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In this mountain range, the “Snow Star” festival celebrates the Pleiades, which are used by farmers to predict low rainfall when obfuscated. Zonda winds are formed by this mountain range, where in 1947 the plane Star Dust crashed by unknowingly flying into the jet stream. This mountain range supports the Yungas region, (-5[1])namesake of a formerly very (10[1])dangerous “Death Road.” This mountain (10[1])range’s northeast (10[1])end helps create the highest frequency lightning on earth near Lake (10[1])Maracaibo. (10[2])This mountain range creates rainshadows on its west in the Atacama Desert and on its east in Patagonia. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Mount Aconcagua (10[1])is in what mountain range in South America? ■END■

ANSWER: Andes Mountains [or Andean Mountain Range or Anti or Cordillera de los Andes; prompt on American Cordillera] (The “Snow Star” festival is the popular name for Quyllurit’i.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
James HaddixWashington StateBritish Columbia A51-5
Rae MeyersArizona State AAlberta A5610
Gavin MorrowWashington SteelheadWashington Pink6110
Anya SrinivasanWashington AtlanticAlberta B6310
Kevin LiuTexasWashington Chum7410
Skand ParvatikarArizona State BWashington Sockeye7510
Henry Rutherford-BraunBritish Columbia BBritish Columbia C7510
Andy LiuBritish Columbia AWashington State9310
Alice Ton NuWashington CohoWashington Masu9610
Isabella DePrimoWashington ChinookBoise State9810

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK1100%0%75.00
UK (South)UK1100%0%61.00
Eastern Canada (2)US1100%0%75.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS1292%8%68.73
MidwestUS1100%0%74.00
NortheastUS12100%8%69.83
PacificUS9100%11%76.78
SoutheastUS1100%0%50.00
Upstate NYUS1100%0%72.00