Question
Examples of these objects called waka or va’a (“vah-ah”) evolved from designs of the Lapita culture. In 1975, a performance-accurate one of these things was built, named Hōkūleʻa (“HOH-koo-LAY-uh”), after the Hawaiian name for the star Arcturus. People using these objects were guided by stick charts bent to resemble swells. Indigenous Philippine examples of these objects called bangka were used for war and resemble other Austronesian outrigger designs. Thor Heyerdahl argued that South Americans could have traveled with a type of these objects similar to his Kon-Tiki. For 10 points, Polynesian wayfarers settled the Pacific by traveling on what objects? ■END■
ANSWER: boats [or ships or catamarans; accept canoes or war canoes or outrigger canoes or kayaks; accept rafts; prompt on vessels or vehicles or watercraft]
<World History>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arthur Zhang | Northwestern A | Indiana | 26 | 10 |
Sam Alahi | Illinois A | Notre Dame C | 41 | 10 |
Jonah Hubert | Notre Dame A | Chicago B | 43 | 10 |
Danielle Webb | SIUE | Northwestern B | 43 | 10 |
Nitin Murthy | Purdue A | Chicago A | 46 | 10 |
Owen McCoy | Illinois D | WashU A | 47 | 10 |
David Nickel | Purdue C | Notre Dame B | 57 | 10 |
Jack Piros | Illinois C | Iowa A | 66 | 10 |
Owen Ashbrook | Iowa B | Illinois B | 92 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 22% | 57.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 71.33 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 14% | 58.14 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 14 | 100% | 0% | 14% | 68.86 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 62.89 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 43.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 43% | 72.29 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 51.22 |