Palliser’s Triangle - 2025 Penn Bowl

Question

Despite this region’s namesake describing harsh conditions for growing plants, it became a target for railways and farms after a more favorable report from John Macoun. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this region of sandy soil in the south of Canada’s Prairie provinces. This notably dry region contains dunes in the Great Sand Hills near the town of Leader, Saskatchewan.

ANSWER: Palliser’s Triangle [or the Palliser Triangle; or Triangle de Palliser; accept Palliser Region]

[10m] Palliser’s Triangle lies outside a “Canadian” example of these geologic regions across Ontario and Québec, which generally has poor soils for farming. These areas of old exposed rock form cratons along with platforms.

ANSWER: shield [accept Canadian shield]

[10e] Like the Great Plains, Palliser’s Triangle is particularly a center of production for this crop, despite frequent droughts. Flour is made from this crop.

ANSWER: wheat [or Triticum; prompt on grain or cereals or cereal crops]

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Summary


2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State	11/08/25	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	18.57	100%	71%	14%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - WashU	11/01/25	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%

Data


MIT B	Brandeis	0	0	10	10
Brown	RIT	0	10	10	20
Yale	Harvard	0	10	10	20
I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	MIT A	0	10	10	20
Columbia A	JHU B	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	John Jay	0	10	10	20
Maryland C	Maryland A	0	10	10	20
NYU A	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Mount Sinai	0	0	10	10
JHU A	Swarthmore	0	0	10	10
Texas B	Central Oklahoma	0	10	10	20
Texas A	Oklahoma	0	10	10	20
Illinois	Northwestern A	0	10	10	20
Northwestern B	UChicago C	0	0	10	10
Purdue A	UChicago B	0	0	10	10
Indiana	Purdue B	0	0	10	10
New Young Whigs of America	abg academy	0	0	10	10
rusty shackleford	Wake Up Paddington A Washington Mystery	0	0	10	10
#OpenToBuzz	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
Aweille Kevin Fan osti continue comme ça	Guelph perfomative male competition	0	10	10	20
Ottawa 67s	McGill B	0	10	10	20
Toronto Murder on the Rider Express	McGill Fartlets	0	0	10	10
Queen's is monitoring the situation	Toronto Sunshine Bubbles	0	0	10	10
Toronto Operation PBSuccess	Carleton A	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	Waterloo you are crooked	10	10	10	30
Berkeley A	Stanford B	0	10	10	20
The best time to buzz was twenty clues ago. The second best time to buzz is now	Berkeley B	0	0	10	10
Stanford A	Free Win	0	10	10	20
In Search of Lost Clues	Berkeley C	0	10	10	20
Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	To buzz is to be perceived	0	0	10	10
Coughing Baby	Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins	0	0	10	10
Hail to the Sheaf	Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh	0	10	10	20
Knorr Stock Clue	Chimp Brisket	0	0	10	10
Of Mice and Penn	Bristold	0	0	10	10
Washed Scrubs	Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance	0	10	10	20
Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament	The Bit and the Penndulum	0	10	10	20
question mark	Galactic Ombudsmen	0	0	10	10
why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	0	0	10	10
Ohio State A	CWRU	0	0	10	10
Michigan B	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Ohio State B	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Planck Sinatra	UNC A	0	10	10	20
VT A	UNC B	0	0	10	10
Wise Duke	VT B	0	0	10	10
VJ Edgecombe School of Interior Design - Edwardsville	Truman State	0	10	10	20
WashU Bouba	WashU Kiki	0	0	10	10