Question
A national park in this country contains the world’s largest inactive caldera, which was the site of many archaeological digs in Olduvai Gorge. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this country, where the Ngorongoro crater lies directly west of Serengeti National Park.
ANSWER: Tanzania [or United Republic of Tanzania or Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania]
[10h] Due to a now-debunked theory that cattle grazing damages savannah grass, British colonial troops evicted members of this ethnic group from Serengeti National Park. The park’s name comes from the word for “endless land” in the language of this nomadic ethnic group of Northern Tanzania and Kenya.
ANSWER: Maasai [or Wamasai]
[10e] The Maasai people historically occupied fertile lands between Mount Meru and this dormant volcano, the tallest mountain in Africa.
ANSWER: Mount Kilimanjaro
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 7 | 22.86 | 100% | 71% | 57% |
Data
| Princeton | NYU A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| NYU B | Rutgers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Swarthmore A | Rowan | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia A | Swarthmore B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Fordham | Delaware B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Penn | Maryland | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| NYU C | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |