Question
Answer the following about the intertwined history of agriculture in the Middle East and Arizona, for 10 points each.
[10e] Natalie Koch’s book Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabia describes how this petroleum company founded by Chevron brought American alfalfa and dairy farmers to Al Kharj for Prince Saud.
ANSWER: Aramco [or Saudi Aramco, Arāmkū as-Suʿūdiyyah, Saudi Arabian Oil Group, or Saudi Arabian Oil Company, or Arabian-American Oil Company, California-Arabian Standard Oil, or CASOC; prompt on Standard Oil of California, SoCal, or CalSo]
[10m] A monument in Quartzsite marks the grave of Hi Jolly, an Ottoman Christian who was recruited for a failed military initiative involving these animals. In 1855, Jefferson Davis sent a ship to Smyrna and Tunis to supply these animals, which eventually furnished Ringling Bros. Circus.
ANSWER: camels [accept Dromedary camels or Camelus dromedarius; accept Bactrian camels or Camelus bactrianus; accept United States Camel Corps]
[10h] The Pima cotton of Arizona’s Salt River Valley derives from Egyptian cotton introduced by this botanist. Daniel Stone wrote a biography of this “food explorer,” who brought dates from Baghdad to the Coachella Valley.
ANSWER: David Fairchild [or David Grandison Fairchild]
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Summary
| 2023 Chicago Open | 08/05/2023 | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 67% | 78% | 0% |
Data
| BHSU | Hang et al., Robert Browning | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| remembrance of lost time | I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| In Search of Things Past | Evans Hall destruction awaiters | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | Quasicrystal Silence | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | Saint Peter Andre 3000 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Team Name Think Detail | The Canadians | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |