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This natural region monopolized Early Modern pencil production after some 16th century shepherds stumbled on the world’s first major graphite deposit. This region is the birthplace of an orienteering-like sport in which mountain runners must navigate for themselves while traversing unmarked land. A common completionist goal for visitors to this region is to bag all 214 peaks listed (-5[1])in a classic “pictorial guide” by Alfred Wainwright. (-5[1])An earlier Guide to [this region] (-5[1])includes a verse description of a difficult climb through (*) Kirkstone Pass. (10[1])By making alterations to its garden, a drug-addicted tenant upset the owners of this region’s Dove Cottage. (10[1]-5[1])This (10[1])region contains the highest examples of barren hilltops known as “fells,” such as Scafell (10[1])Pike. For 10 points, the Pantisocracy was a utopian scheme hatched by writers associated with what region, (10[1])including Southey and Coleridge? (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Lake District [prompt on Cumbria, Westmoreland, North West England, or Great Britain] (The sport is fell running. Thomas De Quincey rented Dove Cottage from the Wordsworths. William Wordsworth wrote A Guide to the Lakes.)
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%0%44%118.78

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Conor Thompson[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp57-5
Richard YuI would prefer not toI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble65-5
Matt LaferTeam Name Think DetailThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club71-5
Rob CarsonBHSUSaint Peter Andre 30008210
Rahul KeyalThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)Evans Hall destruction awaiters9910
Chris SimsThe CanadiansThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub99-5
Mitch McCullarDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Tooremembrance of lost time10010
Halle FriedmanIn Search of Things PastCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!11410
Alexander Nerowave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?13110
William GoldenRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni GrillQuasicrystal Silence13510
Vedul PalavajjhalaI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleI would prefer not to13610
Will NedigerThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubTeam Name Think Detail13610
Nick JensenThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubThe Canadians13610