Bonus
Large, bus-like vehicles called “mobile lounges” were first used in the US at one of these facilities. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these facilities. Outward-leaning columns support a catenary-shaped concrete roof in a building at one of these facilities in Washington D.C. named after John Foster Dulles, as well as one in New York known as JFK.
ANSWER: airports [accept airport terminals; accept Dulles International Airport or Washington Dulles International Airport; accept JFK Airport or John F. Kennedy International Airport]
[10e] Name these Mesopotamian objects on which the Epic of Gilgamesh was first written in cuneiform. Marduk inherited some of these clay objects “of Destiny.”
ANSWER: tablets [accept Tablet of Destinies or Tablets of Destiny; accept cuneiform tablets; prompt on slab]
[10m] This Finnish architect incorporated mobile lounges in his design of the main terminal of Dulles International Airport. The wing-shaped roof of the TWA Flight Center was designed by this architect of the Gateway Arch.
ANSWER: Eero Saarinen (“AY-roh SAH-rin-en”)
[10h] The translated tablet reveals a story where this king of the gods convenes an assembly to rescue his son Ishkur. This first chief deity inherited the Tablets of Destiny from his father Anu.
ANSWER: Enlil [or Ellil; or Elil]
[10h] A husband-wife duo with this last name created the short film “The Expanding Airport” to explain the mobile lounge. That couple with this last name also designed a lounge chair made of molded plywood and leather.
ANSWER: Eames (“eemz”) [accept Charles Eames or Ray Eames; accept Eames lounge chair]
[10m] Because none of the assembled gods stepped up to rescue Ishkur, one of these animals volunteered. The Japanese kitsune, some of these animals, are messengers for the rice deity Inari.
ANSWER: foxes [or šēlebum; accept nine-tailed fox]
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 103 | 16.99 | 98% | 56% | 16% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia B | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| George Mason B | George Mason C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EE |
| Lehigh A | Rutgers D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland A | NYU B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EE |
| Maryland C | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EE |
| Penn | Maryland B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EE |
| Rowan | George Mason A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Rutgers A | NYU C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Rutgers B | Vassar B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EE |
| Rutgers C | NYU A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stony Brook | Princeton | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EE |
| Vassar A | Lehigh B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EEM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 57% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 18.00 | 100% | 70% | 10% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 78% | 22% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 11 | 17.27 | 82% | 82% | 9% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 67% | 11% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 75% | 38% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 17.50 | 100% | 58% | 17% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |