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Packet 7: Bonus 6

While uncovering a “Throne Room” in this city’s Palace of Minos, a part time numismatist encountered “lustral basins” that may have been used for purification. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ancient Minoan city whose 1450 BCE destruction may have been caused by an eruption at Thera.
ANSWER: Knossos
[10h] This part-time numismatist discovered two figures of women holding snakes during his excavations at Knossos. Linear A was named by this currency-obsessed British archaeologist.
ANSWER: Arthur Evans
[10e] Evans’ discovery of coins depicting confusing architecture at Knossos led him to describe the complex as one of these places. In Mythology, Knossos held one of these places home to the Minotaur.
ANSWER: the Labyrinth [accept Labyrinthine architecture]
<History - Ancient, Charan Shreekumar> | VAULT II Packet 07

HeardPPBE %M %H %
4418.1898%55%30%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
ChimeraSheffield B001010E
Manchester BEdinburgh001010E
Sheffield AManchester A001010E

Summary

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VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓412.5075%50%0%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓520.00100%60%40%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓310.00100%0%0%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓415.00100%50%0%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓316.67100%33%33%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓520.00100%60%40%
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