Question

Folklore from this mountain range features a “Mistress of the Copper Mountain” with green eyes and a malachite gown. (-5[1])It’s not the Andes, (-5[1])but during a state-sponsored journey in his 60s, Alexander von Humboldt correctly predicted that diamonds were located in this mountain (10[1])range. A “radioactive (10[1])trace” in this mountain range stems (10[1])from (10[1])a disaster at the Mayak plutonium (-5[1])processing (10[2])facility. (10[3])This mountain range is home to (-5[1])a steel-producing town (10[1])that was planned to resemble (10[4])Gary, (10[1])Indiana. (10[3]-5[1])Population centers in this (10[1])mountain range include a city dubbed its country’s “third capital,” (10[1]-5[1])Yekaterinburg. (10[19]-5[3])The (10[2])archipelago (10[6])Novaya (-5[1])Zemlya is an extension (10[1])of this mountain range to the north. For 10 points, the conventional border between Europe and (-5[1])Asia (10[1])is formed (10[1])by what (10[1])Russian (10[1])mountain (10[1])range? (10[2])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Ural Mountains [or Urals or Uralskie Gory]
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Khanh NguyenUF AUCF B18-5
Michal GerasimiukStanford MBerkeley B22-5
Simon Zimmerman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan State B (UG)4210
Owen IredaleImperial ABirmingham4510
Vishesh Verma (DII)Michigan State APitt B (UG)5110
Enina Edosomwan (DII)CWRU A (UG)Michigan C (UG)5210
Luke ZhangEmory AGeorgia Tech A58-5
Danila KabotyaIndiana AUIUC D5910
Kai MadgwickManchesterDurham A5910
Daniel Lian (DII)Michigan C (UG)Pitt B (UG)6010
Simon Zimmerman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)CWRU D (DII)6010
Ved MuthusamyOxford AWarwick A6010
DanielMichigan DOSU C66-5
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AWarwick B6910
Mitchell IndekMichigan BCWRU B (UG)7410
Arthur Zhang (D2)NYU BTexas B7410
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar ATexas C7410
Graham CopeUF BUCF A7410
Danny Peelan (DII)Pitt AOhio State C (DII)7510
William HoustonUChicago BUIUC B7610
Francis Hanf (UG)Kenyon A (UG)Pitt A76-5
John Chen (UG)UBC AUBC B7610
Truman Fillbrandt (UG)UW AUW B7610
Akshar GoyalUIUC AIndiana B8010
Todd MaslykMichigan AOhio State B (DII)9010
Anne Fjeld (DII)AlbertaSFU90-5
Ani KannanBerkeley CStanford L9110
Vinu HariharBerkeley AStanford A9110
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech CAlabama A9110
Ian LuGeorgia Tech FEmory B9110
Martin BrandenburgGeorgia AClemson A9110
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech EAuburn A9110
Nitish SudhakarGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech D91-5
Stephen WalshNorthwestern APurdue B91-5
Sam McNameeNotre DamePurdue C9110
Sam KonkelUChicago CWashU C9110
Francis BernhardtMiamiUChicago D9110
Francis BernhardtMiamiUChicago D9110
Leo Tao (UG)Michigan BKenyon A (UG)9110
Andrew Stappenbeck (DII)CWRU B (UG)Michigan State B (UG)9110
Jake Meltzer (DII)CWRU A (UG)Ohio State B (DII)9110
Brynn JonesOregon StateWUSTL A9110
Roan DowlingIowaNYU A9110
Nicholas NguyenUF DUF F9110
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltCambridge D91-5
Ted WarnerBristol ADurham B9110
Arvin BoraghiCambridge CBristol B9110
Benedykt Chodzko-ZajkoSouthampton BEdinburgh9110
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Ryan SharpeLSE BOxford B9210
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John John GrogerWashU BUIUC C9310
Drew Scheiner (UG)MissouriVassar B9310
Mitchell Hackett (D2)Central OklahomaOle Miss9310
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Joseph CollinsImperial BLSE A11510
TJ PickeringAuburn BTusculum A11710
Hayden Webb (D2)ArkansasMississippi State11910
JacobOSU CMichigan D12010
Zac StaplerPitt AKenyon A (UG)12110
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BStanford M12210
Dexter Hine (UG)SFUAlberta12210
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech AEmory A12310
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech B12310
Reilly MelvillePurdue BNorthwestern A12310
Owen Brown (DII)Kenyon B (DII)Michigan State A12310
Sheikh ArufUCF BUF A12310