Xī’ān - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

This city’s Dàcí'ēn (“DAH tsuh-un”) Temple complex includes a leaning pagoda whose interior walls were engraved by the artist Yán Lìběn. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this city, home to the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. An archaeological site near this city contains high levels of mercury in its soil, corroborating the model rivers described in an account by Sīmǎ Qiān (“suh-muh ch’yen”).

ANSWER: Xī’ān (“shee-ahn”)

[10e] A burial site in Xī’ān contains over eight thousand warrior sculptures, forming an “Army” made out of this material.

ANSWER: terracotta [or earthenware; prompt on clay or pottery or ceramic]

[10m] Xī’ān’s Táng-dynasty Giant Wild Goose Pagoda was rebuilt and expanded under this ruler. This only official female emperor in Chinese history reigned from 665 to 705 CE, briefly establishing a second Zhōu (“joh”) dynasty.

ANSWER: Wǔ Zétiān (“woo dzuh-t’yen”) [or Wǔ Zhào]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	14.44	100%	11%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	23.33	100%	78%	56%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	7	20.00	100%	71%	29%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	9	20.00	100%	78%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	7	22.86	100%	86%	43%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	17.50	100%	58%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	21.11	100%	78%	33%

Data


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