Question
Activists who oppose this region's merger with two others in 2016 often fly the "red-and-white" flag. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this French region in the Grand Est that is home to a flatbread called tarte flambée. This region's largest city is Strasbourg, and 90 percent of it was ceded to Germany in 1871.
ANSWER: Alsace [prompt on Alsace-Lorraine]
[10h] These mountains, whose highest point is Grand Ballon, shelter the vineyards of Alsace. Garibaldi led an army named for these mountains during the Franco-Prussian War.
ANSWER: Vosges Mountains [or Vogesen]
[10e] An Alsatian mountain range that separates part of France from Switzerland lends its name to this geological period. The Stegosaurus lived during this period that followed the Triassic.
ANSWER: Jurassic Period [accept Late Jurassic Period or Jura Mountains]
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Data
Summary
Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 35 | 15.14 | 94% | 54% | 3% |