Question

Archaeologists in this country hope to find all fifty of the “Elliq-Qala,” or “Fifty Forts,” including castles at Guldursun (-5[1])and Toprak. Toxic dust storms cause chronic illnesses in this country’s depopulated city (-5[1])of Moynaq, (-5[1])home to a “cemetery (10[2]-5[1])of boats.” (-5[1])Most of the (10[1])Karakalpak (10[2]-5[2])people (-5[1])live (10[1])in this country (10[7]-5[2])around a (-5[1])river delta home (10[1])to the cities (-5[1])of Nukus (10[2])and Urgench. (10[2]-5[1])This country’s main ethnic group speaks (10[1])the second (10[1])most (10[1])widely-spoken Turkic (-5[2])language, (10[1]0[1]-5[2])which (10[1])is closely (-5[2])related to Uighur. (10[1])The city of Andijan (10[1])lies in this country’s section of the Ferghana Valley. (10[1]-5[1])Before the effects of irrigation for cotton (10[1])growing, (10[2]-5[3])the Amu (10[1])Darya (10[1])met the Aral Sea (10[1])in this country. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, what most populous country in Central Asia contains cities like Samarkand (10[3])and Tashkent? (10[2])■END■ (10[21])

ANSWER: Uzbekistan [or Republic of Uzbekistan; or O‘zbekiston Respublikasi]
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Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%64.67
Florida2025-02-01Y367%0%67%84.50
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Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%94.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%82.00
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%81.00
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%60%111.00
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%40%86.60
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%85.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%74.00
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%50%88.10
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y786%0%43%120.50
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%117.67

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathan RedfordLiberty AWilliam & Mary18-5
Nikhil ChellamNorthwestern AIowa31-5
Vikshar AthreyaRutgers AJohn Jay College33-5
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AUCSD3710
Ved MuthusamyNorthwestern BNotre Dame A37-5
Brendan BethlehemCambridge ADurham3710
John ChaTufts AHarvard B39-5
Kai MadgwickManchesterCambridge E4210
Matthew AndersenFlorida BUCF B4310
Noah DeanKenyonOhio State A43-5
Gabe DubowskiIllinois BMissouri4310
Christopher DekermanjiVanderbilt ATennessee A43-5
Joseph CollinsImperial BOxford A44-5
Owen GilroyTexas BTexas A4510
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BClaremont A4810
Diego AlmarazUNC CWake Forest4810
Conor ThompsonIowa StateWisconsin B4810
Jonathan HuangMIT ABU48-5
Jonah HubertNotre Dame BNotre Dame C4810
Louis HarneyGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A4810
Allen XuGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech C4810
Paritosh PurohitBristolLSE4810
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick AOxford B48-5
Jacob PriceSheffieldCambridge B50-5
Oscar O'FlanaganImperial ASouthampton B5310
Juan LandaetaFlorida State AValencia A56-5
Ethan NewmanMichigan StateMichigan C5810
Stevie MillerCarnegie Mellon AMichigan D5810
Jeffrey AustinUNC DSouth Carolina6010
Ben HorningGeorgetown BGeorgetown A6010
Fahim AfzalCambridge DSouthampton A60-5
Carter HerronChicago DChicago C6610
Aden SunChicago BIllinois A6810
Declan CobbWisconsin AMinnesota B6910
Khanh NguyenFlorida AUCF C71-5
Charles HangWashU AChicago A71-5
Henry BonWinona StateCarleton72-5
Arvin BoraghiCambridge CNYU C7210
Ryan RosenbergNYU AYale A72-5
Ben SterlingYale ANYU A720
Allan LeeStanford BPurdue7310
Jaik HavlickASUTAMU75-5
Samuel KassoverGeorge Washington BGeorge Washington A75-5
William ParocaiDartmouth ABrandeis B7810
Prahalad RaoOhio State BMichigan B8210
Christian AllenMissoui S&TIllinois C9110
Khugan ChanUMass BostonBrandeis A91-5
John John GrogerWashU BIndiana B9810
Alan LeeCase Western ACarnegie Mellon B99-5
Joseph ChambersVirginia ALiberty B9910
Tobin PayneWarwick BOxford C99-5
Chauncey LoColumbia CMaryland B9910
Tom ScheriRIT BCornell D99-5
Owen LinderBinghamton ARIT A10110
Jaehyun ParkBUMIT A10210
Thomas GlotfeltyVirginia Tech ALiberty C10610
Terrence HanUCLAClaremont B10910
Oliver ThompsonCase Western BMichigan A109-5
Michael KearneyHarvard ABrown A12310
Nathan ZhangCornell BMaryland A12310
Olin BoseColumbia BJohns Hopkins A12310
Graham TroyUNC BDuke12510
Benjamin WatsonOxford CWarwick B12510
Henry KeatingUCF CFlorida A12610
Simon ZimmermanOhio State AKenyon12610
Todd MaslykMichigan ACase Western B12610
Derek AldridgeWilliam & MaryLiberty A12610
John MarvinChicago AWashU A12610
Aaron MarchandCarletonWinona State12610
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis AUMass Boston12610
Max NealHarvard BTufts A12610
Roan DowlingIowaNorthwestern A12610
Sam McNameeNotre Dame ANorthwestern B12610
Tony LiangTAMUASU12610
Nathan WhittingtonTennessee AVanderbilt A12610
Christian SherringtonSouthampton ACambridge D12610
Arya KarthikOxford AImperial B12610
Shiv SeshanCambridge BSheffield12610
Eliza DeanOxford BWarwick A12610
Eva Lettiere-RobertsGeorge Washington AGeorge Washington B12610
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeRutgers A12610
Sam MacchiVassar APenn A12610
Gregory StoneESF ACornell C12610
Kritanu SahaCornell DRIT B12610