Question
Answer the following questions about places that title books by Soviet author Konstantin Paustovsky. For 10 points each:
[10h] One of Paustovsky’s renowned novellas is titled for a city named for this lagoon east of the Caspian Sea. This lagoon’s salinity reaches 35%, leading the USSR to set up still-operational salt factories there in the early 1930s.
ANSWER: Garabogazkol [accept Kara-Bugaz]
[10m] Paustovsky’s novella Kolkhida, published a year after Kara-Bugaz, references a town named for the ancient kingdom of Colchis that is today in this coastal unrecognized state.
ANSWER: Abkhazia
[10e] Abkhazia lies on this body of water to the west of the Caucasus, which also titles a Paustovsky essay collection inspired by his time in Crimea.
ANSWER: Black Sea [accept Chernoye More]
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 20% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Walston et. al. | NJ TRANSit (and anwen | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| jeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club | Cope is the thing with feathers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| just one more half-dot bro | 12 Litres of Green Tea | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |