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A clay figurine found in the Melora Saddle of South Africa’s Lapalala Wilderness depicts one of these animals. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this animal depicted in a gold figurine from Mapungubwe (“mah-poong-GOO-bway”) that is possible evidence of trade between Sub-Saharan Africa and India. An extinct Siberian type of this animal covered in fur may have inspired a mythical creature.
ANSWER: rhinoceros (Some archaeologists argue the Golden Rhinoceros was imported from India since it only has one horn, and rhino species in Africa all have two. The Siberian Rhinoceros may have inspired the unicorn.)
[10e] Mapungubwe may have been founded by early Shona, who also founded this ancient city known for its soapstone birds.
ANSWER: Great Zimbabwe [prompt on Zimbabwe]
[10h] In 2006, Sheila Coulson claimed to have found evidence of the world’s oldest ritual at this site’s Rhino Cave. This site in modern-day Botswana contains many examples of ancient rock art from the San people.
ANSWER: Tsodilo Hills
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British ColumbiaArizona State0101020EH
Columbia AToronto A010010E
Cornell BVanderbilt010010E
Georgia StatePenn State010010E
HarvardIowa State010010E
Illinois AWaterloo A10101030MEH
IndianaChicago A1010020ME
LSEYale010010E
MarylandRIT010010E
MichiganIllinois B010010E
MinnesotaMIT010010E
NYUOttawa1010020ME
North Carolina AWUSTL A010010E
NorthwesternRutgers010010E
Ohio StateColumbia B1010020ME
TexasJohns Hopkins010010E
Toronto BGeorgia Tech010010E
Toronto CCornell A010010E
UC Berkeley AStanford1010020ME
UC Berkeley BWaterloo B0101020EH
UCFVirginia0000
Virginia TechChicago B010010E
WUSTL BFlorida010010E
Winona StateNorth Carolina B010010E

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2025 ACF NationalsYes2412.9296%21%13%