Teotihuacan - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Naranjo-style pottery suggests that this city may have conquered the distant site Takalik Abaj (“ah-BAH”). For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this city whose Pyramid of the Sun flanks its Avenue of the Dead.

ANSWER: Teotihuacan

[10e] Monument 23 at Takalik Abaj also suggests influence from this civilization, whose conquest of Takalik Abaj predates the Teotihuacan conquest. This civilization, with sites at La Venta and San Lorenzo, is best known for creating colossal heads.

ANSWER: Olmecs [or Olmec]

[10h] Monument 9 at Takalik Abaj depicts a faded one of these animals staring at the viewer. An ajaw (“ah-HOW”) from Teotihuacan, usually identified with these animals, conquered Tikal.

ANSWER: owls [accept Spearthrower Owl; prompt on birds]

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California	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
Canada	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%
Midwest	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
North	Main	Y	6	21.67	100%	83%	33%
Northeast	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
UK	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	13.33	100%	17%	17%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	7	11.43	100%	14%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley D	10	10	10	30
Berkeley E	Stanford C	10	10	0	20
Berkeley F	Berkeley C	10	10	0	20
Stanford A	Berkeley B	10	10	0	20
Claremont Scripps	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	10	0	10
UCI	UCLA D	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCSB	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	10	0	10
OSU D	CWRU B	0	10	0	10
MSU B	OSU B	0	10	0	10
OSU A	OSU C	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Virginia A	NC State	10	10	0	20
North Carolina A	South Carolina B	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech B	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
Georgetown A	George Mason B	10	10	0	20
Maryland C	Georgetown B	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	George Mason C	10	10	10	30
NYU A	Catholic University	10	10	10	30
NYU B	George Washington B	10	10	0	20
Princeton A	Columbia A	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Indiana B	0	10	10	20
Louisville B	Michigan B	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	Purdue A	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins A	Notre Dame E	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	Notre Dame D	10	10	0	20
Chicago C	Notre Dame C	0	10	0	10
Macalester A	Minnesota A	10	10	0	20
Macalester B	Iowa State	0	10	0	10
Nebraska	St. Thomas	0	10	0	10
Brown A	BC A	10	10	0	20
Amherst A	Brown C	0	10	0	10
MIT A	Brown B	0	10	0	10
Tufts B	Brandeis Wilson	0	10	0	10
Harvard	Yale B	10	10	0	20
British Columbia A	Washington B	10	10	0	20
British Columbia D	Washington A	0	10	10	20
Texas A	McGill D	10	10	0	20
Northwestern C	Texas B	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	0	10
UTD A	Alberta B	0	10	0	10
Northwestern B	Arizona State A	0	10	10	20
Tulsa	Ohio	0	10	0	10
Iowa	Rose State	0	10	0	10
Alabama B	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Huntsville A	Vanderbilt A	0	10	0	10
Huntsville B	Bruin A	0	10	0	10
UAB A	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Birmingham A	Sheffield B	10	10	0	20
Imperial A	Cambridge B	10	10	0	20
Cambridge C	LSE A	10	10	10	30
Warwick B	Edinburgh B	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	Edinburgh A	0	10	0	10
Southampton A	Manchester A	0	10	0	10
Manchester B	Cambridge A	0	10	0	10