Question
Increases in the price of oatmeal during the Little Ice Age contributed to a famine that killed upwards of 15 percent of this country’s population in the “Seven Ill Years.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this European country whose investors went bankrupt after plans to establish a colony on the Gulf of Darién failed due to tropical diseases and interference from the Spanish army.
ANSWER: Scotland [or Kingdom of Scotland or Alba or Rìoghachd na h-Alba; reject “Great Britain” or “United Kingdom”]
[10e] The failure of the Darién scheme was a principal reason for the Scottish parliament agreeing to this 1707 legislation with England that established Great Britain.
ANSWER: Acts of Union of 1707 [or Act of Union of 1707; accept Achd an Aonaidh]
[10h] Reforms that occurred after the Acts of Union led to the implementation of these places, which replaced run rigs. An 1886 Holdings Act legally defined these places, which were investigated by the Napier Commission.
ANSWER: crofts [accept croitean; prompt on farms]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 75% | 0% |
Data
| Bristol | Cambridge A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Oxford A | Cambridge B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Imperial A | Oxford C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Imperial B | Kiel | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Edinburgh | KCL | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |