Packet 2: Bonus 4
Answer the following about goats in the South Seas, for 10 points each.
[10m] The “Well-Travelled Goat” sailed with Captain Cook through this French Polynesian archipelago, where Paul Gauguin died on Hiva Oa after leaving Tahiti. A Spanish title of nobility names this archipelago north of the Tuamotus.
ANSWER: Marquesas [or Marquesan Islands, Îles Marquises, Archipel des Marquises, Te Henua ‘Enana, or Te Fenua ‘Enata] (The archipelago is named for the Peruvian viceroy García Hurtado de Mendoza.)
[10e] The world’s most southerly feral goat population was eradicated from a subantarctic archipelago of this name. Tāmaki Makaurau is the Māori term for a city of this name, the most populous in New Zealand.
ANSWER: Auckland [accept Auckland Island or the Auckland Islands]
[10h] Bowhunters pursue feral goats in this “Grand Canyon of the Pacific.” Several Hawaiian honeycreepers are endemic to Kōke‘e State Park and the Alaka‘i swamp north of this verdant canyon on the island of Kaua‘i.
ANSWER: Waimea Canyon [accept Waimea Canyon State Park]
<Editors, Geography> | K. Playoffs 2 (Editors 2)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 9.58 | 71% | 25% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Texas | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge | Georgia Tech C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia A | Harvard | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia B | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgetown | Cornell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Illinois A | UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johns Hopkins | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MIT | Minnesota | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland A | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| NYU B | Georgia Tech A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| North Carolina | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern B | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Ohio State | Rutgers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Pittsburgh | WashU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Purdue | Brown | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford B | Bruin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Swarthmore | UCF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Toronto A | Indiana | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto B | Vanderbilt | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley B | Stanford A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Virginia | Michigan | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia Tech | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Waterloo | Maryland B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 24 | 9.58 | 71% | 25% | 0% |