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A rock arch named for the most famous visitor of an island in this archipelago collapsed in May 2021. (10[2])This archipelago’s island of San Cristobal hosts its capital (10[1])of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. (10[1])This archipelago is located near the triple point of the Nazca, Cocos, and Pacific plates. The last male member of one species endemic to this archipelago that died in 2012 was nicknamed Lonesome George. (10[1])A scientist that visited this archipelago’s Isabela Island studied species of finches (10[1])with different beak shapes, eventually inspiring the theory of natural selection. For 10 points, name this Pacific archipelago currently owned by Ecuador that was visited in 1835 by Charles Darwin. ■END■

ANSWER: Galápagos Islands (The arch in the first line is Darwin’s Arch, which was renamed as the Pillars of Evolution after it collapsed)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Alex Emmert (DII)MarylandUniversity of Delaware A1810
Kaiden Carey (DII)PennLehigh1810
Luke McCrory (DII)NYU BColumbia A2710
RioNYU CDelaware B3110
Frank Paz (DII)Swarthmore APrinceton6510
Edward Zhou (DII)NYU ARowan7710

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2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y6100%0%0%39.33