Question

2,000-year-old examples of these objects shaped like human heads were found at Maitum. The anthropologist Robert Bradford Fox connected the image of two men in a boat on top of one of these objects to the Visayan belief in anito. One of these objects known as a kot was ceremonially moved to Sanam Luang, (-5[1])where participants would narrate the life of Phra Malai (“PRAH MAH-lye”) during 100 days of celebrations. Due to its discovery in the Tabon Caves, the Filipino “Manunggul” one of these objects is believed to be used in a practice which names a Bronze Age culture that the Hallstatt culture succeeded. (10[3]-5[4])During (10[1])the (-5[1])Secret War, millions of (10[1])cluster bombs were dumped on a (10[1])megalithic (10[4])site (10[1])named (10[1])for (10[1])these objects (10[1])located near the town of Phonsavan (10[2])(“POHN-sah-wan”). For 10 points, thousands of what sort of objects are scattered throughout a plain (10[1])in Laos? (10[1])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: jars [or urns; or pots; or vases; or jugs; accept Urn Burial culture or Urnfield culture; accept Plain of Jars; prompt on pottery or ceramics; reject “beakers”] (The third clue refers to the Thai royal burial ceremony.)
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y24100%0%25%122.08

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vikshar AthreyaRutgersWaterloo A53-5
Jacky XuCornell AChicago B101-5
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley AIndiana101-5
Sky LiToronto AChicago A101-5
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltUCF10110
Michael KearneyHarvardVirginia Tech10110
Biniam AlaroFloridaWaterloo B101-5
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateLSE10110
Athena ShaddenTexasMIT10210
Ryan RosenbergNYUBritish Columbia103-5
Charles HangWUSTL AStanford10710
Teigue KellyPenn StateOttawa11310
Roxanne TangOhio StateCornell B11410
Chris SimsNorthwesternNorth Carolina A11410
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BMichigan11410
Joseph ChambersVirginiaMaryland11410
John John GrogerWUSTL BArizona State11510
Ian LuGeorgia TechMinnesota11610
Conor ThompsonIowa StateJohns Hopkins11710
Henry BonWinona StateRIT11910
Yash MandaviaIllinois BColumbia B12510
Ryan SunUC Berkeley BYale12510
Joey SunToronto BToronto C13910
Liam StarnesChicago BCornell A14110
Micah ColmanWaterloo BFlorida14210
Tai BelkeBritish ColumbiaNYU14210
Jakob MyersIndianaUC Berkeley A14210
Mattias EhatammWaterloo ARutgers14210
Adam FineChicago AToronto A14210
Cooper RohColumbia AIllinois A14210