Packet 6: Bonus 13
Answer the following about the origins of Central American demonyms, for 10 points each.
[10e] Residents of this country are called “catrachos” after General Florencio Xatruch (“shah-TROOK”). The scarlet macaw represents this easternmost country in the Northern Triangle, whose name means “depths” in Spanish.
ANSWER: Honduras [or Republic of Honduras or República de Honduras; accept Hondurans or hondureños]
[10m] Guatemaltecos are nicknamed “chapines” (“cha-PEE-nays”) for the platform shoes worn prior to a 1773 earthquake in a colonial capital retroactively given this name. V. C. Bird Airport serves a Caribbean island with this name.
ANSWER: Antigua [or Antigua Guatemala; or La Antigua; accept Antigua and Barbuda]
[10h] A term for salvadoreños comes from either Lenca meetings held under this tree or a South American camelid. Pinoleros and ticos dispute a province named for this tree, which names national parks in Belize and Costa Rica.
ANSWER: guanacaste tree [or conacaste, elephant-ear, monkey-ear, devil’s ear, piich, caro caro, or E. cyclocarpum; prompt on Enterolobium] (Salvadoreños are often called “guanacos.” Pinoleros are Nicaraguans and ticos are Costa Ricans.)
<Editors, Geography> | O. Playoffs 6 (Editors 6)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 5.00 | 38% | 8% | 4% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | Georgetown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Columbia B | Bruin | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Cornell | Swarthmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Georgia Tech B | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Illinois A | WashU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Illinois B | Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johns Hopkins | Georgia Tech A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MIT | Toronto B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maryland A | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Michigan | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota | British Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NYU A | Chicago A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | H |
| Northwestern A | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern B | North Carolina | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Ohio State | NYU B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh | Texas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | Indiana | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford B | Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Toronto A | Columbia A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley B | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCF | Maryland B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UCLA | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Vanderbilt | Cambridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterloo | Chicago B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 24 | 5.00 | 38% | 8% | 4% |