Question
Kate Beaton’s graphic memoir Ducks describes her two brutal years working in this region. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this specific region that holds the largest deposit of bitumen in the world. The boomtown of Fort McMurray is in this region, which is located northeast of smaller deposits at Peace River and Cold Lake.
ANSWER: Athabasca oil sands [or Athabasca tar sands; prompt on oil sands; prompt on Alberta; prompt on prairies; prompt on Western Canada; prompt on Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin or WCSB]
[10h] The title of Ducks refers to an incident in which hundreds of birds died after landing at one of these structures. Many of these structures, which store toxic slurry, are expected to undergo catastrophic failure in the coming years.
ANSWER: tailings dams [or tailings ponds; prompt on embankment dams]
[10e] This pipeline system connects the oil sands of Alberta to Illinois and the Gulf Coast. In 2021, Joe Biden finally killed a proposed “XL” extension to this pipeline that would have cut over Nebraska’s Sandhills.
ANSWER: Keystone [or TransCanada Keystone Pipeline GP Ltd; accept Keystone XL]
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Summary
| 2023 Chicago Open | 08/05/2023 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
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| The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |