Question

A species of seal indigenous to this body of water migrates every (-5[1])winter to its frozen north or to its largest island of (-5[2])Ogurja (15[1])Ada [oh-GUR-juh AY-duh] to give birth. A city on this body of water has the world’s highest levels of natural background (-5[1])radiation and (-5[1])names a 1971 treaty on wetland conservation. Expanding tea (15[1])plantations on this body of water’s southern coast (-5[1])have threatened the (-5[1])protected Hyrcanian rainforest, where the Jungle Movement briefly established a socialist state (-5[1])centered on the city of (15[1])Rasht. (-5[1])The first offshore (10[1])(*) oil well was built near this body of water’s Absheron Peninsula. (10[5])Astrakhan is the largest (-5[1])city in the Volga (10[1]-5[1])Delta that drains (10[1])into this (10[1])brackish endorheic [en-doh-REE-ik] basin, whose large oil reserves are exported (10[1])west by pipeline from Baku. For 10 points, (10[1])what largest lake in the world (10[1])borders Russia, (10[1])Iran, and Azerbaijan? (10[6]0[2])■END■

ANSWER: Caspian Sea [or Kaspiskoye More; or Daryāye Khezer; or Xəzər dənizi; or Kaspiy teñizi; or Hazar deňizi; accept Caspian seal; accept Caspian Hyrcanian forest] (The city in the second sentence is Ramsar.)
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Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y683%17%33%100.40
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%0%50%123.25
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y3100%0%33%115.67
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y7100%14%43%115.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y1100%0%100%136.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y367%33%67%82.50

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sam MacchiVassarCase Western12-5
Cooper RohColumbia AColumbia B23-5
Micah ColmanWaterloo BustToronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl23-5
Kylan PowellSquidward Community CollegeSIUE2415
Fred GarveyTruman StateWUSTL A45-5
Michael DuWaterloo CaliToronto Penguin World War47-5
Andrew MinagarYaleGatherer5615
Sam MacchiVassarMichigan C64-5
Andrew ZengStanfordIowa State67-5
Jonah SchwartzWUSTL JWUSTL C79-5
Pranav SivaramOhioPenn State A8415
Brady PinterBelmontGeorgia Tech C85-5
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichigan AIowa8810
Lexi TermanRutgersLehigh A9910
Owen MimnoNYU APrinceton9910
Conor ThompsonIowa StateStanford9910
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AWUSTL9910
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto SproutToronto Pilk9910
Andrew YangColumbia CNYU C103-5
Cody CoonBardNYU B10710
Charles HangWUSTLNorth Carolina107-5
Alan WuVanderbilt BGeorgia Tech B11010
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto cDNAOttawa11210
Leo TaoMichigan CPenn State B12210
Arthur StadlinOhio StateMichigan B13010
Elijah QuanMichigan CVassar13610
Darshan KrishnamswamyGeorgia Tech CBelmont13810
Jeff GuanNYU CColumbia C1410
Moses KitakuleColumbia BColumbia A14110
Jonathan ShaufNorth CarolinaWUSTL14110
Alan LeeCase WesternVassar14110
Amith PunyalaWUSTL ATruman State1410
Noah DinitzWUSTL CWUSTL J14110
Joey SunToronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowlWaterloo Bust14110
Sky LiToronto Penguin World WarWaterloo Cali14110