Round 16: Tossup 8

James Fenimore Cooper, whose daughters lived in this country, mocked an 1820s fad for imitating its buildings on the Hudson River. A “colony” named for this country shipped cheese from Monroe. Pepsi was created in a city named the “new” version (10[1])of this country’s (10[2])capital, (10[1])where early governors lived at Tryon Palace. A mascot (10[1])named Chris advertised Valdez (“val-DEEZ”) as a “little” version of this country, whose architecture was aped by the Great (-5[1])Northern Railway at Glacier National Park. (-5[1])Ouray (“YOOR-ay”) bills itself as America’s version of this country, whose namesake “steak” is tenderized. (-5[1])A “new” (-5[1])version of this country was the name of a Siskiyou Trail rancho where the Miwok were enslaved in pre-Gold (-5[1])Rush Sacramento (10[2])by the miller (10[1])John Sutter. (10[2]-5[1])For (10[2])10 points, (10[1])immigrants (10[1])from what country (10[1])designed New (10[1])Glarus, Wisconsin’s chalets (10[1])and (10[1])founded Indiana’s Tell City? ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

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