Nan Madol - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

This stone city, one of the many places sometimes called the “Venice of the Pacific,” was built in a lagoon on artificial islands. It was abandoned after being conquered by the semi-mythical Isokelekel. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this archeological site located on the eastern side of the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. It served as the capital of the Saudeleur dynasty until around the 1500s.

ANSWER: Nan Madol [or Soun Nan-leng]

[10m] Saudeleur rulers often received tribute in the form of this staple of Micronesia. The mutiny on the HMS Bounty occurred while it was transporting this plant from Tahiti.

ANSWER: breadfruit [or Artocarpus altilis]

[10e] Nan Madol was built from stones taken from these places. The activity of these places such as Krakatoa may have caused the Little Ice Age.

ANSWER: volcanoes [prompt on mountains]

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California	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Canada	Main	Y	6	16.67	100%	50%	17%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	11.11	100%	0%	11%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%
Overflow	Main	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	17.00	100%	40%	30%
South Central	Main	Y	5	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	10	15.00	100%	30%	20%
UK	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	29%	29%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%

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Stanford A	Berkeley A	0	10	10	20
Berkeley B	Berkeley E	10	10	10	30
Berkeley C	Berkeley D	0	10	10	20
Stanford C	Stanford B	0	0	10	10
Claremont Scripps	Claremont Pitzer	0	10	10	20
UCLA A	USC	10	10	10	30
UCLA B	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	0	10	10
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCLA C	0	0	10	10
UCLA D	UCSB	0	0	10	10
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	UCI	0	10	10	20
UF A	UCF B	0	0	10	10
UF E	UF B	0	0	10	10
UCF A	FIU	0	0	10	10
CWRU D	Pitt B	0	0	10	10
CWRU B	MSU A	0	10	10	20
OSU A	OSU D	0	0	10	10
CWRU A	OSU B	0	0	10	10
Pitt C	Kenyon B	0	0	10	10
South Carolina A	Clemson A	0	0	10	10
Liberty A	North Carolina A	0	0	10	10
James Madison	Liberty B	10	0	10	20
NC State	Roanoke	0	0	10	10
South Carolina B	Virginia B	0	0	10	10
Tennessee A	Virginia Tech A	0	0	10	10
Tusculum	Tennessee B	0	0	10	10
Virginia A	North Carolina B	0	0	10	10
North Carolina C	Virginia Tech B	0	0	10	10
OSU C	Pitt A	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	Columbia C	0	10	10	20
Rutgers B	Lehigh A	10	0	10	20
Rutgers C	Vassar A	0	0	10	10
Lehigh B	Swarthmore A	0	0	10	10
Missouri B	WashU B	0	10	10	20
WashU C	Truman State	0	0	10	10
WashU A	Missouri A	10	10	10	30
Rowan A	Columbia B	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	UIC	10	10	10	30
Chicago C	Illinois A	0	0	10	10
Illinois B	Kentucky	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Illinois C	10	10	10	30
Indiana A	Michigan C	0	0	10	10
Louisville B	Indiana B	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame C	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Michigan D	Notre Dame D	0	0	10	10
Chicago A	Purdue A	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Carleton	Minnesota A	0	0	10	10
St. Thomas	Iowa State	0	0	10	10
Macalester B	Macalester A	0	0	10	10
Minnesota C	Minnesota B	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin	Nebraska	0	0	10	10
BU	Brown C	10	0	10	20
MIT B	Brandeis Clemenceau	10	10	10	30
Tufts A	Brandeis Lloyd George	0	0	10	10
Brandeis Wilson	BC A	0	0	10	10
Brown A	Amherst A	0	0	10	10
Brown B	Tufts B	0	0	10	10
Williams	Cornell-UG	0	0	10	10
MIT A	Harvard	0	10	10	20
Yale A	Dartmouth	0	10	10	20
Yale B	Brandeis Orlando	0	0	10	10
British Columbia C	Alberta	0	0	10	10
British Columbia A	British Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Simon Fraser	British Columbia D	0	0	10	10
Washington B	Washington A	0	0	10	10
Iowa	Northwestern C	0	0	10	10
Alberta B	McGill D	0	0	10	10
Northwestern A	Arizona State A	10	10	10	30
Texas A	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
Auburn B	Mississippi State A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Bruin A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech D	10	0	10	20
Alabama A	Sewanee A	0	10	10	20
Huntsville A	UAB A	10	0	10	20
Auburn A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Tulsa	Rose State	0	0	10	10
Texas B	UCO	0	0	10	10
Arizona State B	UTD A	10	0	10	20
RIT B	Cornell-DII	0	0	10	10
Ohio	UTD B	0	0	10	10