Question

It’s not Macon, Georgia, but this city’s Cannonball House is located across from the Esplanade that hosts its Military Tattoo. (10[1])This city’s Gilded Balloon, Underbelly, (10[1])Pleasance, and Assembly make up its “Big Four” venues. (10[1])In this city, local stone was used to (-5[1])build the Canongate Wall of a government building designed to mirror an extinct volcano called Arthur’s Seat. (10[2])Heavy investment has gentrified this (10[1])city’s port area of Leith (“leeth”). The (10[1])world’s largest performing arts festival is this city’s Festival Fringe. This city’s castle is at one end of the Royal Mile, which ends in the east at Holyrood Palace. This city is connected to the county of Fife by the world’s second-longest cantilever bridge. For 10 points, what largest (10[1])city on (-5[1])the Firth of Forth is the capital of Scotland? ■END■

ANSWER: Edinburgh (“ED-in-bur-uh”) [or Dùn Èideann]
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Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%85.67
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%94.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%86.33
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%84.67
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%82.00
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%70.60
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%104.50
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%71.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%95.25
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%20%73.10
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%13%85.00
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%66.33

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ian McDowellCambridge CCambridge E1910
Matt SheldonOxford BCambridge A2410
Hamish CampbellDurhamImperial A3310
Christian SherringtonSouthampton AOxford C41-5
Kai MadgwickManchesterWarwick A5810
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CSouthampton B5810
Lily MorrisBristolSheffield6310
Arya KarthikOxford AWarwick B6910
Cormac BeirneLSEImperial B11810
Fahim AfzalCambridge DCambridge B120-5
Benjamin WatsonOxford CSouthampton A13610
Andrei HuiCambridge BCambridge D15310