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Packet 26: Bonus 12

Caitlin Rankin discovered soil underdisturbed by erosion until the 1800s at this site, calling into question the idea it was abandoned earlier due to deforestation. For 10 points each:
[10m] The Murdoch and Monk’s Mounds were part of what ancient city in modern-day Illinois, the largest from Pre-Columbian North America?
ANSWER: Cahokia [or Cahokia Mounds]
[10h] In September 2025, this tribe regained the Sugarloaf Mound, one of the few remaining in St. Louis after years of destruction and erosion. A 2017 David Grann book examines murders orchestrated by William Hale in this tribe’s guardian system.
ANSWER: Osage [or Osage Nation] (The book is Killers of the Flower Moon.)
[10e] Erosion from rising sea levels and hurricanes have damaged mounds of the Calusa people in this state. The Seminole are native to this state, where their reservation was built in the Everglades.
ANSWER: Florida [or FL]
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EditionsHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
19319.5799%62%34%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Claremont AUC Santa Barbara1001020ME
Claremont CUCLA E001010E
UCLA AUCLA F1001020ME
UCLA CUCLA D1001020ME
UCSD AClaremont B1001020ME
UCSD BUCLA B001010E
USC AUC Irvine001010E

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
Southern CaliforniaUSY715.71100%57%0%
Eastern Canada (2)USY916.67100%22%44%
Great LakesUSY1222.50100%92%33%
Lower Mid-AtlanticUSY618.33100%50%33%
Upper Mid-AtlanticUSY1218.3392%50%42%
MidwestUSY922.22100%89%33%
NortheastUSY1221.67100%75%42%
PacificUSY918.89100%56%33%
SoutheastUSY1219.17100%58%33%
Upstate NYUSY520.00100%60%40%