Question
This city’s Dàcí'ēn (“DAH tsuh-un”) Temple complex includes a leaning pagoda whose interior walls were engraved by the artist Yán Lìběn. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this city, home to the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. An archaeological site near this city contains high levels of mercury in its soil, corroborating the model rivers described in an account by Sīmǎ Qiān (“suh-muh ch’yen”).
ANSWER: Xī’ān (“shee-ahn”)
[10e] A burial site in Xī’ān contains over eight thousand warrior sculptures, forming an “Army” made out of this material.
ANSWER: terracotta [or earthenware; prompt on clay or pottery or ceramic]
[10m] Xī’ān’s Táng-dynasty Giant Wild Goose Pagoda was rebuilt and expanded under this ruler. This only official female emperor in Chinese history reigned from 665 to 705 CE, briefly establishing a second Zhōu (“joh”) dynasty.
ANSWER: Wǔ Zétiān (“woo dzuh-t’yen”) [or Wǔ Zhào]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 11% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 78% | 22% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 22.86 | 100% | 86% | 43% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 14 | 17.86 | 100% | 64% | 14% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 100% | 78% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 71% | 29% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 23.33 | 100% | 78% | 56% |
Data
| Appalachian State B | Virginia | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Duke B | Liberty B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| James Madison A | UNC D | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| UNC A | NC State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Liberty A | UNC B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| VCU | Liberty C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Virginia Tech A | Duke A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Virginia Tech B | UNC C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Tusculum | William & Mary | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |