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Question

A surviving piece of one of these works describes how a priest mistook a large fish for land and then fled after the fish reacted to him by starting a fire on its back. For 10 points each:

[10m] Medieval examples of what works were often depicted as a T inside an O? A “universal” one of these works was created by Martin Waldseemüller.

ANSWER: maps [accept projections; accept atlases]

[10h] Fictional islands like Antilia and a southern landmass that was dubiously theorized to be Antarctica were included in this 16th-century Ottoman corsair’s map of the world.

ANSWER: Piri Reis (“race”) [or Muhammad Piri; prompt on Reis]

[10e] Piri Reis’s depiction of Japan, known to him as Cipangu, came from this person’s visit to Asia. This Genoese explorer visited the court of Kublai Khan.

ANSWER: Marco Polo

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Summary


Canada	Main	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	12	14.17	100%	33%	8%
Midwest	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	43%	29%
Northeast	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	13.00	100%	20%	10%
South Central	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	20%	40%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	75%	25%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%

Data


UCLA C	UCI	0	0	10	10
UCLA B	Claremont Scripps	10	0	10	20
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	UCLA D	0	0	10	10
UCSB	USC	10	0	10	20
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCSD Vices and Virtues	10	0	10	20
Carleton	McGill B	10	10	10	30
McGill A	Toronto B	0	0	10	10
McGill C	Queen's A	0	0	10	10
Toronto C	Ottawa	10	0	10	20
Western Ontario	Queen's B	0	0	10	10
Toronto A	Guelph A	0	0	10	10
Toronto D	McMaster A	10	0	10	20
Toronto E	Waterloo	10	0	10	20
Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto G	0	0	10	10
McMaster C	Toronto I	0	0	10	10
Toronto F	Toronto J	0	0	10	10
Toronto H	Toronto K	0	0	10	10
UCLA A	Claremont Pitzer	0	0	10	10
North Carolina B	Liberty A	10	10	10	30
South Carolina A	Liberty B	10	10	10	30
Clemson A	Liberty C	10	0	10	20
North Carolina A	NC State	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	North Carolina C	0	0	10	10
South Carolina B	Clemson B	0	0	10	10
Tusculum	Virginia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Princeton A	Rutgers B	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	Rowan A	10	0	10	20
Columbia B	Lehigh A	0	0	10	10
Rutgers C	Lehigh B	0	0	10	10
Chicago A	Kentucky	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame B	Chicago B	0	0	10	10
Illinois C	Chicago D	0	0	10	10
Illinois A	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame C	Indiana B	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame A	Louisville A	0	0	10	10
Louisville B	Chicago C	0	0	10	10
Michigan C	Purdue C	0	0	10	10
Michigan D	Illinois B	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame D	Purdue A	0	0	10	10
Iowa State	Macalester A	0	10	10	20
Minnesota A	Macalester B	0	0	10	10
St. Thomas	Minnesota B	0	0	10	10
Carleton	Nebraska	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	UCO	0	0	10	10
Arizona State B	Tulsa	0	0	10	10
Ohio	Iowa	0	0	10	10
McGill D	Northwestern B	10	0	10	20
Northwestern A	Texas B	10	10	10	30
UTD A	Rose State	0	0	10	10
Alberta B	Texas A	10	0	10	20
Northwestern C	UTD B	0	0	10	10
Alabama B	Auburn B	10	0	10	20
Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	10	0	10	20
Bruin A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Alabama A	Huntsville A	10	0	10	20
Huntsville B	Mississippi State A	10	0	10	20
UAB A	Sewanee A	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt A	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
Cambridge D	Oxford B	0	0	10	10
Sheffield A	Southampton B	10	0	10	20
Durham A	Warwick A	10	0	10	20
Minnesota C	Wisconsin	0	0	10	10