Packet 1: Bonus 2
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
<EC, Other History> | NAFTA-Packet-1
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 13.24 | 100% | 24% | 8% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBC A | The Unbearable Heaviness of History Players | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UBC B | Abbas I founded the Abbasids | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✕ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |