Question

The self-creating dual-gender primordial god of this culture gave birth to white, blue, red, and black children who oversaw the cardinal directions. (-5[1])A god of this culture covered in boils jumped into a fire to begin the current age. One god of this culture turned their creations into monkeys, which another god blew away (10[1])with a hurricane. Two gods from this culture created the earth from the body of a giant crocodile after one of them sacrificed his foot to it. (10[1])This culture built its capital on an artificial island where an eagle held (10[1])a (10[1])snake while (10[1])resting on a cactus. (10[1])For 10 points, the left-handed hummingbird Huitzilopotchli (“WEET-see-lo-POACH-tlee”) guided members of what culture to their capital of Tenochtitlán in modern-day Mexico City? ■END■

ANSWER: Aztec [or Mexica]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack RadoColumbia BYale A21-5
Eshan PantNYU AColumbia A5310
Audrey ChoHaverfordYale B8010
Aum MundheRutgers ACornell C9310
Mina SmithNYU BPrinceton B9410
Anirudh BharadwajPenn APrinceton A9610
Karsten RynearsonYale AColumbia B10010

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