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Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd. Answer the following about Mesoamerica’s favorite pastime, for 10 points each.
[10e] The modern name for this ancient culture means “people of rubber,” a material they used in early forms of the ballgame. Less bounceable objects created by these people include the massive heads at La Venta.
ANSWER: Olmecs [or Olmecatl; or Olmecah]
[10m] The use of ballcourts ceased for centuries among vassals of this city, which preferred a stick game shown on the Tepantitla murals. Spearthrower Owl and Siyaj K’ak led this city’s invasion of Tikal 700 miles to its east in 378.
ANSWER: Teotihuacan
[10h] The Taíno gave this name to their version of the ballgame, which had large teams that sometimes included women. This was also the name of the large plaza in Taíno sites where games and rituals took place.
ANSWER: batey
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
3713.24100%24%8%

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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/2026✓420.00100%50%50%
2026 NAFTA at UBC01/17/2026✓215.00100%50%0%
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/2026✓410.00100%0%0%
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/2026✓313.33100%33%0%
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/2025✕415.00100%50%0%
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/2025✓514.00100%40%0%
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/2025✓316.67100%33%33%
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/2025✓310.00100%0%0%
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/2025✓611.67100%17%0%
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/2025✓510.00100%0%0%
2025 NAFTA at Richmond12/20/2025✓215.00100%50%0%