This event was moved from its eponymous location in 2008 after the murder of four French tourists in Aleg. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this event whose last occurrence in South America in 2019 involved a road trip between Lima and Tacna. This event run by the Groupe Amaury (“ah-moh-REE”) has been dominated by Nasser Al-Attiyah using a modified Hilux (“HYE-lux”).
ANSWER: Dakar Rally [or The Dakar; accept Paris–Dakar Rally prompt on rallying or rally raid]
[10e] Hosting the Dakar Rally is the latest sportswashing scheme by this Middle Eastern kingdom that hosts the WWE’s Crown Jewel event and sponsors the LIV (“liv”) Golf Tour.
ANSWER: Saudi Arabia [or Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; or Al-Mamlakah al-ʿArabīyah as-Saʿūdīyah; or KSA; prompt on Arabia]
[10h] Thierry Sabine started the Dakar Rally after getting lost in this region that forms a nature reserve with the Aïr (“ah-EER”) Mountains in Niger (“nee-ZHAIR”). In 1973, a possibly drunk driver took out a lone tree in this region that was the most isolated tree in the world.
ANSWER: Ténéré [or Tiniri; accept Tree of Ténéré; accept Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve; prompt on the Sahara or aṣ-ṣaḥra’ al-Kubrá]
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