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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 (-5[1])of this project influenced the location of a refugee camp known as (*) “The Jungle” that was cleared in 2016. Henry Marc Brunel invented the gravity (-5[1])corer while proving the feasibility of this project, (10[1])showing that the Strait of Dover was made of chalk. For 10 points, what project, when completed in 1994, connected Kent (10[1])to the Pas-de-Calais? ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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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Nicholas NguyenUF CUCF A55-5
Biniam AlaroUF AUF B80-5
Brendan BaumerUCF BUSF8810
Alexander NicholsUCF AUF C10910
Graham CopeUF BUF A11310
Clete ReinbergerValenciaFlorida Tech1130
Aidan BernardoFlorida TechValencia1130

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