Cyclades - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

Human figures from this archipelago’s namesake culture are characterized by sharp noses on otherwise blank faces. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this Aegean archipelago where Parian marble originated. Linear A inscriptions from the Minoans were found on this archipelago’s island of Thera at Akrotiri.

ANSWER: Cyclades [accept Cycladic culture]

[10e] After its namesake culture, the Cyclades were dominated by the Minoans until one of these events occurred on Thera in the 1500s BCE. One of these events in 79 CE preserved Herculaneum and Pompeii.

ANSWER: volcanic eruptions

[10m] The Theran eruption paved the way for the Cyclades to be taken over by this culture. The earliest known form of Greek is named for this culture that created the Mask of Agamemnon.

ANSWER: Mycenaeans [or Mycenae]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	22.86	100%	100%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	17.27	100%	64%	9%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	89%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	89%	22%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	22.50	100%	83%	42%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
South Central	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	19.17	100%	67%	25%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	11.43	100%	14%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	60%	60%

Data


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