Question

This is the southernmost country of a language family that Eloise Jelinek proposed had no noun-verb distinction. The barred lambda is used to represent lateral affricates (15[1])in languages from this country such as Lushootseed. (15[1])A language (15[1])from this country (-5[1])uses verb stems to classify objects by shape, (-5[1])and has lightning and humans at the top (15[1])of its (-5[1])animacy (-5[1])hierarchy. (-5[1])The Penutian (15[1]-5[2])and Hokan families (15[2])were hypothesized (-5[2])by Alfred (*) Kroeber, who worked (10[1])with (10[1])Ishi, (10[3])the last member of (10[1])this (10[2])country’s (10[2])Yahi (10[1])people. (10[2]-5[1])Benjamin (10[2])Whorf (10[1])controversially claimed (-5[1])that a (-5[1])language (10[1])from this country (-5[1])had no concept of linear time. (-5[1])A (-5[1])language (-5[1])from this country uses a unique syllabary that borrows from European scripts but does not represent the same sounds. (10[1])For 10 points, name this country where Hopi (10[1])and Cherokee (10[3])are spoken. (10[3])■END■ (10[16])

ANSWER: United States [or US, America, USA or United States of America]
<CH, Social Science>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ARCADIA at Claremont2024-11-02Y3100%33%33%83.67
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y4100%0%25%87.25
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y5100%0%40%107.80
2024 ARCADIA at Penn State2024-12-06Y2100%0%100%130.00
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech2024-12-06Y4100%0%25%104.75
2024 ARCADIA at BU2024-12-06Y8100%13%13%106.38
2024 ARCADIA at GT2024-12-06Y5100%0%40%110.40
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick2024-12-06Y5100%20%40%98.60
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y2100%50%50%81.50
2024 ARCADIA at Duke2024-12-06Y3100%33%0%74.00
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T2024-12-06Y2100%50%0%68.00
2024 ARCADIA Online2025-05-17Y5100%20%60%100.20

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Brendan BethlehemCambridge ASouthampton2515
Eric ChenBerkeley PastStanford3315
Sasha FillbrandtPaddington in Peru (2024)The cult of SGA3515
Moses KitakuleIn the Mood for Buzzbingy academy38-5
Derek FinoClark HouseAmherst46-5
Neal JoshiWashUTruman5415
John MarvinChicago APurdue B56-5
Ariel FaederPittRIT57-5
Kunaal ChandrashekarToronto BToronto A58-5
Ben FleishmanBUBrandeis A6015
Daniel MaMadmen and Specialistsshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique60-5
Anderson WangAnderson et al.Claremont60-5
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AVirginia Tech B6315
Jonathan HaimowitzALCUU[C]SD6315
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley A65-5
Adhrit YadavLambertInnovation Academy C65-5
Akshar GoyalIllinois OrangeSIUE7010
Will AlstonSGV VenturesJason et al.7110
Michael KearneyHarvardTufts A7210
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicWaterloo Aspidistra7210
Andrew WangIllinois BlueNotre Dame7210
Michael SunBrandeis BBowdoin A7610
Owen RileyToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming TitansOld and Young7710
William HoustonChicago BPurdue A7710
Khanh NguyenUF BUF C7810
Joey SunToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaWaterloo Cloze7810
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ASouth Carolina7910
Max KurzmanNorth Carolina BVirginia Tech C8010
Ted GanPenn StateMaryland80-5
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech DJohns Creek8010
Anthony LovegrenUCF AUF A8110
Shiv SeshanCambridge BImperial B8110
Braden BoothMissouriSquidward Community College8210
Yusuf BaigMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiToronto Metropolitan A84-5
Cormac BeirneLSE BWarwick B86-5
Shaun IyerInnovation Academy AGeorgia Tech C8710
Chris LevesleyWarwick AImperial A90-5
Samanyu BhupalamInnovation Academy BMilton96-5
Skand ParvatikarASU->Stanford->ASU pipelineSocial credit go vroom97-5
Brendan BaumerUCF BFlorida Tech98-5
Jerry XuClaremontAnderson et al.11710
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech AMississippi State12510
William OrrYaleBowdoin C12710
Nathan SheffieldMITClark Wilson12710
Andre WongLSE AWarwick C12710
Michael ZhengAmherstClark House12910
Leo TaoSocial credit go vroomASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline12910
Kevin LeCarleton AMcGill A12910
Lance HulmeBowdoin BBoston College B13010
Aalok BhattacharyaBoston College ATufts B13010
Alan Xiebingy academyIn the Mood for Buzz13010
Khang Leshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetiqueMadmen and Specialists13010
Patrick TorreMarylandPenn State13010
Cade ReinbergerRITPitt13010
Valerie UnzuetaFlorida TechUCF B13010
Addison WigginsUSFValencia13010
Eve FleisigBerkeley ABerkeley B13010
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii13010
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AToronto B13010
Michael VadakumpaddanInnovation Academy CLambert13010
Darren KellisMiltonInnovation Academy B13010
David NickelPurdue BChicago A13010
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick BLSE B13010
Rahim DinaImperial AWarwick A13010