Packet 8: Bonus 16
Portuguese monstrances likely influenced the brass finials that topped these objects from the Kingdom of the Kongo. For 10 points each:
[10h] What objects are gilded and topped with figurines representing proverbs in Asante “linguist” examples? Makonde artists carved heads on examples of these objects called simbo.
ANSWER: staff [or staves; accept linguist staff or linguist staves; prompt on rods or sticks]
[10m] At Igbo-Ukwo, archeologists have discovered copper alloy ritual staves made with this casting technique. In this technique, a mold made of a soft material is melted away, leaving a hollow space that is filled with molten metal.
ANSWER: lost-wax casting [accept lost-wax technique]
[10e] Lost-wax casting was used to make the plaques that were looted from this kingdom by the 1897 British Punitive Expedition. An ongoing repatriation dispute involves brass heads and sculptures called this kingdom’s “bronzes.”
ANSWER: Kingdom of Benin [accept Benin Bronzes]
<Editors, Painting and Sculpture> | H. Prelims 8 - Stanford A + Georgia Tech C + Columbia A + Columbia B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 20.50 | 100% | 90% | 15% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | British Columbia | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Chicago A | WashU | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Chicago B | Illinois B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Georgetown | Swarthmore | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Georgia Tech A | Texas | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Georgia Tech B | Toronto A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Harvard | Ohio State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Illinois A | Stanford B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Indiana | Waterloo | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| MIT | Pittsburgh | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Maryland A | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Michigan | Bruin | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Northwestern A | Toronto B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Northwestern B | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Purdue | Minnesota | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Rutgers | North Carolina | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| UC Berkeley A | Virginia | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| UC Berkeley B | Brown | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| UCLA | Maryland B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Virginia Tech | Penn State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 20 | 20.50 | 100% | 90% | 15% |