Question
The spread of this crop has been dated linguistically by David Schoenbrun using words for “bill-hook,” and can be carbon-dated by its “volcaniform” phytoliths. As a slave trader, John Newton ran a barracoon on an island group named for this crop, where the mixed-race Cleveland and Caulker dynasties fought bloody wars. This staple crop of the Chaga, Haya, and Mangbetu kingdoms superficially resembles the Ethiopian enset. Women tended gardens of this crop while men worked on public works like road-building under the (*) kabakas of Buganda. Since it is less labor-intensive than yams, the introduction of cattle-raising and this crop to the African Great Lakes in the 1st century CE allowed a population explosion. An English word for this crop comes from Wolof. For 10 points, a variety of what crop is named for being brought to the Kew Gardens by William Cavendish? ■END■
Summary
2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 12 | 92% | 8% | 58% | 134.91 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Jensen | LMM's LLM MLM | Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer | 64 | 15 |
June Yin | Les Missourables | Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret | 90 | -5 |
Nikhil Desai | First Cause, First Cause, make me young! | NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess) | 95 | -5 |
Corry Wang | genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet | Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team | 121 | -5 |
Nathaniel Hull | it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown | BHSU B | 121 | -5 |
Christopher Sims | There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see | Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy | 121 | -5 |
Raymond Wang | AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH | The Dyatlov Passement incident | 122 | -5 |
Jim Fan | Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes | sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone | 122 | -5 |
Eric Chen | Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy | There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see | 142 | 10 |
Iain Carpenter | Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret | Les Missourables | 142 | 0 |
Emma Victoria Byron | NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess) | First Cause, First Cause, make me young! | 142 | 10 |
Henry Atkins | The Empire Bikes Back | Lisan al-Quib | 142 | 10 |
Taylor Harvey | sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone | Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes | 142 | 10 |
Halle Friedman | The Oldest Men in the World | NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess) | 142 | 10 |
Joy An | The Jeam Team | Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A | 142 | 10 |
Jason Shi | The Dyatlov Passement incident | AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH | 142 | 10 |
Rob Carson | Punished "Venom" BHSU | I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open) | 142 | 10 |
Arya Karthik | Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team | genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet | 142 | 10 |
John Lawrence | BHSU B | it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown | 142 | 10 |