Question

This is the southernmost country of a language family that Eloise Jelinek proposed had no noun-verb distinction. The barred lambda is used to represent lateral affricates in languages from this country such as Lushootseed. A language from this country uses verb stems to classify objects by shape, and has lightning and humans at the top of its animacy hierarchy. The Penutian and Hokan families were hypothesized (-5[1])by Alfred (*) Kroeber, who worked with Ishi, the last member of this country’s Yahi people. (10[1])Benjamin Whorf controversially claimed that a language (10[1])from this country had no concept of linear time. (-5[1])A language from this country uses a unique syllabary that borrows from European scripts but does not represent the same sounds. For 10 points, name this country where Hopi (10[1])and Cherokee are spoken. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: United States [or US, America, USA or United States of America]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Adhrit YadavLambertInnovation Academy C65-5
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech DJohns Creek8010
Shaun IyerInnovation Academy AGeorgia Tech C8710
Samanyu BhupalamInnovation Academy BMilton96-5
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech AMississippi State12510
Michael VadakumpaddanInnovation Academy CLambert13010
Darren KellisMiltonInnovation Academy B13010

Summary

2024 ARCADIA at Claremont2024-11-02Y3100%33%33%83.67
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y4100%0%25%87.25
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y5100%0%40%107.80
2024 ARCADIA at Penn State2024-12-06Y2100%0%100%130.00
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech2024-12-06Y4100%0%25%104.75
2024 ARCADIA at BU2024-12-06Y8100%13%13%106.38
2024 ARCADIA at GT2024-12-06Y5100%0%40%110.40
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick2024-12-06Y5100%20%40%98.60
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y2100%50%50%81.50
2024 ARCADIA at Duke2024-12-06Y3100%33%0%74.00
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T2024-12-06Y2100%50%0%68.00
2024 ARCADIA Online2025-05-17Y5100%20%60%100.20