Bonus
In 1928, a water tower was shipped from Michigan to this town on the Tapajós (“tuh-puh-ZHOS”) river, where a giant hall was built to host square dances that residents hated. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this settlement in Brazil’s rainforest. Though about 2,000 people live in its ruins today, its model “American Village” was abandoned when its goal of harvesting rubber for a car company failed miserably.
ANSWER: Fordlândia
[10e] In 1919, Ford opened its first Brazilian factory in this non-coastal city, which is now South America’s most populous city.
ANSWER: São Paulo
[10h] Late in 2021, Ford closed the last Brazilian plant it owned, a Troller factory in this state. This state’s Jeri·coa·coara beach, along its northern coast, hosts many popular kite surfing spots west of its capital city, Fortaleza.
ANSWER: Ceará (“say-ah-RAH”)
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Conversion
Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arizona State | WUSTL B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Columbia A | Illinois A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Cornell A | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Cornell B | Ohio State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Georgia State | LSE | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Georgia Tech | Minnesota | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
Illinois B | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Iowa State | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
MIT | Texas | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Maryland | Virginia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
NYU | British Columbia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
North Carolina B | Michigan | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Northwestern | North Carolina A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Ottawa | Penn State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
RIT | Winona State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rutgers | Waterloo A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Stanford | WUSTL A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Toronto A | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Toronto B | Toronto C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
UC Berkeley A | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
UC Berkeley B | Yale | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
UCF | Vanderbilt | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
Virginia Tech | Harvard | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Waterloo B | Florida | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
Summary
Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 24 | 19.58 | 92% | 96% | 8% |