Question
A Masha Gessen book about this region describes the burning of Yiddish-language books by the capital city's library. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this region with its capital at Birobidzhan. Article 65 of its country's constitution establishes this region's independence as a home for its namesake ethnoreligious group.
ANSWER: Jewish Autonomous Oblast [or JAO or Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast; prompt on answers indicating a Jewish oblast]
[10h] This animal appears on the coat of arms of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Japanese occupiers carried out a campaign to eradicate this animal from the Korean peninsula, making it a symbol of Korean colonial resistance.
ANSWER: Siberian tiger [or Amur tiger; prompt on Asian tiger; prompt on Korean tiger by asking "What is the more common name for the subspecies?"]
[10e] East of the JAO, this second-largest city in the Russian Far East contains the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
ANSWER: Vladivostok
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 100% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
Data
| Rutgers Diaspora | Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland A | The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery | Maryland B+ | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |