conch shells - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

In a royal Mayan tomb at El Perú-Waka, a dwarf figure with a removable ceramic helmet of a deer holds one of these objects, which were used to open portals to the underworld. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name these objects whose Strombus type was used by the Maya as boxing gloves. In Hawaii, these objects were used by canoes to harken their arrival to shore.

ANSWER: conch shells [accept queen conchs; prompt on shells or shell trumpets]

[10m] Discovered amongst the tombs of Waka was a greenstone figure with a shark tooth produced by this other civilization. La Venta and San Lorenzo were centers for this Mesoamerican civilization, which produced massive stone heads.

ANSWER: Olmecs

[10e] The Waka figures are often incorrectly compared to toys, Mayan examples of which were some of the few uses of this technology in Mesoamerica. Spokes and axles with this technology allowed for the development of carts.

ANSWER: wheels

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	71%	14%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	89%	11%
Florida	Main	Y	4	20.00	75%	100%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	20.83	83%	92%	33%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	23.33	100%	100%	33%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	17.78	78%	100%	0%
North	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	20.00	91%	91%	18%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	88%	13%
South Central	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	86%	29%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	18.46	92%	77%	15%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	17.14	100%	43%	29%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%

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Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	10	10	10	30
Stanford B	Berkeley Boss Bandit	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	10	10	10	30
UCSC	Stanford A	0	10	10	20
UC Irvine	Claremont C	0	0	10	10
UCLA C	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	10	20
USC B	UCLA A	0	0	10	10
Claremont B	UCLA B	0	10	10	20
Claremont A	UCLA D	0	10	10	20
UCSD B	UCSD A	10	10	10	30
UCLA E	USC A	0	10	10	20
McGill E	Carleton A	0	0	10	10
McGill A	McGill C	10	10	10	30
McGill B	Ottawa D	0	10	10	20
Ottawa B	Ottawa A	0	0	10	10
Ottawa C	Carleton B	10	0	10	20
Queen's A	Brock A	0	10	10	20
Guelph A	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
McMaster C	Toronto F	0	10	10	20
CWRU B	CWRU A	10	10	10	30
Pittsburgh	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A	Louisville B	0	10	10	20
Michigan State D	Louisville C	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	CWRU D	10	10	0	20
CWRU C	Michigan D	0	10	10	20
Louisville A	Michigan State A	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B	Michigan State B	0	10	0	10
Louisville D	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
Michigan State C	Ohio State D	0	10	10	20
WVU B	WVU A	0	0	10	10
NCSU A	William & Mary A	0	10	10	20
Liberty B	NCSU B	0	10	10	20
Liberty C	Tusculum A	10	10	10	30
UNC A	Virginia Tech A	0	10	10	20
UNC B	UNC C	0	10	10	20
Virginia A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech C	UNC D	0	10	10	20
William & Mary B	JMU A	10	10	10	30
William & Mary C	Liberty A	10	10	10	30
Waterloo A	Toronto A	0	10	10	20
Toronto B	Toronto C	10	10	10	30
Toronto D	McMaster A	0	10	10	20
Toronto H	Toronto I	0	0	10	10
Toronto G	Waterloo B	0	10	10	20
McMaster B	Waterloo C	0	10	10	20
Florida B	Florida Tech A	0	10	10	20
Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	0	10	0	10
South Florida A	Florida Tech B	0	10	10	20
UCF A	Florida A	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A	Rutgers B	0	10	10	20
George Mason A	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
George Mason C	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
George Mason B	Johns Hopkins	10	10	10	30
Lehigh B	NYU B	0	0	10	10
Maryland A	Rutgers A	0	10	10	20
Maryland C	NYU A	0	10	10	20
Princeton	Columbia A	0	0	10	10
Vassar B	Rowan	0	10	10	20
Rutgers C	NYU C	0	10	10	20
Rutgers D	Penn	0	10	10	20
Stony Brook	Vassar A	0	10	10	20
WashU Grizzlers	Chicago A	0	10	10	20
Chicago B	Purdue A	0	10	10	20
Illinois Champaign	Iowa B	0	10	10	20
Indiana B	Illinois Orange	0	10	0	10
Purdue B	Illinois Canada	0	10	10	20
Amherst B	Boston University B	0	10	10	20
Boston College A	Brandeis Mozart	0	10	10	20
Dartmouth A	Brown A	0	10	10	20
Brown B	MIT A	0	10	10	20
Harvard	Brandeis Beethoven	0	0	10	10
Tufts A	Amherst A	0	10	10	20
Vermont A	Tufts B	10	10	0	20
Boston University A	UConn A	0	10	10	20
Williams A	Vermont B	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth B	Williams B	0	10	10	20
Dartmouth C	Williams C	0	10	10	20
Alberta A	Washington Atlantic	0	10	10	20
Washington Chum	Alberta B	0	0	10	10
Arizona State A	Washington Sockeye	0	10	10	20
Texas	British Columbia B	0	10	10	20
Washington State	British Columbia C	0	10	10	20
Washington Steelhead	Washington Chinook	10	10	10	30
Washington Coho	British Columbia A	0	10	10	20
Washington Pink	Washington Masu	0	10	10	20
Tulsa B	Central Oklahoma B	10	10	10	30
Kansas State A	Kansas State B	10	10	10	30
Murray State College A	Murray State College B	0	10	10	20
Nebraska B	Nebraska A	0	10	10	20
Oklahoma	Nebraska C	0	10	10	20
Rose State	Harding	0	0	10	10
Tulsa A	Central Oklahoma A	0	10	10	20
Rose-Hulman A	Purdue D	0	10	0	10
WashU Grolars	Indiana A	0	10	10	20
Illinois Blue	William Woods University A	0	10	10	20
Minnesota	Wisconsin B	0	10	10	20
St. Thomas	Macalester	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Wisconsin A	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech E	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	10	0	10	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Vanderbilt A	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	0	10	10	20
Auburn C	Vanderbilt C	0	0	10	10
Chipola College	Clemson A	0	10	10	20
Montevallo	Clemson B	0	10	10	20
Sewanne	Clemson C	0	0	0	0
Emory A	Georgia A	10	10	10	30
Auburn B	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Southampton	Cambridge A	10	10	10	30
Cambridge C	Cambridge E	10	10	10	30
Cambridge D	Imperial A	0	0	10	10
Imperial B	Birmingham	0	0	10	10
Imperial C	Bristol	0	10	10	20
Warwick	LSE	0	0	10	10
Oxford	Imperial D	0	0	10	10
Durham B	Edinburgh B	0	0	10	10
Durham D	Edinburgh D	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh C	Durham A	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh A	Sheffield A	0	0	10	10
Sheffield B	Durham C	0	10	10	20
Rochester	Binghamton C	0	10	10	20
Cornell D	Cornell A	0	10	10	20
Binghamton B	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
RIT A	ESF	10	10	10	30
RIT B	Binghamton A	0	10	10	20
Purdue C	Iowa A	0	10	10	20