Question

This river is crossed by the world’s longest single-span bridge for pedestrians and cyclists near Huningue (“oo-NANG”). Many hydroelectric facilities lie along a “Grand Canal” parallel to this river near the town of Kembs (“KEHMSS”). This river, whose artificial mouth is the “New Waterway,” turned red and experienced mass fish death after a fire at the Sandoz chemical works. Human settlement of this river’s peatland delta likely caused its (*) Lek distributary (-5[1])to form. (-5[1])Distance markers along this river count kilometers from the bridge at Lake Constance. (10[1]-5[2])A “land” (10[5])named (-5[1])for this river is a major industrial (10[3])area (10[3])near (10[2])where (-5[1])the (10[1]-5[1])Ruhr (10[2])flows (10[1])into (10[2])this (10[1])river, including (-5[1])the (-5[1])cities of (10[1])Mainz (“MIGHNTS”) and Bonn. (10[2])For 10 points each, name this river that forms much of the Franco-German border (10[1])before flowing into the North Sea. (10[4])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Rhine River [accept der Rhein; accept Rijn; accept le Rhin]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Geography>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Justin Lee3HK1MMLimp Chriskit68-5
Michal GerasimiukStanfordBerkeley A70-5
Yrwin BatanMITHarvard A8310
Kai MadgwickGressenheller AOxford School for Quizness83-5
Thomas GlotfeltyVirginia Tech AUNC B83-5
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AIllinois A8510
Owen GilroyTexas BTAMU8510
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Jacob EgolDuke ARIT A8510
John MarvinChicago ANotre Dame A86-5
Nicholas NguyenUF CUF B9310
Gus VanskikeMarylandJHU B9310
Richard PollardThe Crying of Team 49LSE9310
Jonah HubertNotre Dame BIllinois C9410
Stephen WalshNorthwestern BNotre Dame C9410
Cooper RohColumbiaNYU A9410
Leo TaoMichigan BOhio State B9510
Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale ABU9510
Diego Miguel Almaraz-PérezUNC AUNC C96-5
John John GrogerWUSTLPurdue9710
Joel MilesMinnesotaSIUE97-5
Todd MaslykMichigan AOhio State A9810
William GoldenHoustonTexas A9810
Jacob EvansMichigan StateCarnegie Mellon9910
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley CBerkeley B10010
William HoustonChicago BIndiana B10010
Khanh NguyenUF AUCF10110
Peter ScullyTuftsHarvard B103-5
Zaid AsifNYU BPrinceton104-5
Danila KabotyanskiIndiana AIllinois B10610
Ariel FaederPittsburghOhio State C10910
Oscar O'FlanaganLimp Chriskit3HK1MM10910
Christopher DechBrandeisYale B12310
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AStanford12910
Alex DelVecchioNotre Dame AChicago A12910
Jeffery AustinUNC CUNC A12910
Graham TroyUNC BVirginia Tech A12910
Logan MathisSIUEMinnesota13010
Jerry ZhangHarvard BTufts13010
Carter McLeanPrincetonNYU B13010
Ved MuthusamyOxford School for QuiznessGressenheller A13010