Question
Artifacts from as far as India were traded to this kingdom in exchange for gold, and it shows early evidence of class hierarchy in Africa, with the wealthy living higher on a hill and being buried with gold objects. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this medieval kingdom on the Limpopo River. South Africa’s highest award for merit is named for this kingdom.
ANSWER: Kingdom of Mapungubwe (mah-poon-GOOB-way)
[10m] The badge of the Order of Mapungubwe portrays a gold-coated sculpture of one of these animals, the best known artifact of the kingdom. A now-extinct Siberian variant of these animals covered in fur may have inspired a mythical creature.
ANSWER: rhinoceros [accept variants mentioning rhinoceros] (The Siberian rhino may have inspired the unicorn.)
[10e] Historians once theorized that the people of Mapungubwe also built this site to its north, which was inhabited by the Shona people around the same time period and lends its name to a modern country.
ANSWER: Great Zimbabwe [prompt on Zimbabwe]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 0% | 50% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
Data
| [Insert Lawyer Joke Here] | Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Berkeley A | It's Joever | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Stanford A | Stanford B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery | Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Maryland A | Rutgers Diaspora | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Maryland B+ | The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Chicago A | WUSTL | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Maryland B- | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Amartya Senpai Notice Me | Epic Games | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan | Illinois A+ | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| OSU | Mojo Shojo | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Northwestern | Purdue | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Hutto Hippos | Cornell C++ | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang | Hutto Hippos | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B | Cornell B- | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU | Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Broken Imperial Nomads | Oxford Hornets | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Buzzers Karamazov | Magisters Ludi | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| The Passion According to C.H. | Cameron et al. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Milan et al. | Parth et al. | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Columbia B | meet the new weird, same as the old weird | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UG Championship Players (and Mazin) | nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again | Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |