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Albert Mathieu Favier proposed this project to Napoleon I and suggested using enormous chimneys for it. A Puck cartoon depicts a lion-riding Garnet Wolseley fleeing from the result of this project. Edward Watkin and Alexandre Lavalley’s proposal for this project was nixed by the British military over concerns that it would aid foreign invasions. The completion of this project (-5[1])influenced the location of a refugee camp known as (15[1])(*) “The Jungle” (10[1])that was cleared in 2016. Henry Marc Brunel invented the gravity corer while proving the feasibility of this project, showing that the Strait of Dover was made of chalk. For 10 points, what project, when completed in 1994, connected Kent to the Pas-de-Calais? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: digging a tunnel under the English Channel [accept digging the Chunnel or digging the Channel Tunnel; prompt on digging a tunnel by asking “where?”; prompt on connecting Great Britain to Europe by asking “how?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ANorth Carolina A58-5
Max KurzmanNorth Carolina BSouth Carolina6715
Orion KellerVirginia Tech BVirginia Tech C6910
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AVirginia Tech A11310

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