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 @ Northwestern02/25/2023N6100%17%33%111.00
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023N3100%33%33%108.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%33%103.33
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%33%120.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%50%124.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y367%33%33%86.00

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Henry AtkinsNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleThe Vulture's Guide to Buzz6015
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OmerOxford HornetsMagisters Ludi80-5
Kyle HuStanford BBerkeley A83-5
Erik ChristensenThe Passion According to C.H.Cameron et al.94-5
Ethan StrombeckStanford ABerkeley B11210
EvanBroken Imperial NomadsBuzzers Karamazov11210
Ian ChowMilan et al.Parth et al.11210
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) BagelryColumbia B11210
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Shahar SchwartzBerkeley AStanford B13610
FreddyMagisters LudiOxford Hornets13610
Jason HongUG Championship Players (and Mazin)meet the new weird, same as the old weird13610