Previous bonus - Next bonus

Packet B: Bonus 4

The archaeologist Linda Schele (“SHEE-lee”) popularized the association of warfare events with a glyph that combines one of these objects with a shell. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these celestial objects whose “wars” name Mayan conflicts. The planet Venus was often referred to as the “morning” or “evening” one of these objects.
ANSWER: stars [or ek’; accept star wars; accept Morning Star or Evening Star]
[10m] This city lost the first recorded “star war” in 562 CE to its main rival, beginning a namesake hiatus. This city later fought a cold war against that rival, Calakmul (“kah-lahk-MOOL”), using vassal cities it controlled in Guatemala’s Petén (“peh-TEN”) basin.
ANSWER: Tikal (“tih-KAHL”) [or Yax Mutal or Yax Mutul or First Mutal]
[10h] Altar 21 in this city, which was initially a vassal of Tikal before changing sides, records the 562 defeat of Tikal by Calakmul. The Hieroglyphic Stairway at Naranjo (“na-RAHN-ho”) records the reign of this city’s ruler K’an II.
ANSWER: Caracol
<MS, Other History> | Packet-B_Harvard-A_UNC-B_Virginia-Tech_Waterloo-A_Yale

HeardPPBE %M %H %
4914.69100%47%0%

Back to bonuses

Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Carnegie Mellon AOhio State B1010020EM
KenyonMichigan C100010E
Michigan AMichigan B100010E
Michigan DCase Western A100010E
Michigan StateCase Western B1010020EM
Ohio State ACarnegie Mellon B1010020EM

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
California2025-02-01✓320.00100%100%0%
Florida2025-02-01✓313.33100%33%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01✓615.00100%50%0%
North2025-02-01✓316.67100%67%0%
Overflow2025-02-01✓516.00100%60%0%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01✓215.00100%50%0%
South Central2025-02-01✓215.00100%50%0%
Southeast2025-02-01✓412.50100%25%0%
UK2025-02-01✓1014.00100%40%0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓812.50100%25%0%
Upstate NY2025-02-01✓316.67100%67%0%