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An excavation of this city was restarted in 1978 after a stone disc portraying the death of a moon goddess was discovered by utility (-5[1])workers. During an attack on this city, one general destroyed an aqueduct designed with two ducts that provided spring water from “grasshopper hill.” This city’s 4 camps were built around its central sacred precinct, the site of the House of the Eagles. Over 200,000 people likely lived in this city’s 20 (*) calpulli (10[1])districts. This (10[1])city's “great (-5[1])speaker” received tribute like cacao from canoes that traveled past its floating chinampa gardens. This capital (10[1])of the Triple Alliance was built on an island in Lake Texcoco where settlers (10[1])allegedly saw an eagle eating a snake atop a cactus. For 10 points, name this Mesoamerican city that became Mexico (10[1])City. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Tenochtitlan [accept Mexico City until mentioned]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Zoë KaperonisBardGatherer24-5
Cooper RohColumbia ALehigh B7610
Eddie FuhrerLehigh ANYU C7810
Moses KitakuleColumbia BNYU A80-5
Jasin CekinmezPrincetonNYU B9610
Andrew MinagarYaleRutgers11010
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU AColumbia B13010
Sam ShottesGathererBard13110

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%0%33%103.50
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%50%25%63.75
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%0%25%93.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%33%0%66.17
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y2100%0%0%92.50