Question

This event was moved from its eponymous location in 2008 after the murder of four French tourists in Aleg. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this event whose last occurrence in South America in 2019 involved a road trip between Lima and Tacna. This event run by the Groupe Amaury (“ah-moh-REE”) has been dominated by Nasser Al-Attiyah using a modified Hilux (“HYE-lux”).
ANSWER: Dakar Rally [or The Dakar; accept Paris–Dakar Rally prompt on rallying or rally raid]
[10e] Hosting the Dakar Rally is the latest sportswashing scheme by this Middle Eastern kingdom that hosts the WWE’s Crown Jewel event and sponsors the LIV (“liv”) Golf Tour.
ANSWER: Saudi Arabia [or Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; or Al-Mamlakah al-ʿArabīyah as-Saʿūdīyah; or KSA; prompt on Arabia]
[10h] Thierry Sabine started the Dakar Rally after getting lost in this region that forms a nature reserve with the Aïr (“ah-EER”) Mountains in Niger (“nee-ZHAIR”). In 1973, a possibly drunk driver took out a lone tree in this region that was the most isolated tree in the world.
ANSWER: Ténéré [or Tiniri; accept Tree of Ténéré; accept Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve; prompt on the Sahara or aṣ-ṣaḥra’ al-Kubrá]

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Chicago ABrown A010010
Chicago BStanford A010010
Claremont AVirginia A010010
Columbia AChicago C1010020
Cornell BHarvard A1010020
Florida ACornell A10101030
Georgia Tech AWUSTL A010010
Georgia Tech BRutgers A010010
Imperial AColumbia B010010
Johns Hopkins ANYU A1010020
Maryland AYale A1010020
Michigan APurdue A010010
Northwestern ANorth Carolina A010010
Ohio State ADuke A1010020
Penn AMcGill A0101020
Rutgers BHouston A1010020
South Carolina AIowa State A1010020
Texas AMinnesota A010010
Toronto AMIT A1010020
UC Berkeley AIndiana A1010020
UC Berkeley BFlorida B1010020
Vanderbilt AMinnesota B010010
WUSTL BPenn State A010010
Yale BIllinois A010010