Question

In this modern-day country, the gods of Antiochus I of Commagene are depicted in stone heads at a (10[1])site on Mount Nemrut. In this modern-day country, people would climb down into their homes after (10[1])walking across the rooftops of a (10[1])streetless city. A region in this modern-day country contained the city of Hattusa, home to a Bronze Age civilization (10[1])that mastered ironworking and was ruled by Muwatalli II. This country (10[1])contains Çatalhöyük (“cha-tal-HOO-yuhk”) and a site where Heinrich (10[1])Schliemann recklessly excavated artifacts he named Priam’s Treasure. For 10 points, what modern-day country contains the ruins (10[2])of Troy and corresponds to the Hittites’ home region of Anatolia? ■END■

ANSWER: Turkey [or Türkiye; accept the Republic of Türkiye or Türkiye Cumhuriyeti]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Elijah SColumbia AMaryland B1710
Lucas Shedlock (UG)Princeton A (UG)Bard A (UG)3310
Wade Rogers (DII)Fordham APenn B (DII)3910
Andrew YangColumbia BPenn A (DII)5810
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Rutgers B6910
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BLehigh A (UG)7610
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Columbia J (DII)9310
Nolan Keating (DII)Lehigh B (DII)Rutgers A (UG)9310

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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
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2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%59.75
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%0%51.78