Question
It’s not the Caribbean, but over 200 divers have drowned while traversing the Arch in a Blue Hole in this body of water. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this body of water where snorkelers explore the Sunken City artificial coral reef near Hurghada, an Egyptian port city south of the Sinai Peninsula.
ANSWER: Red Sea
[10h] The remains of the Umbria in this country’s largest Red Sea port is a popular shipwreck diving spot. This country’s Rapid Support Forces evolved from Abbara and Baggara militias in its west.
ANSWER: Sudan [or Republic of the Sudan; accept as-Sūdān]
[10m] Red Sea divers can spot these animals performing cultivation grazing on seagrass beds. Northern Australia is a hotspot for this marine animal and relative of the manatee.
ANSWER: dugongs [prompt on sea cows]
<Andrew McCowan, Geography - World> ~20265~ <Editor: Ganon Evans>
Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 15 | 18.00 | 93% | 60% | 27% |
Data
Canyon Crest | Mira Loma | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Thomas Jefferson C | Choate Rosemary Hall | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Barrington A | Detroit Country Day | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Hinsdale Central | Stevenson A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Hunter A | Winston Churchill A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Parkway West | Irvington A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Johns Creek A | Maggie Walker A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Mercer County | Detroit Catholic Central B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
New Brighton | Winston Churchill B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Detroit Catholic Central A | Plymouth | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Dallas County | Richard Montgomery | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Thomas Jefferson A | Rockford Auburn A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Belmont | St. Mark's | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Troy | University Lab | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Woodland | Thomas Jefferson B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |