Question

In 2022, researchers showed that a city in this modern-day country used dhaka pits to store water. A “pattern” named for this modern-day country was distinguished from the “central cattle pattern” by Thomas Huffman, who also investigated the “tradition” of this modern-day country’s site of Leopard’s Kopje (“COP-yuh”). The Torwa dynasty ruled a gold-trading kingdom once located in this modern-day country centered at Khami. Many daga buildings were found in the “Valley Ruins” of (10[1])a city (10[1])in this modern-day country where a conical tower (10[1])was located (-5[1])in (10[1])its (-5[2])“Great (10[3])Enclosure.” (10[15])A city (10[4])in this (10[3])modern-day (10[3]-5[1])country (10[1])contained (10[2]-5[1])the “Hill Complex,” (10[1])the hypothesized original location of eight soapstone birds. (10[3])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[3])what modern-day country contains (10[1])the site of a “Great” African (10[1])city (10[3])founded by the Shona (10[1])people? (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Zimbabwe [or Republic of Zimbabwe; accept Great Zimbabwe; accept Kingdom of Zimbabwe; accept Zimbabwe Pattern]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%88.67
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%83.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%98.67
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%88.33
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%67%113.67
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%93.20
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%100.50
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%101.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%89.00
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%20%105.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%13%106.25
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%102.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Oscar O'FlanaganImperial ACambridge E7210
Khanh NguyenFlorida AUCF C7410
Nicholas NguyenFlorida BUCF B8210
Aaron MarchandCarletonIowa State84-5
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BIllinois C8510
Cormac BeirneLSECambridge D86-5
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CCambridge A86-5
Jakob MyersIndiana AIllinois B8710
Liam StarnesChicago BChicago C8710
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech AVanderbilt A8710
Scarlet RutterClaremont BUCLA8810
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BClaremont A8810
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ALiberty A8810
Joseph ChambersVirginia ALiberty C8810
Jacob EgolDukeUNC C8810
Akshar GoyalIllinois AMissoui S&T8810
Claire JonesChicago AWashU B8810
William ParocaiDartmouth AHarvard A8810
Yrwin BatanMIT AHarvard B8810
Truman FillbrandtUW AUW B8810
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech D8810
Jack LewisBruin ATennessee A8810
Kai MadgwickManchesterCambridge C8810
Arjun BothraHaverford ACornell B8810
Jem BurchYale ARutgers A8810
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley AUCSD9010
Conor ThompsonIowa StateCarleton9010
Michael SunBrandeis BBU9010
Arya KarthikOxford ACambridge B9010
Khugan ChanUMass BostonBrown A9210
Anirudh BharadwajPenn APenn B9210
Gregory StoneESF ARIT B9210
Soren HeydariUNC BSouth Carolina9310
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BWinona State93-5
Bryce CruiseTexas ATexas B9310
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech BLouisville A9310
Juan LandaetaFlorida State AValencia A9410
Braden BoothMissouriChicago D9510
William GrogerColumbia BMaryland A95-5
Kevin PengCornell CBinghamton A9510
Paige CrawleyOxford BSouthampton B9810
Andrew FisherSheffieldSouthampton A10610
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins ANYU B10610
Sam MacchiVassar AGeorge Washington A10610
Ethan SiskelTufts ABrandeis A10810
Jeffrey AustinUNC DWake Forest10910
Bryan UgazASUTAMU10910
James ByrneBristolOxford C10910
Anne FjeldAlbertaUBC11310
Kritanu SahaCornell DRIT A11910
Eugenia TongImperial BWarwick B12010
Chris LevesleyWarwick ADurham12010
Gus VanskikeMaryland BGeorge Washington B12010
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeHaverford B12410
Declan CobbWisconsin AWisconsin B12510
Meredie CohenWilliam & MaryLiberty B12610
Henry BonWinona StateMinnesota B12610
Percy YuenCambridge DLSE12610
Brendan BethlehemCambridge ANYU C12610
Andy YuMaryland AColumbia B12610