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This non-Algerian country hosts the “White Lady” rock art that was the subject of a 1955 book by priest Henri Breuil (“on-REE broy”). A 1969 discovery date names the Apollo 11 Cave in this country, where a Karst region contains Dragon’s Breath Cave and the large Hoba meteorite. A tiny area of this country’s extreme (-5[1])east borders the Zambezi River via the (10[1])Caprivi (10[2])Strip which, like the Spitzkoppe (“SPITZ-koh-puh”) peaks, gets its name from its time as a German colony. Rock art is preserved in a desert bordering the Atlantic Ocean in this country which includes the Skeleton Coast north of Walvis Bay. (10[1])For 10 points, the western part of the Kalahari Desert is in what southwestern African country led from Windhoek ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Namibia [or Republic of Namibia or Republiek van Namibië or Republik Namibia or Republiki Namibiab dib or Orepublika yaNamibia or Republika zaNamibia or Rephaboliki ya Namibia or Namibia ye Lukuluhile] (The Caprivi Strip is named for a former German chancellor.)
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Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%0%68.00
UK (South)UK8100%0%68.88
Southern CaliforniaUS771%29%70.80
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%0%69.44
Great LakesUS1292%33%74.09
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS667%17%69.50
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS1283%17%78.60
MidwestUS989%22%87.63
NortheastUS12100%25%74.75
PacificUS989%44%79.25
SoutheastUS12100%8%65.08
Upstate NYUS5100%0%66.00