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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 (-5[1])spill into the Lukuga River at colonial Albertville. At the town of Ujiji (-5[1])on this (10[1])lake, (-5[1])Henry Morton (10[1])Stanley uttered the famous (-5[1])words “Dr. Livingston, (-5[1])I presume?” (-5[2])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 (0[1])that united with Zanzibar to form Tanzania. ■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: Lake Tanganyika [accept Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Austin GuoPrinceton APenn A53-5
Chauncey LoColumbia BRutgers C66-5
Aditya ShivaswamyJohns Hopkins APenn B6810
Mitch McCullarPenn State AJohns Hopkins B69-5
Ivonne ZhouPenn AColumbia B7110
Simon EmmanuelRutgers APenn B75-5
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard ALehigh A78-5
Rahul Rao-PothurajuRowan AColumbia A80-5
Arjun BothraHaverford APenn State B80-5
Ethan BingemannRutgers CColumbia B1220
Nolan KeatingLehigh ABard A1300
Thomas FlexerPenn State BHaverford A1300
Charles YoungColumbia ARowan A13010
Elizabeth JewlalJohns Hopkins BPenn State A13010
Srikar VenkatesanPenn BRutgers A13010
Anirudh BharadwajPenn APrinceton A13010