Question

In this archipelago, an island that was closed from 2014 to 2016 due to unexploded ordnance houses roots calcified by wind-blown sand, forming a caliche forest. Boats owned by Island Packers stop at this chain’s Scorpion Cove. A huge breeding site for elephant seals is on a beach at this island chain’s Point Bennett. In 1972, George and Molly Hunt discovered chicks raised by pairs of “lesbian seagulls” in this archipelago, where a different island is the only home of an unusually bright-colored scrub jay. A cat-sized (10[1]-5[1])island (-5[1])fox is endemic to this chain, (-5[1])where pygmy mammoths once lived. These islands (10[1])were once (-5[1])navigated (-5[1])in pitch-covered tomol canoes (-5[2])by the (10[1])Tongva and Chumash peoples; (10[2]-5[1])ferries now sail (10[1]-5[1])southwest (-5[1])from Oxnard to reach them. (-5[1])Anacapa and Santa Catalina (10[1])are among, (10[1])for 10 points, (10[1]-5[1])what islands off the coast of Southern California? ■END■ (10[7]0[7])

ANSWER: Channel Islands of California [accept Channel Islands National Park; anti-prompt on San Miguel Island, San Clemente Island, Anacapa Island, Santa Cruz Island, or Santa Catalina Island by asking “what larger island group is that part of?”]
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2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2370%0%52%125.13

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jonathan HuangMITChicago B86-5
Aiden DartleyRutgersIndiana8610
Jem BurchYaleWUSTL B87-5
Truman HillVanderbiltOhio State93-5
Micah ColmanWaterloo BNYU10010
Liam KusalikWaterloo AToronto A102-5
Athena ShaddenTexasToronto C103-5
John ChenBritish ColumbiaGeorgia State107-5
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia BRIT107-5
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMinnesota10910
Chris SimsNorthwesternColumbia A113-5
Jacky XuCornell AGeorgia Tech11310
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BLSE11310
Sarod NoriCornell BMichigan116-5
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AIllinois A11610
Andrew ZengStanfordNorth Carolina A117-5
John MarvinChicago AWUSTL A122-5
Skand ParvatikarArizona StateOttawa12610
Patrick TorreMarylandNorth Carolina B12810
Orion KellerVirginia TechToronto B131-5
Anthony LovegrenUCFWinona State13110
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateBritish Columbia1400
Liam StarnesChicago BMIT14010
Cooper RohColumbia ANorthwestern14010
Chris ScheriRITColumbia B1400
David BassJohns HopkinsHarvard1400
Nitin RaoHarvardJohns Hopkins1400
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AStanford14010
Roxanne TangOhio StateVanderbilt14010
Qingyu ZhangFloridaPenn State14010
Benjamin ChapmanToronto AWaterloo A14010
Wenying WuToronto BVirginia Tech1400
Parth JagtapToronto CTexas1400
Charles HangWUSTL AChicago A1400
John John GrogerWUSTL BYale14010