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Around this lake, fishermen use lamp light attraction to catch the endemic sleek late perch in the practice of lusenga. Water temperature in this meromictic lake unusually differs by only three degrees Celsius between its surface and lower regions. This “practically endorheic” lake has an outflow to the sea only when overflowing water levels spill into the Lukuga River (-5[1])at colonial Albertville. At the town of Ujiji on this lake, (-5[1])Henry Morton Stanley (-5[1])uttered the famous words “Dr. Livingston, I presume?” Bujumbura, the former capital of Burundi, is situated at the northern terminus of this lake, which is both the world’s longest and second deepest freshwater lake. For 10 points, name this African Great Lake that shares its name with a British colony that united with Zanzibar to form Tanzania. (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Lake Tanganyika [accept Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michal GerasimiukStanford MBerkeley A58-5
Allan LeeStanford LBerkeley B69-5
Eve FleisigBerkeley CStanford A72-5
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BStanford L12910
Ethan BositaStanford ABerkeley C12910
Swapnil GargBerkeley AStanford M13010

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