Kingdom of Benin - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

In 2021, Jesus College, Cambridge became the first institution to repatriate one of a set of artworks seized from this historical kingdom. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this kingdom, which gives its name to a collection of bronzes, many of which are held in the British Museum after being plundered in 1897. Another country with this name was once known as Dahomey.

ANSWER: Kingdom of Benin [or Edo Kingdom]

[10e] The Kingdom of Benin is located in this modern-day country, whose main ethnic groups include the Igbo and Yoruba. British colonization of this country began with the cession of Lagos island, the site of its largest city.

ANSWER: Nigeria

[10h] Another set of “contested items” in the British Museum collection consists of gold regalia from this empire, once led by Osei Tutu. The third of this empire’s wars with Britain was fought over its sacred Golden Stool.

ANSWER: Asante Empire [or Ashanti]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	7	20.00	100%	71%	29%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	7	20.00	100%	86%	14%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	8	22.50	88%	75%	63%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	10	15.00	100%	40%	10%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	4	25.00	100%	50%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	22.22	100%	78%	44%

Data


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