Question

This city is unusually referenced as the “wide land” in the so-called Agum-kakrime (“AG-um-KAK-rim-eh”) Inscription, which is only known from later copies. An “oracle question” about an attack on this city mentions the threat of troops from Idamaraz in the Kingdom of Khana. This city’s kingship passed to “E’urukuga” in a text (-5[1])indicating (-5[1])the founding of the First Sealand Dynasty. (10[2])Kashtiliash IV’s (“CASH-til-ee-osh the fourth’s”) loss of this city is recounted in the Epic of Tukulti-Ninurta I. This city’s 1595 BCE sack by Mursili I’s (10[1])forces (-5[1])gave way to its Late Bronze Age (-5[1])Kassite (10[1])domination, (10[1])which ended (10[2])after Shutruk-Nakhunte (10[2])(“SHOOT-rook NAH-khoon-teh”) conquered it and plundered a law code from this city’s (10[2])“Old” (10[1])period. (10[5])The Esagila (10[1])temple housed (-5[1])this city’s (-5[1])statue (10[1])of Marduk. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[4])name (-5[1])this (10[1])Mesopotamian (10[2])city (10[1]-5[1])that was (10[1])ruled during its Amorite period by Hammurabi. (10[3])■END■ (10[13]0[5])

ANSWER: Babylon [or Bābilim or Kan dig̃irak or Babbar or Babbir or Pambalu or Babalu or Karduniash; accept King of the Wide Land of Babylon; accept Old Babylonian period]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

California2025-02-01Y367%0%67%120.00
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%108.33
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%104.17
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y683%0%17%114.20
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%101.50
North2025-02-01Y367%0%0%116.50
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%107.60
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%118.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%119.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%119.25
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y989%0%11%124.75
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%123.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anya SrinivasanUW AUW B50-5
Ivan StanisavljevicDukeVirginia A51-5
Elie AounCase Western AMichigan C5810
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AUNC D5810
Khanh NguyenFlorida AFlorida B8010
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BUCLA81-5
Christian AllenMissoui S&TMissouri88-5
Justin WytmarIllinois AWashU B8910
Charles HangWashU AChicago D9010
Prahalad RaoOhio State BMichigan A9210
Jaehyun ParkBUBrown A9210
Jon SuhHarvard AHarvard B9410
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia CPenn A9410
Liam StarnesChicago BIndiana A10410
Christopher DekermanjiVanderbilt ABruin A10410
Sam KonkelChicago CIndiana B10510
Simon ZimmermanOhio State ACase Western B10610
Claire JonesChicago AIllinois C10610
Yrwin BatanMIT ABrandeis A10610
Athena ShaddenTexas AASU10610
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell DCornell C10610
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AClaremont A10810
Saketh DontarajuNYU AJohns Hopkins A110-5
Greg ReiserRIT BRIT A112-5
Raj DoshiUCF BValencia A11310
Stevie MillerCarnegie Mellon AKenyon11510
Owen ArnesonMissouriMissoui S&T11510
JD KrothIowa StateMinnesota B11510
Isaac MeredithTufts ADartmouth A11510
Jonathan BostLiberty BWake Forest11810
Declan CobbWisconsin AWinona State11810
Yaj JhajhriaUW BUW A11810
Liam MarklandAlbertaUBC11810
Scarlet RutterClaremont BUCSD119-5
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech ALouisville A12010
Samir SarmaGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech B12110
Taaj RaiGeorge Washington BHaverford A12110
Cole PolleyMichigan DMichigan State12210
Owen GilroyTexas BTAMU122-5
Patrick TorreMaryland AYale A12410
Soren HeydariUNC BLiberty C13110
Mitchell PeranBrandeis BUMass Boston13110
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BHaverford B13110
Nolan DannelsUCSDClaremont B13210
Henry KeatingUCF CFlorida State A13210
Samuel StellaFlorida State AUCF C1320
Jayden KuCarnegie Mellon BMichigan B13210
Connor RonanSouth CarolinaLiberty A13210
Meredie CohenWilliam & MaryUNC C13210
Alex SmitsWisconsin BCarleton1320
John Hines-ShahCarletonWisconsin B1320
Seth WebbTAMUTexas B13210
Alex WyrickTennessee AAlabama A13210
Jack RadoColumbia BCornell B13210
Sam MacchiVassar AJohn Jay College13210
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeVassar A1320
Aum MundheRutgers AMaryland B13210
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins ANYU A13210
Leonard CastinePenn BGeorge Washington A1320
Giuseppe PiccirilliBinghamton AESF A13210
Chris ScheriRIT ARIT B13210