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Question

Saudi Arabia has met criticism for its plans to construct a massive structure in this shape as the capstone of the New Murabba Project to futurize downtown Riyadh. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this shape of the planned Mukaab. Much of the criticism has stemmed from its resemblance to a sacred structure of this shape, the Kaaba.

ANSWER: cube [accept cuboid]

[10m] The New Murabba Project, like plans to build a smart city in Neom, are part of this economic goal announced by Mohammed bin Salman to diversify the Saudi economy away from its dependence on oil.

ANSWER: Vision 2030

[10h] The futurization of Saudi cities previously clashed with historic sites of Islam when the erection of this hotel complex necessitated the destruction of the Ottoman-era Ajyad Fortress designed to overlook the Masjid al-Haram.

ANSWER: Abrāj al-Bayt [or Clock Towers]

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Summary


2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	Premiere	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University	Premiere	Y	3	13.33	67%	67%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges	Premiere	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Duke	Emory, Duke, Yale	Y	4	12.50	75%	25%	25%
2023 ARCADIA at Emory	Emory, Duke, Yale	Y	4	15.00	75%	25%	50%
2023 ARCADIA at Imperial	Imperial	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
2023 ARCADIA at Indiana	Premiere	Y	5	14.00	80%	40%	20%
2023 ARCADIA at Maryland	Maryland, Online	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State	Ohio State, Texas	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
2023 ARCADIA Online	Maryland, Online	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at RIT	Premiere	Y	2	5.00	50%	0%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Texas	Ohio State, Texas	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL	Premiere	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Berkeley B	Berkeley C	10	10	0	20
Stanford A	Berkeley A	10	10	0	20
Ottawa B	McDouble West-Carleton	10	10	0	20
Toronto	Ottawa A	0	0	0	0
Waterloo	Ottawa C	10	10	0	20
Maryland A	George Washington A	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins	Georgetown	10	0	0	10
Maryland B	George Washington B	10	0	0	10
Cambridge A	Birmingham	10	0	0	10
Oxford	Edinburgh	10	0	0	10
Imperial A	Durham	10	10	0	20
Imperial B	Cambridge B	10	0	10	20
Warwick	Bristol	10	10	0	20
Chicago A	Vanderbilt	10	10	10	30
Indiana	Chicago B	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Illinois B	10	0	0	10
Purdue A	Notre Dame B	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame A	Purdue B	10	0	0	10
Squidward Community College	Missouri B	10	0	0	10
Missouri A	WUSTL H2O	10	0	0	10
WUSTL XYZ	SIUE	10	0	0	10
I will play anything with a buzzer in front of me	Auxiliary Lofthouse Cookie University	10	0	0	10
James Madison A	South Carolina B	10	0	0	10
South Carolina A	James Madison B	0	0	0	0
North Carolina B	NC State	10	10	0	20
North Carolina A	Duke	10	0	10	20
Georgia A	Emory A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Georgia B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Tennessee A	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	Kenyon B	10	0	0	10
Michigan B	Kenyon A	10	0	0	10
Ohio State A	Ohio State B	0	0	0	0
Ganon Evans Fan Club	Arizona State	10	10	0	20
Farrellmagnetism	Boston College	10	0	0	10
MSU A and Friend	Zen and the Art of Buzzing	10	0	0	10
Cornell R	Cornell MATLAB	0	0	0	0
Syracuse+Rochester	RIT	10	0	0	10
Texas A	HCC	10	10	0	20
TAG Magnet: Taylor's Version	Texas B	10	10	0	20
TAMU	Texas C	10	10	10	30