Question

In this modern-day country, the gods of Antiochus I of Commagene are depicted in stone heads at a site on Mount Nemrut. In this modern-day country, people would climb down into their homes after walking across (10[1])the rooftops of a streetless city. A region in this modern-day country contained the city of (10[1])Hattusa, home (10[1])to a Bronze Age civilization (10[1])that mastered ironworking and was ruled (-5[1])by Muwatalli II. This country contains Çatalhöyük (10[1])(“cha-tal-HOO-yuhk”) and a site where Heinrich Schliemann recklessly excavated artifacts he named (10[1])Priam’s Treasure. For 10 points, what modern-day country contains the ruins of Troy (10[1])and corresponds to the Hittites’ home region (10[1])of Anatolia? ■END■

ANSWER: Turkey [or Türkiye; accept the Republic of Türkiye or Türkiye Cumhuriyeti]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kritanu SahaCornell ABinghamton A3510
Tom ScheriRIT ABinghamton B5110
Gregory StoneESFCornell D5310
Alec WestSyracuseCornell E5810
Greg ReiserRIT BCornell F64-5
Victor BenderPenn StateBinghamton C7110
Brian ChenCornell GRIT C8210
Joshua RafaeilCornell CU of Rochester B9510
Pierce DeCainCornell FRIT B10210

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY8100%0%13%68.38
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%0%61.50
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%0%53.17
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY10100%0%10%82.20
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY989%0%11%60.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%69.40
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%59.75
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%0%51.78