Question

A pink-colored phenomenon on this body of water, referred to as the Lanterns of Saint Anthony or by a name in the Barí language, can aid or kill fishermen who live in tin houses (-5[1])on stilts. (-5[1])An indigenous word (10[1])for copaiba names the city of Cabimas on the eastern (10[1])shore of this body of water. The main land route to a city in Zulia State named (10[1])for this body of (10[1])water (10[3])is over the General Rafael (10[2])Urdaneta Bridge. (-5[1])Air circulation over the spot where the Catatumbo (10[1])River (10[2])meets (10[1])this body (10[1])of water (10[2]-5[1])causes the most (-5[1])frequent lightning (10[2])on earth. (10[7]-5[3])The oil (-5[2])extracted from the spit (10[1])at the north of this body of water has funded the Bolivarian (10[1]-5[1])Mission (-5[1])social programs (-5[1])in the westernmost founding member of OPEC. For 10 points, what largest lake in South America is located (-5[1])in (-5[1])northwest Venezuela? (10[2])■END■ (10[4]0[7])

ANSWER: Lake Maracaibo [or Lago de Maracaibo; accept Tablazo Strait]
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Summary

Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%50%111.50
Midwest2025-02-01Y667%0%50%91.25
Northeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%50%117.50
Overflow2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%60.25
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%92.00
UK2025-02-01Y1060%0%50%98.33
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y888%0%13%88.29

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Max NealHarvard BTufts A33-5
Anne FjeldAlbertaUW A35-5
Andrew ZengStanford BPurdue3810
Ved MuthusamyNorthwestern BNotre Dame A4810
Jakob MyersIndiana AChicago A6510
Chauncey LoColumbia CRutgers A6910
Aden SunChicago BWashU B7010
Jonah HubertNotre Dame BGeorgetown B7010
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CImperial B7010
Thomas GlotfeltyVirginia Tech AWake Forest7510
Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale ACornell B7510
Carter HerronChicago DIllinois C77-5
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern AIowa8510
Sophie HiggsUW AAlberta8610
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AMaryland A8610
Kai MadgwickManchesterCambridge B8710
Justin WytmarIllinois AIllinois B8910
Michael SunBrandeis BBrown A91-5
Yrwin BatanMIT AHarvard A9110
Freddy PottsSheffieldCambridge C9110
Sam MacchiVassar ANYU B94-5
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins AHaverford A9610
Owen MimnoNYU APenn B9610
Connor RonanSouth CarolinaWilliam & Mary9810
Joseph ChambersVirginia AUNC B9810
Wyatt CurryMissouriWashU A98-5
Khugan ChanUMass BostonBU9810
Yaj JhajhriaUW BUBC9810
Brendan BethlehemCambridge ALSE98-5
Arya KarthikOxford AImperial A9810
Oscar O'FlanaganImperial AOxford A98-5
Jack RadoColumbia BMaryland B9810
Samuel KassoverGeorge Washington BHaverford B9810
Ivan StanisavljevicDukeLiberty C100-5
Jacob HarlMissoui S&TIndiana B100-5
Tobin PayneWarwick BCambridge E10410
Vedang SinghalUNC CLiberty A116-5
Caleb HinesLiberty AUNC C11610
Christian SherringtonSouthampton AOxford B117-5
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick ACambridge D119-5
Samuel MillerLiberty BUNC D137-5
James ByrneBristolSouthampton B138-5
Alex JiangBrown ABrandeis B14010
Andy HuffLSECambridge A14010
Jeffrey AustinUNC DLiberty B14110
Jonathan SchneidauLiberty CDuke14110
Sophie LymanWashU AMissouri1410
Sriram KoritalaIllinois CChicago D14110
Ethan SiskelTufts AHarvard B14110
Hamish CampbellDurhamOxford C1410
Matt SheldonOxford BSouthampton A1410
Percy YuenCambridge DWarwick A1410
Jaz the MononymousSouthampton BBristol1410
Benjamin WatsonOxford CDurham1410
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BVassar A1410