Question
The Alpine Way, which crosses this mountain range, crosses the Swampy Plain River. A short-lived 1860 gold rush in this mountain range's town of Kiandra established a foundation for its present-day ski resorts of Thredbo and Perisher. A regional council named for this range and Monaro is home to the ski town of Jindabyne near the Charlotte Pass. Paweł Strzelecki named the peak of this range, the tallest in its country, for its resemblance to a man-made mound in (*) Krakow. Mount Kosciuszko is in this part of the Great Dividing Range, where William Hudson engineered a system to deliver power to cities like Sydney and Melbourne. For 10 points, a namesake hydroelectric “scheme” is located in what range in southeast Australia is named for its propensity for precipitation? ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Jason Golfinos | Free Agents | Berkeley A | 65 | -5 |
Vinu Harihar | Berkeley B | Stanford | 65 | -5 |
Nathaniel Hull | Berkeley A | Free Agents | 128 | 10 |
Michał Gerasimiuk | Stanford | Berkeley B | 128 | 0 |