Question
This city housed up to 220 ships in a circular harbor complex called a cothon. This city’s highest authority was the Council of a Hundred and Four. This city’s walled citadel, the Byrsa, takes its name from the myth that it was mapped out using strips cut from an oxhide. Under Mago I, this city became increasingly independent from Tyre. Hasdrubal fought for this city during a conflict in which Scipio Africanus defeated their forces at the Battle of Zama. Ruins from this city, which was likely not salted after its destruction, are found across modern-day Tunis. For 10 points, what city fought Rome in the Second Punic War with armies led by Hannibal? ■END■
ANSWER: Carthage [or Karthago or Carthaginian Empire; reject “Tunis”]
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Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 50.10 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 60.13 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 15.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 100% | 0% | 17% | 55.25 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 49.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 42.40 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 26.75 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 43.22 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Will Hughes | Auburn A | South Carolina A | 25 | 10 |
Will Hughes | Auburn A | South Carolina A | 25 | 10 |
Varun Venkatagiri | Georgia A | Furman | 25 | 10 |
Ethan Altshul | Emory A | Georgia Tech C | 26 | -5 |
Asheton Wilbanks | Clemson A | Georgia Tech B | 28 | 10 |
Daniel Chen | Emory Oxford | Tennessee B | 28 | -5 |
Alex Wyrick | Tennessee A | Alabama A | 46 | 10 |
Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | Vanderbilt A | 49 | 10 |
John Mcqueen | South Carolina B | Vanderbilt B | 50 | 10 |
Aaron Taylor | Mississippi State A | Auburn C | 54 | 10 |
Jack Ogletree | Auburn B | Southern | 57 | 10 |
Shawn Richardson | Clemson B | Belmont | 77 | 10 |
Alina Moore | Tennessee B | Emory Oxford | 113 | 10 |
Aaryan Tomar | Georgia Tech C | Emory A | 114 | 10 |