Question

Traveling through this civilization’s underworld is said to take 4 years, and requires enduring winds that cut like a knife. The main temple of this civilization’s capital was dedicated to a god who defeated 400 of his siblings that schemed to kill their mother. (10[1])A god worshiped by this civilization disguised himself as an ant to bring one substance to humans, who he had earlier created by mixing his blood with bones found in the underworld Mictlān. After losing it in a fight with a primordial monster god, a god in this civilization’s myths replaced one of his feet with an obsidian mirror. (10[2])For 10 points, name this civilization whose gods include Tēzcatlipōca, Huītzilōpōchtli, (10[1])and Quetzalcoatl. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Aztecs [accept Mexicatl; accept Nahuatl]
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= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vincent Zhang (DII)PennUniversity of Delaware A4310
Edward Zhou (DII)NYU ASwarthmore A10210
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia ARutgers10210
Alex Shi (DII)Swarthmore BNYU B11310
Andrew Yang (UG)Columbia BUniversity of Delaware B11510

Summary

2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y5100%0%0%95.00