Question

A decision declaring that Gabriel Sylliboy could not hunt out of season in this province was overturned in the case R. v. Marshall. Anna Leonowens (“LEE-un-owens”) helped found a Local Council of Women in this province, which was also home to the Birchtown community of Black Loyalists. (10[1])In 2010, (10[1])this province posthumously apologized for the arrest of the “Rosa Parks” of Canada, Viola Desmond. The 1995 Peace Prize was awarded to the conferences named for this province’s village of Pugwash. A blizzard hampered relief for a 1917 disaster in this province that destroyed (10[1])the Tufts (10[2])Cove (10[1])Mi’kmaq (“MEEG-mah”) community and the Acadia Sugar (10[1])Refinery. That disaster in this province’s capital was caused by the SS (10[1])Imo running into the explosive-ridden SS Mont-Blanc. For 10 points, name this (-5[1])province governed from Halifax. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Nova Scotia [or Nouvelle-Écosse; accept New Scotland or Alba Nuadh]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cooper RohColumbia BYale B4510
Lexi TermanRutgers ANYU A4710
Sam MacchiVassarHaverford9110
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AColumbia A9310
Austin GuoPrinceton ARowan A9310
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BPenn B9410
Nathan ZhangCornell CYale A10010
Ricky ChenPrinceton BYale C11210
William HelmanBard ANYU B124-5
Omar MahmoodNYU BBard A12910

Summary

2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y9100%0%11%89.33