Question

In the 2010s, the government of this island initiated two heavily criticized cullings of tens of thousands of its namesake flying foxes. Flowers endemic to a southwestern (-5[1])peninsula on this island where dozens of maroons jumped to their death include the mandrinette and this island’s national flower, the boucle d’oreille (“BOO-kluh dor-RAY”). An “underwater waterfall” illusion occurs near that spot on this island, Le Morne Brabant (“luh morn brah-bawn”). The oldest botanical garden in the Southern Hemisphere is named for this island’s district of Pamplemousses (10[1]-5[1])(“pomp-luh-moose”). Bernardin de Saint Pierre’s time on this island was the basis of his novel Paul et Virginie, (-5[1])in which it is referred to (10[1])as Île de France (10[1]-5[1])(“eel duh frawnce”). This island, which names the largest plurality-Hindu African country, (10[3]-5[1])was home (10[1])to an animal (10[1])eaten to extinction (10[2])by Dutch sailors. (10[5])For 10 points, (10[1])name this (10[1])Mascarene island whose largest city is Port Louis (“loo-ee”) and which was once home to the (10[1])dodo bird. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Mauritius (“muh-RISH-us”) [or Maurice; or Moris; accept Île de France or Isle de France until read; accept Mauritian flying fox or Mauritius fruit bat]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2095%0%25%121.05

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tracy MirkinFlorida AIndiana A26-5
Enoch YuenImperial AJohns Hopkins A79-5
Dennis ReppenChicago CPenn State A7910
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BGeorgia Tech A96-5
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AUC Berkeley B10210
Lexi TermanRutgers BColumbia A10610
Conor ThompsonIowa State ACornell A106-5
Matt JacksonChicago AHouston A11510
Dean Ah NowClaremont AStanford A115-5
Gideon KpurubuVanderbilt AMaryland A11510
Nikhil ChellamNorthwestern ANYU A11510
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AColumbia B11710
Vittal BhatNorth Carolina AUC Berkeley A12010
Ian ChowToronto APurdue A12310
Kevin FanMcGill ATexas A12310
Vivek SasseChicago BVirginia A12610
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BCornell B12610
Justin WytmarIllinois AMIT A12610
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AImperial A12610
Justin DuffyHarvard APenn A12610
Jason HongBrown AMinnesota B12910
Jonathan TranCornell AIowa State A13110
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AFlorida B14610
Eric WolfsbergStanford AClaremont A14910
Zane KierzykIndiana AFlorida A1490