Round 8: Tossup 7
Families relocated to this body of water’s Resolute Bay were dubbed “human flagpoles.” The eastward migration of the Thule (“TOO-lee”) people across this body of water left behind umiak frames and goggles made of driftwood. An archipelago in this body of water made up most of the Land Claims Agreement for the 1999 formation of a territory whose name means “our land.” Drainage into a bay of this ocean defined Rupert’s Land, whose sale prompted a Métis ("may-TEE") rebellion. Oral history from a gulf in this ocean aided in the discovery of two of John Franklin’s ships that attempted to navigate its Northwest Passage. For 10 points, the Inuit historically lived around what ocean north of Canada? ■END■
ANSWER: Arctic Ocean [prompt on Northwest Passage until “ocean” is read by asking “what larger body of water is that a part of?”]
<Editors, Other History> | Packet H
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | 5 | 100% | 60% | 102.00 |
| UK (South) | UK | 8 | 100% | 25% | 99.25 |
| Northern California | US | 4 | 100% | 75% | 113.25 |
| Southern California | US | 7 | 86% | 43% | 111.67 |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | 5 | 100% | 20% | 53.40 |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | 9 | 100% | 33% | 73.56 |
| Florida | US | 4 | 75% | 50% | 108.00 |
| Great Lakes | US | 11 | 100% | 55% | 105.36 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | 9 | 100% | 22% | 90.22 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | 12 | 100% | 42% | 91.92 |
| Midwest | US | 9 | 100% | 22% | 84.78 |
| North | US | 4 | 100% | 25% | 98.00 |
| Northeast | US | 12 | 100% | 25% | 76.25 |
| Pacific | US | 8 | 100% | 38% | 86.88 |
| South Central | US | 7 | 100% | 43% | 105.29 |
| Southeast | US | 13 | 100% | 38% | 93.46 |
| Upstate NY | US | 5 | 100% | 60% | 96.40 |