Question

In this country, Charles Thurstan Shaw unearthed a sculpture of a vase surrounded by imitation ropework alongside artifacts depicting humans with scarification known as ichi. It’s not the Netherlands, but a Neolithic Scots pine dugout canoe from Dufuna in this country (10[1])is the second-oldest known boat. This country’s sites of Taruga and Samun Dukiya (10[1])characterize a culture known for clay sculptures with triangular eyes and perforated (-5[1])pupils. Walls called (10[1])Sungbo’s Eredo surrounded (10[1])this country’s (10[1])Ijebu Kingdom, (10[2])whose founder (10[1])hailed from a city known for sculpting grooved heads cast using the lost-wax method. (10[2]-5[1])Kings known (-5[1])as ézè (“ay-zay”) ruled (10[1])an ethnic group in this modern-day (10[1])country, whose attempted secession was opposed (10[1])by (10[1])Yakubu Gowon. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])the iron-smelting Nok culture (-5[1])was (10[1])from what country, (10[1])whose Ife Empire was founded (10[1])by the Yoruba? (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Nigeria [or Federal Republic of Nigeria or Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya or Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà or Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Ìjọba Àpapọ̀ ilẹ̀ Nàìjíríà or Fediral Repoblik of Naijá] (The first clue refers to Igbo-Ukwu.)
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y24100%0%25%98.88

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Justin WytmarIllinois ANorthwestern4010
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateNYU5310
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BBritish Columbia65-5
Caleb OttWaterloo BPenn State6810
Allan LeeStanfordColumbia A7110
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley ARutgers7310
Jakob MyersIndianaToronto A7510
Conor ThompsonIowa StateCornell A7510
Noah ChinVirginia TechToronto C7710
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AChicago A9110
Yrwin BatanMITGeorgia Tech9110
Charles HangWUSTL AWaterloo A91-5
Yash MandaviaIllinois BNorth Carolina B93-5
Joel MilesMinnesotaHarvard9610
Liam StarnesChicago BTexas10210
Qingyu ZhangFloridaArizona State10810
John John GrogerWUSTL BLSE10910
Joey SunToronto BJohns Hopkins11110
Kevin PengCornell BMaryland111-5
Simon ZimmermanOhio StateWinona State11110
Adrian WongOttawaYale114-5
Olin BoseColumbia BVirginia118-5
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltMichigan11910
Jem BurchYaleOttawa12210
Michael DuWaterloo AWUSTL A12710
Anthony LovegrenUCFRIT13010
Joseph ChambersVirginiaColumbia B13110
Andy YuMarylandCornell B13110
Tai BelkeBritish ColumbiaUC Berkeley B13110
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BIllinois B13110