Question

An engineer in this subnational political unit developed a way to make artificial glaciers now used for local irrigation, dubbed “ice stupas.” This region’s namesake chronicle describes its history as a trade hub formerly called “Maryul,” accessed by the Khardung La from Yarkand to the north or the Zoji La from a “vale” to the south. This is the most Buddhist political unit in its (15[1])country (-5[1])due to a majority around its capital, Leh. (-5[1])This modern political unit’s Shyok River is indirectly fed by the second-longest glacier in the world, the (*) Siachen. This political unit, which names a southeastern extension of the Karakorams, claims but does not control Aksai Chin. A December 2023 (-5[1])court decision upheld the 2019 revocation of Article 370 to create this political unit. (-5[1])For 10 points, what largest Union Territory was formed by the partition of Jammu and Kashmir? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Ladakh [prompt on Kashmir by asking “name the easternmost administrative political unit within the broader disputed Kashmir region”; reject “Jammu and Kashmir”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Adil HaiderThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha6415
Benjamin ChapmanSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country65-5
Mattias EhatammYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitas rational as the square root of two power bottoms73-5
Micah ColmanTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere112-5
Jason RohfritschRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 126-5
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countrySimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut1430
Elijah Mandelbaumas rational as the square root of two power bottomsYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit14310
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers14310

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