Question
The tallest example of one of these structures is the Royal one in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this kind of structure, one of which in London houses the bell Big Ben.
ANSWER: clock tower [prompt on clock; prompt on bell tower]
[10h] The Old Town Hall in this city contains the oldest still-working clock in the world. Apocryphally, the creator of that clock was blinded by this city’s council so that he would never be able to create another of comparable beauty.
ANSWER: Prague [or Praha]
[10m] The Rathaus Glockenspiel in this city includes automatons which re-enact the marriage of Duke Wilhelm IV who ruled from it. The Mad King Ludwig also ruled from this city, born in its Nymphenburg Palace.
ANSWER: Munich, Bavaria [or München]
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Summary
2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 67% | 100% |
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 88% | 38% |
Data
RIT | Cornell Fire | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Columbia Ly-α | Rochester A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Cornell Earth | Rochester B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |