Hercules - 2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard

Question

A cave complex named for this figure lies west of the city of Tangier with a feature known as the “Map of Africa.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this mythological figure, whose namesake “pillars” lie on either side of the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar.

ANSWER: Hercules [accept Pillars of Hercules; accept Caves of Hercules; accept Heracles]

[10h] Monte Hacho, one of the candidates for the southern Pillar of Hercules, overlooks this autonomous Spanish city on the Strait of Gibraltar. This city containing the Plaza de África is serviced by a ferry between itself and the city of Algeciras.

ANSWER: Ceuta [or Abyla; or Sabtah]

[10e] The Caves of Hercules are located in this country, which lies across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain and contains cities like Ceuta and Casablanca.

ANSWER: Morocco [or Kingdom of Morocco or Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah]

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2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	5	26.00	100%	100%	60%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	24.00	100%	60%	80%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	3	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	4	25.00	100%	75%	75%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	25.00	100%	75%	75%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	24.44	100%	78%	67%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	7	25.71	100%	86%	71%
2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC	10/05/2024	Y	8	28.75	100%	88%	100%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	6	28.33	100%	100%	83%

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Brandeis	Belmont	10	0	10	20
BU	Brown	10	0	10	20
Harvard	Lexington	10	0	10	20
MIT	RIT	10	10	10	30