One town was supposedly named after this city after somebody compared a long-running fistfight to the famously long military engagements around this city, which included the Battle of Balaclava. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city on the site of the former Greek colony of Chersonesus (“kayr-sah-NAY-zooss”).
ANSWER: Sevastopol [accept Sebastopol or Sivastopol; accept Aqyar]
[10e] That town named Sebastopol lies in this state’s Sonoma County, which forms part of its major wine region along with Napa.
ANSWER: California
[10h] The Siege of Sebastopol also inspired an open-D instrumental popularized by this guitarist as “Vastopol.” This guitarist wrote the song “Freight Train” about a train through Chapel Hill’s Northside neighborhood.
ANSWER: Elizabeth Cotten [or Libba Cotten]
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