Question

Joseph Poncet founded this island’s former mission of St. Pierre. This island contains (15[1])Wikwemikong Unceded Territory, whose inhabitants (15[1])refused to sign the McDougall Treaty (-5[1])in 1862, along with five other indigenous reserves. This island’s people are called (-5[1])“Haweaters” for their love of local hawthorn berries. This island is separated from the Bruce Peninsula (15[1])by the Main Channel, while it divides the North (15[1])Channel and Georgian Bay from the main portion of its parent water body. This island is the cultural center of the (*) Odawa, and its name refers to an underwater “Cave of the Spirit” that renders it sacred to the Anishinaabe. This island contains the largest second-order island in the world and the largest island lake. For 10 points, name this largest freshwater lake island in the world, located in Canadian Lake Huron, named for being the home of Gitchie Manitou. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Manitoulin Island [or Manidoo Mnis or Odawa Mnis]
<Geography - Geography>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Adil HaiderThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country1215
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken1715
Gareth ThorlaksonSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit23-5
Joey SunModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere36-5
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up as rational as the square root of two power bottoms5215
Michael DuYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut6115
Jason ZhangShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha14210

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y5100%80%40%56.80
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y560%40%0%61.00
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y30%0%67%0.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y333%33%33%56.00