Bonus
Note to moderator: Read the answerlines for the first and second parts carefully. Answer the following about forensic anthropology, for 10 points each.
[10e] Forensic anthropologists use the Phenice method to examine a pelvis to help ascertain this trait of a deceased person. The hominin fossils “Lucy” and “Turkana Boy” are usually assumed to [emphasize] differ with regard to this trait.
ANSWER: sex [or anatomical sex; or biological sex; or estimated sex; or sex assigned at birth; or maleness; or femaleness; or intersex status; accept gender though the field today typically treats sex and gender as distinct; prompt on height or size or stature or width or weight by asking “what other trait correlated with that one?”]
[10m] Forensic anthropologists’ involvement in US court cases is often subject to the Daubert standard, which governs whether their contributions have this property. So-called “fruit of the poisonous tree” [emphasize] lack this property.
ANSWER: admissibility [or legal admissibility; or evidentiary admissibility; accept answers indicating that their contributions are admissible or can be admitted as evidence in court; prompt on evidence by asking “with what property?”; prompt on answers indicating that evidence can be used or is usable; prompt on expertise or any underlined portion of expert witnesses’ testimony by asking “with what property?”; prompt on answers that mention the exclusionary rule by asking “what term applies to a thing that rule does not exclude?”]
[10h] A Forensic Anthropology Center in this city employed Steve Ousley and Richard Jantz, who created the statistical software FORDISC. William Bass started a pioneering lab for decomposition research in this city.
ANSWER: Knoxville, Tennessee [accept University of Tennessee, Knoxville] (Bass’s facility is colloquially called the “Body Farm.”)
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Answerlines and category may not exactly match the version played at all sites
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cornell A | Harvard | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Florida | Cornell B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Illinois A | Toronto C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Indiana | Illinois B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Iowa State | WUSTL A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| LSE | Waterloo A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Michigan | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Minnesota | Chicago A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| NYU | Virginia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| North Carolina B | Toronto A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Ohio State | Stanford | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Ottawa | Maryland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Penn State | RIT | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Rutgers | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Texas | Columbia B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley B | Georgia State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Vanderbilt | North Carolina A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia Tech | UCF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| WUSTL B | Toronto B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Winona State | British Columbia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Yale | MIT | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 22 | 17.27 | 100% | 50% | 23% |