Question

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

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

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
William GrogerColumbia BHaverford B6010
Emma ByronRutgers AJohns Hopkins A73-5
Ryan RosenbergNYU AJohn Jay College7810
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BGeorge Washington A7910
Scarlett StricklandColumbia CCornell B7910
William OrrYale AVassar A8010
Ivvone ZhouPenn AGeorge Washington B8210
Gus VanskikeMaryland BPenn B9210
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins ARutgers A13010

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