Question
Since 2005, a 35-mile fissure has been forming at this geologic region’s Dabbahu Volcano. A major lava lake lies in this region’s volcano Erta Ale. A formation denoted “RRR” in this region created its Gulfs of Zula and Tadjoura. This region’s Awash River yielded the Hadar jaw—arguably the oldest Homo specimen—and the namesake of Ardipithecus, whose name derives from a language sharing this region’s name. It’s not Iceland, but a terrestrial mid-ocean ridge in this region exemplifies (*) ocean formation. This region’s Lake Assal is Africa’s lowest point. The now-ghost town of Dallol in this region has the world record for hottest inhabited place and is in its Danakil Desert. As the “Lucy” skeleton was found in this region, its species name refers to it. For 10 points, name this region formed by a triple junction of the African, Arabian, and Somali plates, centered on Djibouti. ■END■
Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 67% | 67% | 67% | 40.00 |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | N | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 105.67 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | N | 3 | 67% | 0% | 67% | 126.50 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 40% | 40% | 60% | 35.00 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 67% | 33% | 50% | 97.25 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 67% | 33% | 67% | 94.00 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 67% | 33% | 67% | 99.00 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Mandelbaum | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | 13 | 15 |
| Jason Golfinos | Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | Berkeley | 39 | -5 |
| Rohan Shelke | Berkeley | Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | 39 | 15 |
| Neil Gurram | A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs | Stanford+ | 41 | 15 |
| Will Alston | Walston et. al. | just one more half-dot bro | 43 | 15 |
| Michael Hundiing | Who is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus? | Clown Senpais | 49 | 15 |
| Tejas Raje | BHSU Rebirth | The Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day) | 50 | 15 |
| Matt Lafer | Music to Help You Stop Smoking | That Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days | 50 | -5 |
| Daoud Jackson | Defying Suavity | Cien Años de Quizboledad | 53 | 15 |
| Adil Haider | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | 54 | -5 |
| Joey Sun | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | 54 | -5 |
| Micah Colman | Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | 57 | 15 |
| Matt Schiavone | Northeast by Northwestern | Notre Dame | 67 | -5 |
| Ben Russell Jones | Simple Vibes | Cambridge | 86 | -5 |
| Hazel Depreist-Sullivan | NJ TRANSit (and anwen | jeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club | 86 | -5 |
| Zaid Asif | 12 Litres of Green Tea | Cope is the thing with feathers | 86 | -5 |
| Hari Parameswaran | Cry of the Common Loon | number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku | 86 | -5 |
| Oscar O'Flanagan | Limp Francekit | Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz | 94 | -5 |
| Charles Hang | WashU | BHSU ReFantazio | 112 | -5 |
| Erik Christensen | I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | 112 | -5 |
| Sinecio Morales | hawk two of | Clown Squad | 145 | 10 |
| William Houston | That Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days | Music to Help You Stop Smoking | 145 | 0 |
| Stephen Heritage | Notre Dame | Northeast by Northwestern | 145 | 0 |
| Andrew Wang | BHSU ReFantazio | WashU | 145 | 10 |
| Adam Monusko | Clown Squad | hawk two of | 145 | 0 |
| Arvin Borgahi | Cambridge | Simple Vibes | 145 | 10 |
| Joseph Collins | Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz | Limp Francekit | 145 | 0 |
| Ryan Rosenberg | Cope is the thing with feathers | 12 Litres of Green Tea | 145 | 10 |
| Halle Friedman | jeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club | NJ TRANSit (and anwen | 145 | 0 |
| Jack van Nostrand | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | 145 | 0 |
| Jason Zhang | She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | 145 | 0 |
| Henry Atkins | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | 145 | 0 |