Question

By 1620, the cahow and these animals received the New World’s first conservation laws in the Somers Isles. Spain captured an island named for this animal (10[1])from Providence Island in 1635, after which its Fort de Rocher sheltered (10[1])the Brethren of the Coast. Meat (-5[1])and eggs from these non-crocodile (10[1])animals were sold in the Cayman Islands. (10[1])Fort Jefferson was built to deter piracy in a “dry” (10[1])part (10[1])of the Florida (10[2])Keys (10[1])named (10[1])for these (10[3])animals. (10[8])Buccaneers first turned to piracy (10[2])after moving (10[1])to a haven named for this animal (10[1])off modern Haiti. (10[1])Charles (-5[1])Darwin reportedly collected a “giant” one (10[1])of these (10[1])animals named Harriet (10[1])from the Galápagos Islands, which are named for these animals. For 10 points, Tortuga Island is named for (10[1])what (10[1])animal, whose hawksbill species was poached for its ornate shells? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: turtles [or tortues; accept tortugas until read; accept sea turtles, giant tortoises, Galápagos tortoises, marine turtles, hawksbill turtles, loggerheads, green sea turtles, or chelonians; accept Dry Tortugas or Las Tortugas or Isla Tortuga until read; accept Île de la Tortue, Latòti, or Turtle Island; accept turtlemen or turtling; prompt on reptiles] (The first sentence refers to Bermuda.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Aadarsh BalireddyCornell CCornell B2510
Dwight SolanoTexas A&M BIowa B3710
Alessandro BogoKCLImperial B43-5
Omer KeskinOxford AEdinburgh4810
Chris ScheriRIT ARIT B5510
Caleb Hines (DII)Liberty B (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)6510
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII)UNC A (Grad)William & Mary A (UG)6610
Vinu HariharBerkeley CStanford B6910
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarColumbia B6910
William DawsonUBC AAppalachian State7010
Truman FillbrandtUW AMichigan State A7110
Ethan StrombeckStanford ABerkeley B7310
Matthew ChristianBinghamtonCornell A7310
Alexa NoyesMinnesota CArizona State7310
Swapnil GargBerkeley AStanford C7410
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)JMU A (UG)7410
Ethan Rehder (UG)Duke A (UG)UNC D (DII)7410
Joel MilesMinnesota BIowa State7410
Chinmay MurthyTexas ATexas A&M A7410
Derek Chen (UG)Columbia CJohn Jay7410
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordPenn7410
Ashish KumbhardareRowanNYU B7410
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)JMU B (UG)7910
Samuel Kassover (DII)GWU B (Grad)Virginia C (UG)7910
Grace EarlyIowa ASorbonne8110
Cooper Roh (DII)Columbia AJohns Hopkins8810
Rose ConwayCambridge CCambridge B9110
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)92-5
Ella WardeOxford BKiel9810
Dean Ah NowClaremont ARice A10010
Charlotte Goeb (UG)Virginia B (UG)Liberty C (DII)10310
Kathryn Purdy (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)12110
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)UNC B (UG)12210
Taiga ClarkeImperial BKCL13210