, along with Albany's Bald Island, is one of the two habitats
of the quokka. Suburbs of this city include Mandurah and Fremantle, but it is still the
world's most isolated urban area of over a million inhabitants. The Swan River flows
through, for the point, what capital of Western Australia?
Perth
This commodity is produced on plantations by the Cargill corporation. A haze in a
region of Asia has been caused by the clearing of tropical rainforests for production of this
oil. Malaysia and Indonesia are the two largest producers of, for the point, what
controversial vegetable oil derived from a type of tree?
Palm Oil
This island's eastern coast is followed by the Canal des Pangalanes [[pahn-gah-LAH-
nehs]]. The elephant bird was formerly endemic to this island that is the world's top
producer of vanilla and sapphires and is home to the Avenue of the Baobabs. For the point,
name this island east of Mozambique, the only native habitat of lemurs
Madagascar
A free economic zone in this city is home to Yeongjongdo [[YONG-JONG-DOH]], an
island that is home to an airport that replaced Gimpo. The Russo-Japanese War began at this
city's Chemulpo Bay, where U.S. forces landed in 1950 in the Pusan Perimeter. For the point,
name this third-largest city in South Korea, the site of an amphibious landing in wartime.
Incheon Metropolitan City
This country's southern region of Equatoria controversially claims ownership of the
Ilemi Triangle. This country's largest ethnic groups are the Dinka and the Nuer, and this
country contains the Sudd swamp. Governed from Juba, this is, for the point, what country
that gained its independence from Sudan?
South Sudan
This shire town of Washington County on the Winooski River takes its name from a
major port in Occitania, France. A gold-domed capitol building overlooks this smallest state
capital of the U.S., which contains a statue of Ethan Allen. For the point, name this capital of
Vermont
Montpelier
This region's namesake archipelago includes Isola del Giglio [[ZHEEL-ee-oh]], along
with the island of Elba between the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas. The Etruscans formerly
inhabited this region, which is home to the Arno River. The Medici once ruled, for the point,
what region of Italy, which is home to Florence?
Tuscany