Question

The Ai-Petri mountains border this region's Grand Canyon as well as a resort city home to the Massandra Palace. A port on the southwestern Heracles Peninsula in this region contains a monument to the storming of its Mount Sapun. This land region is separated from the mainland to its north by the hypersaline Syvash Sea. This region's town of Livadiya has a "Great Three" monument depicting FDR. (20[1])Greeks established the colony of (20[1])(*) Chersonesos (10[3])Taurica in this (10[2])region. (10[1])Since 2022, a new bridge to this region (10[1])spanning (0[1])the Kerch Strait (10[2])has been repeatedly attacked. (10[1])This region is home to the resort city of Yalta and the Black Sea port of Sevastopol. For 10 points, name this Ukrainian peninsula now controlled by Russia. ■END■

ANSWER: Crimean Peninsula [or Crimea; or Autonomous Republic of Crimea; accept Crimean Mountains or Yayla Mountains; accept Tauric Peninsula or Tauris before "Taurica" is read; prompt on Southern Ukraine or Russia; anti-prompt on Kerch Peninsula by asking "can you be less specific?"]
<Geography - Geography>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew PeusterAudrain County ATNorthview6620
Tate OsborneAlabama Cyber TechFremd7120
Alvan HossainLexingtonDetroit Catholic Central A7210
Charlie DoehringHinsdale Central AWestwood7210
Nam DangRichard MontgomeryJohns Creek7210
Andrew GaoBelmontInnovation Academy A7510
Matthew RyanThomas Jefferson AStrake Jesuit B7510
Grant LiuWalter Payton ALindbergh7610
Khang LeStrake Jesuit AHunter A8410
Ben NewmanUni of Illinois LaboratoryAdlai E. Stevenson A850
Shreecharan "Charan" ShreekumarAdlai E. Stevenson AUni of Illinois Laboratory8810
Ethan KralNorthmontEastchester8810
Gugan ThuduppathyMontgomery Blair ALambert A9210

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y12100%17%0%77.58