Question
This island is jokingly known as Kensington-on-Sea, due to the large number of wealthy British tourists it receives. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this most populous Ionian island. This island’s Old Fort contains the Spianada square and and once had twin peaks that provided this island’s modern name.
ANSWER: Corfu [accept Kerkyra] (The Corypho were the peaks.)
[10m] Many day-trips are offered from Corfu to this nearby country. This fastest-growing European tourism market contains the resort towns of Sarande and Vlorë on its Ionian Sea Coast.
ANSWER: Albania [or Republic of Albania; or Shqiperi or Republika e Shqipërisë]
[10e] Due to high tourism, the island of Mallorca is jokingly called the seventeenth Bundesland of this country. Lufthansa runs year-round flights between Mallorca and this country’s city of Frankfurt.
ANSWER: Germany [accept Deutschland; accept BRD]
<Jeffrey Liu, Geography - Europe> ~23308~ <Editor: Michael Bentley>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 13.89 | 100% | 28% | 11% |