Question

These geographical features commonly name a sickness caused by Coccidioides (“cock-sid-ee-OY-deez”) fungi observed among the laborers who worked with “scrapers” that evolved into the first bulldozers. The Delta smelt is a threatened fish found in an estuary in one of these features that includes the Eastside Streams. (10[1])An (-5[1])upwarping of Earth’s crust below one of these features is called the Stockton Arch. Tule (“TOO-lee”) grass wetlands produce namesake radiation fog in one of these features that has been (10[1])continually sinking in cities like Corcoran due to groundwater-based agriculture. The (-5[1])“Golden Empire” is a (10[1])nickname for one of these features (10[1])whose southern Tulare Basin (10[1])contains Fresno. (10[1])The cities (10[1])of Burbank and Calabasas (10[1]-5[1])are located in one of these features (10[2])named for San Fernando. (10[7])For 10 points, (10[1])uptalk (10[1])characterizes an often stereotyped accent named for what type of feature in Southern California? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: valleys [accept San Fernando Valley; accept Valley girls or Valleyspeak or Valley accent; accept Central Valley or Great Valley; accept San Joaquin Valley; accept Sacramento Valley; accept Valley Fever]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y21100%0%14%109.71

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chris RayOhio State AUC Berkeley B4510
Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale BToronto A46-5
Natan HoltzmanStanford AMinnesota B7510
Conor ThompsonIowa State AJohns Hopkins A86-5
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn ARutgers A9010
Daniel MaYale ARutgers B9610
Karan GurazadaTexas AColumbia A10010
Alex SchmidtPenn State ADuke A10210
Matt JacksonChicago AMaryland A10410
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AVirginia A10810
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BIllinois A108-5
Halle FriedmanNYU ABrown A11510
Vittal BhatNorth Carolina ACornell A11510
Justin HawkinsIndiana ASouth Carolina A11910
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AGeorgia Tech B11910
Tomás Aguilar-FragaClaremont ACornell B11910
Charles HangWUSTL AFlorida A11910
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AIowa State A11910
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AMinnesota A11910
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AMichigan A11910
Kevin FanMcGill AWUSTL B12210
Vivek SasseChicago BImperial A12310
Justin WytmarIllinois AFlorida B13810
Ian ChowToronto AYale B13810