Question

Merchants from this city fostered the growth of the metalworking Maykop culture in the Caucasus during this city’s namesake “expansion.” Most of the ceramics from a period named for this city are “beveled rim” bowls. (10[1])This city absorbed (-5[1])the nearby town of Kullab. This city’s “Limestone Temple” and “Stone Cone Temple” were built in a district that was dedicated to a deity honored in its “House of Heaven.” According to legend, a ruler of this city invented (10[1])writing to help his messengers deliver lengthy demands to the Lord of Aratta. (10[1])The (10[1])Ubaid period preceded (10[1])this city’s namesake (10[1])“Protoliterate” period. The earliest extant version of a text describes a ruler of this city (-5[1])as “surpassing all other kings.” (-5[3])This (10[1])city’s Mask (10[1])of Warka (-5[1])likely depicts (-5[1])Inanna, (10[1])who was worshiped (10[1])in its (-5[1])E-anna temple. (10[1])For 10 points, name this early Sumerian city (-5[1])that was legendarily ruled by (10[1])Enmerkar and Gilgamesh. (10[1])■END■ (10[11]0[2])

ANSWER: Uruk [or Erech; or Unug-Kulaba; accept Warka until read; accept (Middle) Uruk Period; accept Uruk expansion; reject “Ur”]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%38%125.63

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Justin WytmarIllinois APenn A3410
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia AHarvard A37-5
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BVanderbilt A7610
Annabelle YangWUSTL ABrown A8910
Raymond WangCornell AStanford A9010
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AMaryland A9310
Graham CopeFlorida AYale A9610
JD KrothIowa State AClaremont A111-5
Matthew SiffYale BGeorgia Tech B116-5
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BJohns Hopkins A116-5
Albert ZhangColumbia BRutgers B116-5
Alex SchmidtPenn State AVirginia A11710
Cormac BeirneMcGill ASouth Carolina A11910
Justin ChenNYU AImperial A121-5
Clark SmithOhio State AChicago A123-5
Dennis ReppenChicago CNorth Carolina A12410
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto ACornell B12710
Shardul RaoMinnesota AMIT A129-5
Quynh PhungPurdue AMinnesota B13110
Andrew SalijNorthwestern AUC Berkeley A139-5
Aiden DartleyRutgers AWUSTL B14410
Ricky LiMIT AMinnesota A14710
Todd MaslykMichigan AHouston A14810
Simon GorbatyDuke AChicago B1480
Collin AceRutgers BColumbia B14810
Jisoo YooTexas AIndiana A14810
Ryan SunUC Berkeley ANorthwestern A14810
Michael MaysImperial ANYU A14810
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard AColumbia A14810
Kevin ParkClaremont AIowa State A14810
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AFlorida B14810
John BroussardHouston AMichigan A1480
Matt JacksonChicago AOhio State A14810
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BYale B14810
Amogh KulkarniChicago BDuke A14810