Question

Description acceptable. John Woods led an expedition to this location using funds from Maury Kravitz that claimed to have located it in a place called “Almsgivers’ Castle” or “The Red Rock.” That candidate for this location had earlier been rejected by Yomiuri Shimbun’s “Three Rivers” expedition. (-5[1])One tale claims that soldiers (-5[1])in this location, which is probably in a place whose name translates as “Great Taboo,” killed 2,000 slaves before being killed by another detachment of soldiers that later committed (*) suicide. This location may have been trampled by 1,000 horses or had (10[1])a river diverted (10[1])over it so it would not be found. This location is often thought to be on Burkhan Khaldun (-5[1])in the Khentii mountains, (-5[1])a spiritual site of Tengriism. For 10 points, name this current location of the creator of the Mongol Empire. ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: burial site of Genghis Khan [accept tomb for burial site; accept Temüjin or Chinggis Khaan for Genghis Khan; accept any other description indicating that Genghis Khan was buried there; do not accept “death site of Genghis Khan” or similar answers; do not accept “Mausoleum of Genghis Khan” or “Lord’s Enclosure”]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, World History>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack RadoColumbia BRutgers45-5
Julian BushlowCornell BCornell A50-5
Samuel WangPittUMD B9110
Aiden DartleyRutgersColumbia B9410
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay ASwarthmore112-5
Isaac MamelUMD AColumbia A116-5
Cade ReinbergerRITJHU B13610
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUJHU A13610
Alex ShiSwarthmoreJohn Jay A13610
Cooper RohColumbia AUMD A13610

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y786%0%57%121.50
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%33%117.33
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%121.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y475%0%25%106.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y367%0%33%103.50
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%0%40%108.20
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%99.50