Question

Irving Finkel decoded the usage of wooden boards from this city that were decorated (20[1])with 20 inlayed shell plaques. A pair of gilded statues (20[1])uncovered in this city that depict a goat resting its hooves on a tree was nicknamed “ram in a thicket.” (20[1])A wooden sled and lyres (20[1]0[1])with bull’s heads on them were found (0[1])in the tomb of this city’s Queen Puabi. (0[1])This city conquered Elam under Shulgi, (0[1])but the (0[1])Elamites overthrew this city’s (*) Third Dynasty not long after. In 1922, Katherine and Leonard Woolley excavated (10[1])this city’s (10[1])Royal (10[1])Cemetery. (10[1]0[3])A rectangular (10[1])mud brick temple (0[1])in this city that was dedicated to this city’s patron deity, Nanna, was restored by Saddam (10[1])Hussein (0[2])in the 1980s. (0[4])For 10 points, the Great Ziggurat is located (10[1])in which (10[1])Sumerian (10[1])city? (10[5]0[1])■END■ (10[11]0[6])

ANSWER: Ur [accept Urim or Uru; accept Royal Game of Ur; reject “Uruk”]
<Hari Parameswaran, History - World - Middle Eastern&gt; ~25822~ &lt;Editor: Jordan Brownstein>
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2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y3583%11%0%107.76

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sam MacchiBelmontHunter A1320
Hayden LeyWashingtonBelvidere2320
Rohan KherBarrington ARockford Auburn A4320
Camden WilliamsMexicoParkway West480
Nick MurrayDetroit Catholic Central ARichard Montgomery4820
Shawn SyedUniversity LabKinkaid550
Arthur GaydenDetroit Country DayThomas Jefferson A630
Sam KonkelJohns Creek ADunbar690
Edward KimJohns Creek BWinnebago710
Sam McNameeMaggie Walker AWilliam Fremd8710
Aatreyo BhattacharyyaMira LomaThomas Jefferson B8910
Ryan FitzgeraldNorthmont AThomas Jefferson C9010
Martin AmesChattahoochee BCarbondale910
Kevin PengWinston Churchill ASt. Mark's9110
Bryce CruiseHeightsIrvington A910
Eleanor HeydtMidtownLincoln-Way East910
Nathan WuPlymouthDallas County9310
Yaj JhajhriaCanyon CrestWoodland960
Yashwanth BajjiTroySolon11210
Hari VeginatiStevenson AWinston Churchill B1130
Adhav RavikumarInnovation Academy ACarl Sandburg1130
Nate StewartMaggie Walker CBarrington B1160
Kaden WuChoate Rosemary HallChattahoochee A1160
John Hines-ShahHinsdale CentralNew Brighton1160
Fahian JoyHunter BElkhorn North1160
Alan FanThomas Jefferson DWalter Payton12410
Lucas JraicheDetroit Catholic Central BDetroit Catholic Central C12610
Javik HodsonMoberlyWaukee12710
Geo BeachNew BrightonHinsdale Central12810
Aristuto PaulParkway WestMexico12810
Thomas BelcherSaint JosephStevenson B12810
Brielle RachRockford Auburn BMaggie Walker B12810
Eric HuMaggie Walker BRockford Auburn B1280
Cole HartungKinkaidUniversity Lab12810
Evan LinWoodlandCanyon Crest12910
Tony HanCarbondaleChattahoochee B1290
Kyunghwan LimChattahoochee AChoate Rosemary Hall12910
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AHeights12910
Safal SapkotaElkhorn NorthHunter B1290
Joseph GeovanesCarl SandburgInnovation Academy A1290
Jonah HubertDunbarJohns Creek A12910
Noah McRedmondCincinnati Hills ChristianLake Highland1290
Luca BalescuMercer CountyHoover B12910
Jesse RabbittJohn Adams BNorman12910
Anila MoparthiLincoln-Way EastMidtown12910
Brady LaughlinWest PointNorthmont B12910
Michael CamilleriJohn Adams AInnovation Academy B12910
Kaitlyn LeonardBarrington BMaggie Walker C12910
Michael CareyHoover BMercer County1290
Aryan PathakLake HighlandCincinnati Hills Christian1290
Deven HagenThomas Jefferson ADetroit Country Day12910