Bonus
Coins from this island dating from the mid-6th century BCE feature a central row of five so-called “buttons” evoking stylized segments. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this island that minted coins depicting a turtle, and later a tortoise. Many Cycladic (“SICK-la-dik”) mints adopted this Greek island’s weight standard in the late Archaic period.
ANSWER: Aegina (“ih-JYE-nuh”)
[10m] One Aegean island that notably did not use the standard of Aegina was Melos, which instead used that of this Ionian city. This home city of the tyrant Aristagoras had close connections with Sybaris (“SIB-uh-riss”).
ANSWER: Miletus [or Mílētos; accept Aristagoras of Miletus]
[10e] The decades after the Persian invasions of Greece saw a slow economic recovery for Aegina, which after a 457 BCE conflict was forced to pay tribute to this league led by Athens.
ANSWER: Delian League
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 58 | 12.07 | 93% | 22% | 5% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 13.33 | 83% | 50% | 0% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 20% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | 10 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 8 | 11.25 | 88% | 13% | 13% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |