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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 (-5[1])“practically endorheic” lake has an outflow to the sea only when overflowing water levels spill into the Lukuga River at colonial Albertville. At the town of Ujiji on this lake, Henry Morton (-5[1])Stanley uttered (10[1])the famous (-5[1])words (-5[1])“Dr. Livingston, (-5[1])I presume?” Bujumbura, (-5[1])the former capital of Burundi, is situated at the northern terminus of this lake, which is both the world’s longest (-5[1])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 (10[1])Tanzania. (10[2])■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: Lake Tanganyika [accept Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika]
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Sam KonkelUChicago CPurdue A39-5
Jack CaseyUIUC CSIUE A71-5
Arthur GaydenUChicago APurdue B7310
Arjun KalaUIUC BIndiana A75-5
Sam McNameeNotre DameWashU C76-5
Justin WytmarUIUC AWashU B78-5
Ethan MaUIUC DIndiana B81-5
David ThomasPurdue DMiami101-5
John John GrogerWashU BUIUC A12810
Henry LytleWashU DPurdue C12910
Danila KabotyaIndiana AUIUC B12910
Trenton BurgesIndiana BUIUC D1300
Ethan SkolnickWashU CNotre Dame13010
Nitin MurthyPurdue AUChicago C13010
Logan MathisSIUE AUIUC C13010
Francis BernhardtMiamiPurdue D13010