Question
To capitalize on a popular British brand of this good, the village of Onondaga Lake, New York was renamed Liverpool. A tax on this good made up most of the revenue collected along a 2,400-mile border of plum trees and acacias called the Great Hedge of India. A 2,600-year-old state monopoly on this good in China ended in 2017. A mistranslation from Livy is the source of the myth that Roman payments in this good is the origin of the word (*) salary. Nantwich, England was a center of the open-pan method of making this good, which was subject to France’s hated gabelle tax. An Indian tax on this good was protested in 1930 with a march to the sea led by Mahatma Gandhi. For 10 points, name this mineral often used to preserve meat. ■END■
ANSWER: salt [accept table salt; accept NaCl or sodium chloride]
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 100% | 61% | 0% | 77.97 |