Packet P: Bonus 18
Early monuments from this period at Wadi Maghareh in the Sinai Peninsula include rock tables from Djoser and Sneferu, and a relief showing Sahure dispatching a fleet to the Red Sea. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this third-millennium BCE period of ancient Egyptian history that was followed by the First Intermediate Period and a subsequent “Middle” counterpart.
ANSWER: Old Kingdom [accept Age of the Pyramids or Age of the Pyramid-Builders; prompt on Third, Fourth or Fifth Dynasties by asking “what broader period were those part of?”]
[10h] The Sinai peninsula was referred to as the “Mining Country” and the “Ladders of” this material due to its prevalence there. A temple to Hathor was built in support of mining this material by Senusret I.
ANSWER: turquoise [or mefkat or mafkat or mfk’t]
[10m] The rock-cut chamber at Serabit el-Khadim, where turquoise was mined, was later expanded by this pharaoh. This stepson of Hatshepsut won the Battle of Megiddo.
ANSWER: Thutmose III [or Thutmose the Great; accept “Thutmosis” or “Thothmes” in place of “Thutmose”; prompt on Thutmose or Tuthmosis or Thothmes]
<MS, Other History> | Packet-P_Editors-2
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 17.27 | 91% | 73% | 9% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon A | Carnegie Mellon B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Case Western A | Michigan A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Michigan B | Ohio State A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 100% | 20% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |