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Description acceptable. John Woods led an expedition to this location using funds from Maury Kravitz that claimed to have located it in a place called “Almsgivers’ Castle” or “The Red Rock.” That candidate for this location had earlier been rejected by Yomiuri Shimbun’s “Three Rivers” expedition. One tale claims that soldiers in this location, which is probably in a place whose name translates as “Great Taboo,” killed 2,000 slaves before being killed by another detachment of soldiers that later committed (*) suicide. This location may have been trampled by 1,000 horses or had (-5[1])a river (10[1])diverted over it so it would not be found. This location is often thought to be on Burkhan Khaldun in the Khentii mountains, a spiritual site of Tengriism. For 10 points, name this current location of the creator of the Mongol Empire. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: burial site of Genghis Khan [accept tomb for burial site; accept Temüjin or Chinggis Khaan for Genghis Khan; accept any other description indicating that Genghis Khan was buried there; do not accept “death site of Genghis Khan” or similar answers; do not accept “Mausoleum of Genghis Khan” or “Lord’s Enclosure”]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, World History>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack ObermanUSC AUNC C91-5
Graham TroyUNC BUSC B9310
Diego AlmarazUNC ADuke A1360
Aditya SharmaDuke AUNC A13610
Anish KodaliUNC CUSC A13610

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