Question

Carl Lipo and Terry Hunt proposed that this location’s population of Jubaea palms was devastated by Rattus exulans, leading to the practice of lithic mulching. A war in this location ended when the “short-ears” (-5[1])pushed the “long-ears” into their own burning trench, (15[2])which is often identified with the Poike ditch. Obsidian tools from this location called mata’a, used as evidence of widespread warfare, may not have been sharp enough for weapons. (*) Jared Diamond’s Collapse (10[1])argued that environmental degradation in this location (10[1])stopped the construction of stone platforms called ahu. Thor (-5[1])Heyerdahl’s book Aku-Aku argued that this island’s earlier South American inhabitants had been displaced by Polynesians. For ten points, name this Chilean island known for its stone moai. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Easter Island [or Rapa Nui; or Isla de Pascua]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, World History>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
William GrogerColumbia BUMD B33-5
John John GrogerColumbia AJHU A4115
Owen MimnoNYUSwarthmore4115
Danny PeelenPittUMD A7310
Rosa XiaCornell BRutgers8010
Cade ReinbergerRITCornell A89-5
Raymond WangCornell ARIT11710
Munir SiddiquiUMD BColumbia B11810

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%67%0%54.67
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y6100%33%33%78.33
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%50%0%43.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%90.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%60%0%62.60
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%25%0%60.75
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y4100%0%50%106.50
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%50%0%59.50