Question
These objects name the cultures that built the “Polish Pyramids” and the Pömmelte site, a circular enclosure with similar dimensions to Stonehenge. For 10 points each:
[10m] A post-LBK culture is named for the “funnel” type of what vessels? The Únětice (“OON-yeh-teet-seh”) culture built their wooden halls atop sites of the Corded Ware culture and a culture named for the “bell” type of these vessels.
ANSWER: beakers [accept Funnelbeaker Culture or Bell Beaker Culture]
[10h] Bell Beaker gold lunula have been linked to the Sun, Moon, and solar barque images on this Únětice object. The Trundholm sun chariot has been exhibited with this disc that’s often billed as the “world’s oldest star map.”
ANSWER: Nebra sky disc [prompt on sky disc]
[10e] The Nebra sky disc was found with many “loaf idols,” tiny tablets sometimes thought to have been used by post-Beaker cultures for accounting along this route. This “road” brought its namesake resin south from the Baltic.
ANSWER: Amber Road
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Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 15 | 16.67 | 87% | 73% | 7% |