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Six men labor in a miniature one of these structures, while nine scribes write in an adjacent room, in a typical Egyptian wooden tomb model held at the Met. Words meaning “wall” and “room,” agadir and ghorfa, name the multi-storied examples of these structures (-5[1])attached to ksar citadels in North Africa. The ancient Chinese concept of cháng píng, or “ever-normal,” structures of this type, (15[1])was adopted by Henry Wallace and supplemented by yearly loans under the New Policies of Wáng Ānshí. Next to (*) Mohenjo Daro’s (10[1])bath complex stands a building that Mortimer Wheeler dubiously identified as (10[1])a (10[1])“great” one of these structures. (10[3]-5[2])A passage in Genesis in which these structures are built after a (10[1])dream of seven lean (10[1])cows prompted medieval writers to misidentify the Pyramids (10[1])as these structures. (-5[1])For 10 points, name these often elevated and ventilated storehouses for threshed cereal crops. (10[2]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: granaries [accept Great Granary; accept grain storehouses; prompt on storehouses]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rahul KeyalLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoPunished "Venom" BHSU43-5
Chris RayWe Need New NamesCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team6315
Vivek SasseThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to seeNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)8410
Matt WeinerSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREThe Empire Bikes Back9510
Sam MacchiGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeerwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything9610
Justin WytmarAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence101-5
Rob CarsonPunished "Venom" BHSULying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago10110
William GoldenThe Dyatlov Passement incidentNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)10110
Eve Fleisigit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownThe Oldest Men in the World10110
Nathan ZhangAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone101-5
Matt BollingerBHSU BBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy11310
Aidan MehiganFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes11710
Alexander NeroRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: AI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)12510
Jorrest WeintraubThe Jeam Teamvar merchants128-5
Ryan RosenbergA Nervy Liberal Nanny HenceAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret14310
Tracy Mirkinsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH14310
Colin Stewartvar merchantsThe Jeam Team1430