cenotes - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

Original language term required. In 2015, researchers discovered that Chichén Itzá’s El Castillo pyramid is at risk of collapse since it was built over one of these places sacred to Kulkulkan. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name these locations that served as portals to Xibalba (“shee-BALL-buh”) and thus were where Mayan human sacrifice occurred.

ANSWER: cenotes [prompt on caves or underwater caves or caverns or pools; prompt on underground lakes; prompt on sinkholes]

[10e] Shrines with gourds were placed near cenotes to appease Chaac, a Mayan god of this phenomenon. The Mojave (“moe-HAH-vay”) were among the many tribes to perform dances for this phenomenon to nourish crops.

ANSWER: rain [or rainfall or precipitation; prompt on storms or water]

[10m] Chichén Itzá’s sacred cenote contains Maya-Toltec plaques made of this material. A legendary Chinese emperor is named for this stone.

ANSWER: jade [accept the Jade Emperor; or yù or bì; prompt on greenstone; reject “serpentine”]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	21.11	100%	100%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	21.25	88%	100%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	25.00	100%	100%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	11	17.27	100%	73%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	21.11	100%	89%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	20.00	80%	100%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	23.75	100%	100%	38%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	22.22	100%	100%	22%

Data


Binghamton A	Cornell E	0	10	10	20
Binghamton B	Binghamton C	10	10	10	30
Cornell A	Cornell B	0	10	10	20
Cornell D	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
Cornell F	ESF	0	10	10	20
Penn State	U of Rochester A	0	10	10	20
RIT A	Cornell G	0	10	10	20
RIT B	Syracuse	0	10	10	20
U of Rochester B	RIT C	0	10	10	20
Miami B (UG)	Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	0	0	10	10
CWRU C (UG)	Michigan A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Michigan D (UG)	Michigan B (UG)	0	10	10	20
West Virginia A (UG)	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Michigan State A	Miami C (DII)	10	10	10	30
Ohio State A (UG)	West Virginia B (UG)	10	10	10	30
CWRU A (UG)	Ohio State B (DII)	0	10	10	20
Miami A (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	0	10	10	20
Alberta	UW Envy	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	UW Chastity	0	10	10	20
UW Wrath	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
UBC A	UW Gluttony	10	10	10	30
UBC B	UW Greed	0	10	10	20
UW Lust	UW Pride	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech E	Auburn C	0	10	10	20
Furman	Clemson A	0	10	0	10
Emory A	Auburn A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Southern	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	Appalachian State A	0	10	10	20
Liberty C	Appalachian State B	0	10	10	20
UNC A	James Madison A	0	10	10	20
James Madison B	NC State	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	VCU	10	10	10	30
Tusculum	Duke A	0	10	10	20
Virginia	UNC B	0	10	10	20
UNC D	UNC C	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	William & Mary	0	10	10	20
UCLA E	Claremont B	0	10	10	20
Claremont C	UCLA A	0	0	10	10
Claremont A	UCLA D	0	10	10	20
UCLA C	UCSD	10	10	10	30
UCLA B	USC	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	Columbia J (DII)	0	10	10	20
Rutgers A (UG)	Fordham A	10	10	10	30
Maryland A (DII)	Penn B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Penn A (DII)	NYU A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	NYU B	0	10	10	20
Princeton A (UG)	Lehigh A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Rowan A (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	0	10	10	20
Rutgers B	Bard A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Chicago A	Illinois C	0	10	10	20
Illinois D	Purdue C	0	10	10	20
Iowa A	WashU A	0	10	10	20
Illinois A	Notre Dame A	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame B	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
Iowa B	Notre Dame C	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	SIUE	0	10	10	20
Purdue B	Northwestern A	10	10	10	30
Illinois B	WashU B	10	10	10	30