Packet 4: Bonus 8
This peninsula’s 2024 flooding, which was caused by a meteorological phenomenon known locally as DANA, gave way to severe 2025 fires. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this peninsula where drought conditions have severely impacted Andalusia and olive growers south of Madrid.
ANSWER: Iberian Peninsula [or Iberia]
[10m] As Iberia dries, Spain hopes to rely on desalination plants like the one in Torrevieja (“toh-ray-vee-AY-hah”), which uses this desalination method. This method forces pressurized water through porous membranes, unlike a similar “forward” method.
ANSWER: reverse osmosis [or RO]
[10h] The Torrevieja plant is in an autonomous community named for this city. Over 200 people died in the 2024 floods in a province named for this city, which like Murcia hosts a very long-running tribunal to allocate water.
ANSWER: Valencia [or València; accept Valencian Community or Comunidad Valenciana or Comunitat Valenciana]
<Editors, Current Events> | Packet D
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 99 | 22.02 | 99% | 81% | 40% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macalester | Wisconsin C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Michigan Tech | Wisconsin B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Minnesota | St. Thomas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Wisconsin A | Iowa State | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 40% | 60% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 22.86 | 100% | 100% | 29% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 80% | 40% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 78% | 22% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 22.22 | 100% | 89% | 33% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 22.22 | 100% | 78% | 44% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 21.67 | 92% | 75% | 50% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 23.75 | 100% | 75% | 63% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 83% | 33% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 24.17 | 100% | 92% | 50% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 100% | 20% |