Round 11: Tossup 12
A man born in this country was unable to tell an anthropologist his name because he needed to be introduced by another Yana speaker, all of whom had died out. Horace Miner wrote a satirical article about “body ritual” in a group named after this country’s demonym spelled backwards. Alfred Kroeber studied Ishi, a man born in this country. A language from this country that lacks nouns for time inspired the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis. The democratic Haudenosaunee (“HOH-din-oh-SHOH-nee”) confederacy was from this country in which the first anthropology department was established by Franz Boas. For 10 points, what country’s indigenous peoples include the Hopi and Iroquois? ■END■
ANSWER: United States of America [or America; or USA] (The Miner article is “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema.”)
<Editors, Social Science> | Packet L
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Stone | ESF | Binghamton C | 48 | 10 |
| Alex Forman | Cornell D | Binghamton B | 72 | 10 |
| Owen Linder | Binghamton A | RIT A | 80 | 10 |
| Aaron Wang | Cornell A | RIT B | 85 | 10 |
| Gabriel Nell | Cornell B | Cornell C | 87 | -5 |
| Vincent Misterkiewicz | Cornell C | Cornell B | 104 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | 5 | 80% | 20% | 80.00 |
| UK (South) | UK | 8 | 75% | 25% | 87.17 |
| Southern California | US | 7 | 100% | 29% | 69.43 |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | 9 | 100% | 44% | 73.22 |
| Great Lakes | US | 12 | 100% | 8% | 63.00 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | 6 | 100% | 17% | 83.67 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | 12 | 100% | 0% | 59.08 |
| Midwest | US | 9 | 100% | 11% | 66.33 |
| Northeast | US | 12 | 100% | 8% | 67.83 |
| Pacific | US | 9 | 100% | 22% | 75.89 |
| Southeast | US | 12 | 100% | 17% | 68.58 |
| Upstate NY | US | 5 | 100% | 20% | 77.80 |