Question

In 2022, researchers showed that a city in this modern-day country used dhaka pits to store water. A “pattern” named for this modern-day country was distinguished from the “central cattle pattern” by Thomas Huffman, who also investigated the “tradition” of this modern-day country’s site of Leopard’s Kopje (“COP-yuh”). The Torwa dynasty ruled a gold-trading kingdom once located in this modern-day country centered at Khami. Many daga buildings were found in the “Valley Ruins” of a city in this modern-day country where a conical tower was located in its “Great Enclosure.” (10[2])A city (10[1])in this (10[1])modern-day country contained the “Hill Complex,” the hypothesized original location of eight soapstone birds. For 10 (10[1])points, what modern-day country contains the site of a “Great” African city founded by the Shona people? ■END■

ANSWER: Zimbabwe [or Republic of Zimbabwe; accept Great Zimbabwe; accept Kingdom of Zimbabwe; accept Zimbabwe Pattern]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Yrwin BatanMIT AHarvard B8810
William ParocaiDartmouth AHarvard A8810
Michael SunBrandeis BBU9010
Khugan ChanUMass BostonBrown A9210
Ethan SiskelTufts ABrandeis A10810

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Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%83.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%98.67
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%88.33
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Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%102.00