Jomon period - 2025 Penn Bowl

Question

Ka’en jars, with tops that resemble flames, were principally produced during the middle of this period. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this period, which gets its name from using rope to make marks on pottery. The Yayoi culture succeeded this period.

ANSWER: Jomon period [or Jōmon jidai]

[10e] The Jomon people were a partially sedentary version of this type of society, as opposed to the agricultural Yayoi. This type of lifestyle was the norm before the rise of agriculture.

ANSWER: hunter-gatherer [or forager]

[10h] Jomon pottery included these figurines, which typically vaguely resemble women. They bear a resemblance to the haniwa of the later Kofun period.

ANSWER: dogū

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2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	20.00	100%	67%	33%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	14.29	71%	43%	29%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	14.44	78%	44%	22%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	10.00	67%	33%	0%

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Brown	Harvard	10	10	0	20
MIT A	I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	0	10	0	10
MIT B	Brandeis	10	10	0	20
RIT	Yale	0	0	0	0
Michigan B	Michigan A	0	0	0	0
Michigan C	CWRU	0	10	0	10
Pittsburgh	Ohio State A	0	10	0	10
Illinois	Indiana	10	10	0	20
Northwestern B	UChicago C	0	10	0	10
Northwestern A	UChicago B	10	10	0	20
abg academy	rusty shackleford	0	10	0	10
Columbia A	Maryland C	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	JHU A	0	10	0	10
John Jay	Maryland B	0	10	0	10
NYU B	Maryland A	10	10	0	20
Mount Sinai	JHU B	10	10	0	20
NYU A	Swarthmore	10	10	10	30
Free Win	The best time to buzz was twenty clues ago. The second best time to buzz is now	0	10	0	10
In Search of Lost Clues	Berkeley B	0	10	10	20
Berkeley A	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
Stanford B	Berkeley C	0	10	0	10
Hail to the Sheaf	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	0	10	10	20
To buzz is to be perceived	Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	0	10	10	20
Knorr Stock Clue	Chimp Brisket	10	10	0	20
Coughing Baby	Galactic Ombudsmen	0	0	0	0
Of Mice and Penn	Bristold	0	10	0	10
Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament	The Bit and the Penndulum	0	0	0	0
Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins	question mark	10	10	0	20
Washed Scrubs	Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance	10	10	0	20
why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it	Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh	10	10	0	20
McGill Fartlets	Toronto Sunshine Bubbles	0	10	0	10
Carleton A	Ottawa 67s	0	0	0	0
#OpenToBuzz	Queen's is monitoring the situation	10	10	10	30
Toronto G	Aweille Kevin Fan osti continue comme ça	10	10	10	30
Toronto Murder on the Rider Express	Toronto E	0	0	0	0
McGill B	Toronto Operation PBSuccess	0	10	0	10
Waterloo you are crooked	Guelph perfomative male competition	10	10	0	20
Planck Sinatra	UNC B	0	10	0	10
UNC A	VT B	0	10	0	10
VT A	Wise Duke	10	0	0	10