Drakensberg - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

The Highveld begins north of this range, which is known in a local language as uKhahlamba (“oo-ka-LAHM-ba”), or “barrier of spears.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this mountain range whose tallest peak is Thabana Ntlenyana. This range, the eastern part of the Great Escarpment, forms the northern border of KwaZulu-Natal.

ANSWER: Drakensberg [accept Maloti Mountains]

[10e] Thabana Ntlenyana is located in this country governed from Maseru. This tiny landlocked country has the highest low point in the world, found at the junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers.

ANSWER: Lesotho [or the Kingdom of Lesotho; accept Naha ea Lesotho]

[10h] The western end of the Great Escarpment runs through the “Great” part of this arid area with a Khoikhoi name. This loosely defined area north of the Cape is dotted by flat-topped hills called koppies.

ANSWER: Karoo [accept Great Karoo; accept Lesser Karoo or Klein Karoo]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	50%	75%	50%
Canada	Main Site	Y	12	15.83	100%	42%	17%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	13.75	88%	38%	13%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	8	8.75	50%	25%	13%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	16.67	92%	58%	17%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	18.75	88%	75%	25%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	75%	0%	25%

Data


Berkeley A	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
Berkeley C	Berkeley B	0	10	0	10
Stanford A	Berkeley D	10	10	0	20
UCSD C	UC Irvine	0	0	0	0
UCLA B	UCLA A	10	10	10	30
UCSD A	Arizona State	10	10	10	30
UCSD B	UC Santa Barbara	10	0	0	10
Central Florida B	Central Florida A	0	0	0	0
Florida A	Central Florida C	0	10	0	10
Florida C	Florida B	0	10	0	10
Michigan C	CWRU A	0	10	0	10
CWRU B	Michigan State	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	Michigan A	10	0	0	10
Michigan B	Pittsburgh	0	10	0	10
Brock	Simon Fraser	0	10	0	10
Guelph	UBC B	10	10	10	30
McGill A	Carleton University	10	10	0	20
Toronto G	McGill B	10	10	0	20
Ottawa	McMaster A	0	10	0	10
Toronto B	Waterloo A	10	10	0	20
Waterloo B	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Toronto F	Western B	0	10	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	McMaster B	0	10	0	10
UBC A	Queen's	0	10	0	10
Toronto D	Western A	0	10	0	10
Western C	Toronto C	10	10	10	30
Northwestern B	Chicago A	10	10	0	20
Chicago B	Indiana C	10	10	0	20
Chicago C	Notre Dame A	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Chicago D	0	0	0	0
Purdue B	Chicago E	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame B	Illinois B	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Indiana B	10	10	10	30
Northwestern D	Illinois A	0	10	0	10
Carleton College	Washington A	0	10	0	10
Washington B	Claremont	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Minnesota A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Missouri B	10	10	0	20
Texas A&M A	Murray State A	10	10	0	20
Texas B	Texas A	10	10	0	20
WashU B	Alabama B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Tennessee A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Bruin	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Louisville B	10	0	0	10
Louisville A	Kentucky	0	0	0	0
Sewanee	Mississipi State	0	0	0	0
Vanderbilt B	Tennessee B	0	0	0	0
WashU A	Alabama A	10	10	10	30
Cambridge A	Bristol	10	10	0	20
Cambridge C	Southampton B	10	10	0	20
Georgetown	Johns Hopkins B	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins A	NYU C	10	10	0	20
Maryland A	Swarthmore	10	10	0	20
Columbia C	Maryland B	10	10	10	30
NYU A	Vassar	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Rutgers A	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Catholic	Rutgers B	0	0	0	0
Binghamton A	Rochester	0	0	0	0
Binghamton B	Cornell C	0	10	0	10
Penn State	Cornell B	0	10	10	20
Cornell A	RIT	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	Imperial A	0	10	0	10
Montpellier	Edinburgh B	10	10	0	20
Imperial B	LSE	0	10	0	10
Warwick B	Imperial C	0	10	0	10
Manchester	Oxford A	10	10	10	30
Oxford C	Oxford B	0	10	0	10
UCL	Southampton A	10	10	10	30
Warwick A	Cambridge B	0	10	0	10
City St. George's	Cardiff	10	0	0	10
Birmingham	Durham	10	10	0	20