Packet 5: Bonus 3

The policy of Dhamma ordered the planting of banyan trees and mango groves along this structure, which legendarily had a well every 800 meters. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Ancient Indian road network that stretches from modern day Bangladesh to Kabul. Chandragupta Maurya ordered the construction of the eastern stretch of this road.
ANSWER: Grand Trunk Road [or Uttarapath; accept Sarak-e-Azam or Badshahi Sarak or Shah Rah-e-Azam or Sarak-e-Sher Shah or Badshahi Sadak; accept Long Walk]
[10e] Expansions on the Grand Trunk Road were ordered by this third Mauryan emperor, who converted to Buddhism after the brutal Kalinga War.
ANSWER: Ashoka the Great [or Ashoka Maurya; accept Asoka]
[10m] Ashoka ordered the planting of Banyan Trees on the Road in the seventh of these things. These inscriptions were often signed with the phrase “Beloved of the Gods."
ANSWER: rock edicts of Ashoka [or pillar edicts of Ashoka]
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
4415.9191%46%23%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chattahoochee BHoover1010020HE
ExhibitionChattahoochee A10101030HEM
Innovation ANorthview B0101020EM
Innovation BNorthview A1010020HE
Johns CreekLambert A0101020EM
MidtownLambert B0000

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24618.3383%50%50%
Triangle Cup2026-03-13220.00100%100%0%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13313.33100%33%0%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13417.5075%50%50%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13518.0080%60%40%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24316.67100%67%0%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24412.50100%25%0%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30417.50100%50%25%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19512.0080%0%40%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17815.00100%50%0%