Question
In one tomb, this archaeologist discovered a headdress made of golden leaves, four stringed lyres, and a golden and lapis lazuli encrusted bull’s head. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this British archaeologist who in 1922 led an excavation of the Sumerian city of Ur.
ANSWER: Leonard Woolley [or Sir Charles Leonard Woolley]
[10e] Woolley excavated a “Great” one of these buildings in Ur. These buildings are temple complexes, and are often step-pyramids.
ANSWER: ziggurat
[10h] Before excavating Ur, Woolley and his assistant T.E. Lawrence worked for British Naval Intelligence monitoring the progress of this project. This project would have satisfied a country’s ambition to have easy access to Mesopotamian oil fields and the Persian Gulf.
ANSWER: Berlin-Baghdad railway
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 0% | 25% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 12.50 | 100% | 0% | 25% |
Data
| Rochester B | Columbia Ly-α | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell Wind | RIT | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell Fire | Rochester A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell Earth | Rochester C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |