Question

In this province’s capital, the architecture studio OMA is designing a car-free “Future Science and Technology City” with 6 sectors based on traditional línpán settlements near the Tiānfǔ (“t’YEN-foo”) New Area. (10[1])This province’s Qiónglái–Mín (“CHYONG-lye MEEN”) Mountains contain the Huánglóng and Jiǔzhàigōu (“j’yoh-JYE-goh”) Valley (10[1])protected areas and were the starting (10[2])point of Gāo Xíngjiàn’s (“sheeng-j’YEN’s”) Soul Mountain. This province is home to the tallest pre-modern statue in the world, the Lèshān (10[2]-5[1])(“luh-SHAHN”) Giant (-5[1])Buddha, (10[3])in its Mount (-5[1])Éméi (-5[1])(“UH-may”) Scenic Area. The Wòlóng (10[1])National Nature Reserve (10[2])is one of this province’s Giant Panda Sanctuaries. (10[5])Dishes (10[1])from this province like (10[1])Kung (10[1])Pao (10[1])chicken (10[6])and mapo (10[1])tofu (10[3])are made with its namesake (10[1])“peppercorns.” (10[5])For 10 points, name this (10[1])province of southwestern China north of Yúnnán (“yewn-nahn”), whose capital is Chéngdū (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Sìchuān (“sitch-WAHN”) [or Sǐcuān; accept Seichyūn or Sùchhoan; accept Szechuan; accept Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries or Sìchuān Dàxióngmāo Qīxīdì or Sǐcuān Xiongmāor Qīxidǐ]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew ZengStanford BStanford C2910
Danny Han (UG)PennColumbia A3910
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)4510
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)4510
Ryan SunBerkeley BBerkeley A6510
Dwight SolanoTexas A&M BAppalachian State65-5
John John Groger (UG)Columbia BHaverford6510
Alan WuVanderbilt ATennessee66-5
Jacky XuCornell BBinghamton6710
Roan DowlingIowa AClaremont A6710
Eileen PengOxford CDurham B6710
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BKentucky70-5
Justin LeeImperial ADurham A71-5
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)UNC B (UG)7510
James Stevenson (UG)Michigan AMichigan B7810
Roxanne Tang (UG)Ohio State AMichigan C7810
Vinu HariharBerkeley CStanford A8610
Raymond WangCornell ARIT A8610
Truman FillbrandtUW ATexas A&M A8610
Albert Zhang (UG)Columbia CRowan8610
James ByrneBristolSheffield8610
Alan ZhangUBC AMichigan State A8710
Vedang Singhal (DII)UNC D (DII)Liberty C (DII)9110
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia Tech AAlabama9210
Duncan Griffiths (UG)William & Mary A (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)9310
Caleb Hines (DII)Liberty B (DII)JMU A (UG)9410
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)UNC C (UG)9410
Brian Lai (DII)Virginia B (UG)Maryland C (DII)9410
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMinnesota C9410
Jaik HavlickArizona StateMinnesota B9410
Harrison WhitakerCambridge AWarwick9410
Owen Mimno (DII)NYU ANYU B9610
Aiden Wegener (DII)GWU B (Grad)Maryland B (UG)9710
Chinmay MurthyTexas ARice A9710
Sinecio Morales (DII)Johns HopkinsJohn Jay9710
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State BKenyon10210
Julian BushlowCornell CRIT B10310
Nicholas Lane (DII)GWU A (UG)JMU B (UG)10310
Kevin Jiang (UG)Duke A (UG)Liberty A (Grad)10310
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicVanderbilt B10310
Jack LewisMTSUHarding10310
Cormac BeirneSorbonneIowa B10810
Kai MadgwickDurham AImperial A11910
Danny TranTennesseeVanderbilt A11910
Martin AlfayaKentuckyGeorgia Tech B12010