Question

A 1541 law in England that banned workers from performing this activity outside of their master's houses, except on Christmas, was repealed in 1845. (-5[1])The oldest public park in New York City is named for this activity, (-5[1])which was where an equestrian (-5[1])statue of George III was torn down in 1776. The modern form of this activity, which is descended from skittles, is called kegel (15[2])in Germany. (15[1])The (15[1])title character of (*) “Rip Van (10[1])Winkle” by Washington Irving (10[1])sees the ghosts of Henry Hudson’s (10[1])crew performing a variant of this activity in the (10[1])Catskills. In the lawn type of this activity, which is similar to bocce (-5[1])(“baht-chee”), participants try to roll (-5[1])a ball to a smaller one. For 10 points, name this game in which the objective is to knock over as many (10[1])pins as possible by rolling a ball. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: bowling [accept nine-pins or ten-pins; accept lawn bowls; accept Bowling Green]
<MH, Other Academic>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y4100%50%50%90.00
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite)2023-10-21Y8100%25%38%95.75

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tom ScheriRITCornell Earth23-5
Samarth RamChicago BChicago C36-5
Jacob SimmonsSIUE APurdue C41-5
Forrest WeintraubColumbia Ly-αRochester C6415
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLPurdue A6415
Simon ZimmermanOhio State AMichigan B6615
Raymond WangCornell EarthRIT6715
Doug SachsMissouriOhio State B7210
Bryan WanPurdue BChicago D7610
Biyang ZhangMichigan ASIUE B8210
Darryl WangRochester ACornell Wind9110
Gianna PetineRochester BCornell Fire104-5
Jacob GoodsonOhio State CChicago A108-5
Reilly MelvillePurdue CSIUE A13010
Ryan JoeCornell FireRochester B13810
Nermeen RahmanChicago CChicago B13810
Robert CondronChicago AOhio State C13810