Cradle of Humankind - 2024 PLAYTIME

Question

At one location in this site, workers recovered the skull of a child likely killed by a predatory bird. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this archaeological site home to the Sterkfontein caves where the Taung child was discovered.

ANSWER: Cradle of Humankind [or Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa]

[10m] The Taung child was a member of this hominid genus. A team led by Mary Leakey showed that this genus was bipedal when they discovered the Laetoli footprints.

ANSWER: Australopithecus [accept Australopithecus afarensis; accept Australopithecus africanus]

[10e] It’s debated whether Australopithecus was able to use tools made of this material. An age named for this material was followed by the Bronze Age.

ANSWER: stone [accept Stone Age]

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Summary


2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	1	10.00	0%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC	10/05/2024	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%

Data


Michigan A	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Pittsburgh	Oberlin	0	10	10	20
Caltech	Art of Premature Signaling	0	10	10	20
Claremont B	Claremont A	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCLA A	0	0	10	10
girl 15 whale i mean they	P.C.‚ Daniel‚ Michel‚ and Jason B	0	10	10	20
Billy's Bastion	Qin Shi Huang's Immortality Poison	0	0	10	10
Edwin Laundrorat's Long-Lost Man Unclothès Rat Degrosses	Too much from you lately	0	0	10	10
Harvard	Brandeis	0	0	10	10
Brown	Lexington	0	10	10	20
MIT	RIT	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins A	CWRU	0	10	10	20
Alberta	UW A	0	10	10	20
Washington Connections	Arizona State University A	0	0	10	10
Project2025BC: Make Assyria Great Again	Keeping Up With the Cardassians	0	10	0	10
Four Generalists in Search of a Power	Illinois Orange	0	10	10	20
mongeese	2 Italians, 2 Poles, All Noles	0	0	10	10
Egypt Airlines Haters	Free Agents 1	0	10	10	20
MSJ	Goober Gang	10	0	10	20
Cambridge	Warwick B	0	10	10	20
Imperial A	LSE	0	10	10	20
Manchester	Sheffield C	0	0	10	10
Warwick A	Lancaster	0	10	10	20
Sheffield A	Sheffield B	0	0	10	10
Toronto A	Toronto D	0	10	10	20
Toronto B	Guelph	0	0	10	10
Toronto C	McGill B	0	10	10	20
Waterloo A	Mac A	0	10	10	20
Waterloo C	Waterloo B	0	10	10	20
4 quizbowl pros go Virginia on North Carolina	Ashurbanipal’s Drag Race	0	10	10	20
Even in Blacksburg There I Am	Adrianne Lenker 4 Nobel Lit Prize 2K65	0	0	10	10
Somehow Paula Deen Returned	Master and Margaritaville	0	10	10	20
Gruh	Auburn 2026	0	0	10	10
Missouri	Illinois A	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Iowa State	0	0	10	10
SIUE	WashU Squirtle	0	10	10	20
Truman State	WashU Bulbasaur	0	0	10	10
Illinois B	WashU Charmander	0	10	10	20
Mahjonng Masters	we need new names	0	10	10	20
Quatumvirate	Notre Dame + Epic Games	0	10	10	20
Mike Dukakis Tank Battalion	Trip-Hop Quizzer Tricky	0	10	10	20
Monsieur Hulot's Academic Team	evil women enjoyers	0	10	10	20