Question
In 1810, Jean-Antoine Chaptal rediscovered how this commodity was successfully stored in Roman horrea. In the 1960s, Pakistan’s economy was transformed by adopting the Penjamo (“pen-HAH-mo”) 620 variety of this crop. Climate change has threatened a “belt” named for this crop in Western Australia. In the 19th century, up to a million tons of this crop were exported each year from Odessa. This crop was imported in great quantities from (*) Egypt for Rome’s Cura Annonae handout. Norman Borlaug’s “semi-dwarf” variety of this crop, first used in Mexico, kickstarted the Green Revolution. The song “America the Beautiful” describes the “amber waves” of this crop. For 10 points, name this crop whose germ and bran layers are removed from the flour used to produce white bread. ■END■
Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 100% | 54% | 0% | 72.09 |
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Cole Hartung | Kinkaid | Winston Churchill A | 13 | 0 |
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Ryan Zhang | Thomas Jefferson B | Barrington A | 29 | 0 |
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Adhav Ravikumar | Innovation Academy A | Winston Churchill B | 60 | 20 |
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Tony Han | Carbondale | Carl Sandburg | 61 | 20 |
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Diane Buffet-Mogul | Mercer County | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 64 | 20 |
Sam Konkel | Johns Creek A | Belmont | 66 | 20 |
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Ryan Fitzgerald | Northmont A | Winnebago | 71 | 10 |
JT Baysinger | Moberly | Detroit Catholic Central B | 71 | 10 |
Rohan Dalal | Johns Creek B | Lincoln-Way East | 71 | 0 |
Chris Goolsby | Detroit Catholic Central C | Waukee | 71 | 0 |
Donovan Jensen | Belvidere | Lake Highland | 72 | 10 |
Costas Pavlou | Detroit Country Day | Richard Montgomery | 72 | 10 |
John Hines-Shah | Hinsdale Central | Irvington A | 73 | 10 |
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