Manila galleons - 2023 BHSU

Question

Note to players: description acceptable. A life-sized replica of one of these objects is set to appear in a perpetually-delayed museum under construction in Bay City. The discovery of a large amount of beeswax in western Oregon was successfully traced back to one of these objects in 2013. The English word “spitfire” may have originated from one of these objects nicknamed (15[1])the “fireshitter.” (15[1])The arrival of one of these objects led to the executions of the 26 Martyrs, (-5[1])the first state-sponsored (-5[1])killing of Christians (-5[1])in (*) Japan. A man famous for capturing these objects was nicknamed (-5[1])“the dragon” by their owners. Twice a year, these objects would cross the Pacific carrying silver from Acapulco. (10[5])For 10 points, name these objects, trading ships that brought large amounts of wealth to New Spain from the capital of the Philippines. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Manila galleons [accept Spanish galleons or Spanish trading ships; prompt on galleons, trading ships, boats, shipwrecks, or other seafaring vessels by asking “for which country did they sail?”]

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Summary


2023 BHSU @ Northwestern	02/25/2023	N	6	100%	17%	33%	111.00
2023 BHSU @ Maryland	03/11/2023	N	3	100%	33%	33%	108.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley	03/18/2023	Y	3	100%	33%	33%	103.33
2023 BHSU @ Yale	04/08/2023	Y	3	100%	0%	33%	120.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield	04/15/2023	Y	2	100%	0%	50%	124.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo	04/15/2023	Y	3	67%	33%	33%	86.00

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Henry Atkins	Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style	The Vulture's Guide to Buzz	60	15
Hari Parameswaran	It's Joever	[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]	62	15
Kevin Wang	meet the new weird, same as the old weird	UG Championship Players (and Mazin)	77	-5
Omer	Oxford Hornets	Magisters Ludi	80	-5
Kyle Hu	Stanford B	Berkeley A	83	-5
Erik Christensen	The Passion According to C.H.	Cameron et al.	94	-5
Ethan Strombeck	Stanford A	Berkeley B	112	10
Evan	Broken Imperial Nomads	Buzzers Karamazov	112	10
Ian Chow	Milan et al.	Parth et al.	112	10
Daniel Ma	Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry	Columbia B	112	10
Arthur Delot-Vilain	Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again	nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft	112	10
Shahar Schwartz	Berkeley A	Stanford B	136	10
Freddy	Magisters Ludi	Oxford Hornets	136	10
Jason Hong	UG Championship Players (and Mazin)	meet the new weird, same as the old weird	136	10