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Question

This state’s largest body of water, the Quabbin Reservoir, feeds its largest city and means “meeting of the waters” in Nipmuc. For 10 points each:

[10e] What state’s place names include Lake Char·gogg·a·gogg·man·chau·gga·gogg·chau·bu·na·gung·a·maugg, as well as the England-inspired Charles River and university-dense city of Cambridge?

ANSWER: Massachusetts [or MA] (Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, the longest place name in the US, is also called Webster Lake.)

[10m] The Wachusett Reservoir also feeding Boston is near this city in central Massachusetts. This city, whose name has two syllables, was named for an English city home to the condiment maker Lea & Perrins.

ANSWER: Worcester (“WUSS-ter”) [accept Worcestershire sauce]

[10h] This town on the Massachusetts North Shore home to a Singing Beach is also named for an English place, but added a location-based phrase to its name in 1989 to disambiguate from a larger city in nearby New Hampshire.

ANSWER: Manchester-by-the-Sea [prompt on Manchester]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Canada	Main	Y	6	16.67	83%	83%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	71%	14%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	18.00	80%	80%	20%
North	Main	Y	10	22.00	90%	90%	40%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	44%	22%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	20.83	100%	92%	17%
UK	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	15.00	88%	38%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	20.00	75%	88%	38%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	11	23.64	100%	91%	46%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%

Data


UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	Claremont Scripps	10	10	20
UCI	UCLA D	10	10	20
UCLA A	UCSB	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCSD Vices and Virtues	10	10	20
UCLA C	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	10	20
USC	Claremont Pitzer	0	0	0