Question

Albert Mathieu Favier proposed this project to Napoleon I and suggested using enormous chimneys for it. (15[1])A Puck cartoon depicts a lion-riding Garnet Wolseley fleeing from the result (-5[1])of this project. (-5[1])Edward Watkin and Alexandre Lavalley’s (15[1])proposal for this project (15[1])was nixed (-5[1])by the British military (-5[1])over (-5[1])concerns that it would aid (-5[1])foreign invasions. (-5[2])The completion (-5[3])of this project (15[1]-5[1])influenced (15[1])the location (15[3])of a refugee (15[1]-5[1])camp known as (15[1])(*) “The Jungle” (10[1])that was cleared in (10[2])2016. (10[5])Henry Marc Brunel (-5[1])invented the gravity (-5[1])corer while proving the feasibility of this (10[1])project, (10[1])showing that the Strait of Dover was made (-5[1])of chalk. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])what project, when (10[1])completed in 1994, (10[1])connected (10[1])Kent (10[1])to (10[1])the Pas-de-Calais? (10[1])■END■ (10[15]0[4])

ANSWER: digging a tunnel under the English Channel [accept digging the Chunnel or digging the Channel Tunnel; prompt on digging a tunnel by asking “where?”; prompt on connecting Great Britain to Europe by asking “how?”]
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Summary

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
James ByrneBristolImperial B1515
Owen RileyToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming TitansASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline27-5
Lucas JohnsWarwick ALSE A30-5
James MangravitiBoston College BTufts A3515
Owen IredaleImperial ACambridge A3915
Will AlstonSGV VenturesJason et al.41-5
Mitchell HackettThe cult of SGAshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique45-5
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AWaterloo Basic46-5
Pranav SrambikkalLambertGeorgia Tech D51-5
Ned TagtmeierChicago AChicago B53-5
Davis JohnsonPurdue BPurdue A53-5
Nicholas NguyenUF CUCF A55-5
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech BInnovation Academy A55-5
Zach JosephNotre DameSIUE55-5
James McCurleyHarvardBowdoin B5815
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ANorth Carolina A58-5
Michael DuWaterloo AspidistraToronto B5915
Derek FinoClark HouseBowdoin C6115
Ben FleishmanBUTufts B6115
James TangWaterloo ClozeToronto Disband the Club 2k246115
Joel MilesPaddington in Peru (2024)In the Mood for Buzz6415
Andrew ZengMadmen and SpecialistsOld and Young64-5
Max KurzmanNorth Carolina BSouth Carolina6715
Orion KellerVirginia Tech BVirginia Tech C6910
Michal GerasimiukStanfordBerkeley A7310
Anderson WangAnderson et al.ALCU7310
Ted GanPenn StatePitt7410
James WangOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha7410
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AMcGill A7410
Iris CreightonCambridge BLSE B7410
Akshay SeetharamClaremontU[C]SD7410
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley Past77-5
Biniam AlaroUF AUF B80-5
Evan LuccaBowdoin AClark Wilson8710
Brendan BaumerUCF BUSF8810
June YinWashUSquidward Community College96-5
Cade ReinbergerRITMaryland9810
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech C98-5
Ian Droessler WilsonInnovation Academy BMississippi State9810
Harry CraneWarwick CWarwick B9810
Andres CordobaYaleAmherst101-5
Kevin LeCarleton AMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii10410
Andrew WangIllinois BlueIllinois Orange10710
Fred GarveyTrumanMissouri10810
Alexander NicholsUCF AUF C10910
Tegan Kapadiabingy academySocial credit go vroom11010
Fahian JoyAmherstYale11210
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AVirginia Tech A11310
Kylan PowellSquidward Community CollegeWashU11310
Skand ParvatikarASU->Stanford->ASU pipelineToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titans11310
Mike CheyneOld and YoungMadmen and Specialists11310
Khang Leshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetiqueThe cult of SGA11310
Clete ReinbergerValenciaFlorida Tech1130
Aidan BernardoFlorida TechValencia1130
Graham CopeUF BUF A11310
Eric ChenBerkeley PastBerkeley B11310
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicToronto Metropolitan A11310
Louis HarneyGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech A11310
Lucas ArdeleanInnovation Academy AGeorgia Tech B1130
Zach TsengGeorgia Tech DLambert11310
Michelle LuoJohns CreekMilton11310
Max HodesChicago BChicago A11310
Ryan HappelSIUENotre Dame1130
Aneesh ShotriyaPurdue APurdue B11310
Albert NyangLSE AWarwick A11310
Travis TuJason et al.SGV Ventures11310