Tunisia - Lower Mid-Atlantic

Question

In lieu of Israel or Palestine, this country has been a filming location for stories set in biblical times, like Franco Zeffirelli’s Jesus of Nazareth and Monty Python’s Life of Brian. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this city whose largest island contains the ancient El Ghriba synagogue. Solitary coastside huts once stood in for Tosche (“TOSH-ee”) Station as filming locations on that island in this country, Djerba.

ANSWER: Tunisia [or Republic of Tunisia or al-Jumhūriyyah at-Tūnisiyyah] (The hut on Djerba stood in for Obi-Wan Kenobi’s hut on Tatooine.)

[10e] The original Star Wars used filming locations mainly in Tunisia and in this US National Park to represent the planet Tatooine. This incredibly hot National Park in California includes the lowest point in the US.

ANSWER: Death Valley National Park

[10m] In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, a battle on Crait was shot on a lithium-rich one of these features near Uyuni, Bolivia. One of these features named for Bonneville in Utah is used for both filming and land speed record attempts.

ANSWER: salt flats [or salt pan; accept salt crust; accept Bonneville Salt Flats; prompt on Salar de Uyuni or Salt of Uyuni; prompt on dry lakebeds]

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Northern California	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	57%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	80%	40%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	7	18.57	57%	100%	29%
Florida	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	20.00	100%	91%	9%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	20.00	100%	83%	17%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	19.00	80%	80%	30%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	89%	22%
North	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Northeast	Main	Y	8	22.50	88%	75%	63%
Pacific	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
South Central	Main	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	22.73	100%	91%	36%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	20.00	86%	71%	43%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%

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Duke A	William & Mary C	10	10	10	30
JMU A	Liberty A	0	10	0	10
UNC A	Virginia A	0	10	10	20
UNC B	UNC D	0	10	10	20
NCSU A	Virginia Tech A	0	10	10	20
William & Mary A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	10	20