Cajamarca - 2025 ACF Regionals

Question

This city was the location of a “Ransom Room” full of gold offered by a ruler to his captor. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this city. A battle named for this city allegedly began after that aforementioned ruler threw down a Bible presented to him by Vincente de Valverde.

ANSWER: Cajamarca (“ka-ha-MAR-ka”) [or Kashamarka; accept Battle of Cajamarca; accept Massacre at Cajamarca]

[10e] This ruler was captured at the Battle of Cajamarca just months after defeating his brother Huáscar in a civil war. This final Inca ruler was executed on the orders of Francisco Pizarro.

ANSWER: Atahualpa [or Atawallpa; or Ataw Wallpa]

[10h] Following Atahualpa’s execution, Pizarro defeated this general at the Battle of Cusco, forcing him to flee to Quito. Along with Chalcuchima, this Inca general led Atahualpa’s forces during the Inca Civil War at the battles of Chimborazo and Quipaipán.

ANSWER: Quizquiz (“KEES-kees”) [or Quisquis]

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Summary


California	2025-02-01	Y	3	20.00	100%	33%	67%
Florida	2025-02-01	Y	3	13.33	67%	33%	33%
Great Lakes	2025-02-01	Y	6	11.67	100%	0%	17%
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	6	15.00	100%	17%	33%
North	2025-02-01	Y	3	10.00	67%	0%	33%
Northeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Overflow	2025-02-01	Y	5	12.00	60%	40%	20%
South Central	2025-02-01	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	17.50	100%	25%	50%
UK	2025-02-01	Y	10	10.00	90%	0%	10%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	8	8.75	75%	0%	13%
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


UC Berkeley B	Claremont B	0	10	10	20
UC Berkeley A	UCLA	10	10	10	30
Claremont A	UCSD	0	10	0	10
Florida A	Florida State A	10	10	10	30
Valencia A	Florida B	0	10	0	10
UCF C	UCF B	0	0	0	0
Case Western B	Carnegie Mellon B	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Kenyon	0	10	0	10
Michigan D	Michigan A	0	10	0	10
Carnegie Mellon A	Michigan State	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	Ohio State A	0	10	0	10
Ohio State B	Case Western A	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	WashU A	0	10	0	10
WashU B	Illinois B	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Chicago C	10	10	10	30
Indiana B	Chicago D	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	Missoui S&T	0	10	0	10
Chicago A	Missouri	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Winona State	0	10	0	10
Wisconsin B	Minnesota B	0	0	0	0
Carleton	Wisconsin A	0	10	10	20
BU	Harvard B	0	10	0	10
Brandeis B	Brandeis A	0	10	0	10
Harvard A	Tufts A	10	10	0	20
Brown A	MIT A	0	10	0	10
Georgetown A	Northwestern A	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame B	Georgetown B	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame A	Iowa	0	0	0	0
Northwestern B	Stanford B	0	10	0	10
Purdue	Notre Dame C	0	0	0	0
TAMU	Texas B	10	10	0	20
ASU	Texas A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	Bristol	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Imperial A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Oxford C	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Cambridge D	0	10	0	10
Bruin A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	NYU C	0	10	0	10
Oxford B	Cambridge C	0	0	0	0
Sheffield	Warwick B	0	10	0	10
LSE	Southampton A	0	10	0	10
Southampton B	Cambridge E	0	10	0	10
Manchester	Durham	0	10	10	20
Cornell B	Vassar A	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	George Washington B	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	Haverford B	0	10	0	10
NYU A	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Haverford A	0	0	0	0
Penn A	John Jay College	0	10	0	10
Yale A	George Washington A	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Columbia C	0	0	0	0
RIT B	Binghamton A	0	10	0	10
Cornell D	ESF A	0	10	0	10
RIT A	Cornell C	0	10	0	10