Turkey - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

A tablet discovered at a Bronze Age site in this country details the peace treaty outlined a few years after the Battle of Kadesh. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this modern-day country, where the Hittite archaeological site of Hattusa is located. The German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann conducted a highly destructive excavation in this country.

ANSWER: Turkey [or Türkiye]

[10e] Schliemann excavated the Turkish site of Hisarlik in a bid to find the real-life historical location of this city, the setting of the Homeric Iliad.

ANSWER: Troy [prompt on Ilion or Ilium]

[10h] Another significant Turkish archaeological site is this site, where a clay “Seated Woman” sculpture was unearthed. This Neolithic site contained a major proto-city with houses accessed through ceiling openings.

ANSWER: Çatalhöyük (“chuh-TALL-huh-yook”)

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Northern California	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	0%	100%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	71%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	21.11	89%	89%	33%
Florida	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	22.50	92%	83%	50%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	18.89	100%	78%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	16.67	92%	58%	17%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	78%	33%
North	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Pacific	Main	Y	9	22.22	100%	78%	44%
South Central	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	16.15	85%	62%	15%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	18.75	100%	75%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%

Data


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