Question

Women on this island weave bags known by a word meaning “womb,” bilum. A Catholic priest on this island founded a weekly newspaper named for a system of social obligations called wantok. (10[1])This island’s (10[1])Maprik area contains many examples of tall, triangular haus tambaran worship buildings. A traditional sing-sing gathering occurs each September in Goroka in this island’s Eastern Highlands area. (10[3])In 2008, (10[1])UNESCO recognized (10[1])a swampy area on this island as the Kuk Early Agricultural (10[1])Site. This island’s Sepik (10[2])peoples practice “crocodile scarring.” (10[1])The Mount Hagen Festival unites tribes from across this island, (10[1])some of whom (10[1])make headdresses with bird-of-paradise feathers. (10[3]-5[1])Tok Pisin (10[1])is the most (10[2])common of over 800 languages (10[1])spoken on, for 10 points, what island split between Indonesia and a country whose capital is Port Moresby? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: New Guinea [or Papua or Niugini; accept Papua New Guinea]
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2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y21100%0%5%82.52

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AOttawa3110
Jakob MyersIndianaYale3310
Conor ThompsonIowa StateFlorida6010
Tai BelkeBritish ColumbiaToronto B6010
Truman HillVanderbiltMaryland6010
Ian LuGeorgia TechNorth Carolina B6210
Ted GanPenn StateChicago B6410
Jacky XuCornell AWaterloo A7510
Moses KitakuleColumbia AMinnesota7910
Justin WytmarIllinois ARIT7910
Simon ZimmermanOhio StateGeorgia State8310
John MarvinChicago AMichigan9310
Jonathan HuangMITIllinois B9610
Chris SimsNorthwesternJohns Hopkins101-5
Micah ColmanWaterloo BUC Berkeley A10110
Aiden DartleyRutgersToronto C10110
John John GrogerWUSTL BWinona State10110
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BVirginia Tech10310
Skand ParvatikarArizona StateColumbia B10610
Andrew ZengStanfordUCF10610
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL ACornell B11110
Aditya ShivaswamyJohns HopkinsNorthwestern12910