Packet 2: Bonus 19
Note to moderator: read the answerline to the third part carefully. Constantine II moved an obelisk from this site to the center of the Circus Maximus, where Augustus had placed one from Heliopolis 300 years earlier. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this temple complex in Luxor. Priests based at this temple’s Great Hypostyle Hall likely destroyed reliefs created by Akhenaten, who sidelined and replaced them with worship of Aten.
ANSWER: Karnak [or the Karnak Temple Complex]
[10e] This Pharaoh commissioned two obelisks and the Djeser-Djeseru ("JEH-ser jeh-SEH-roo") for the temple at Karnak. Records of this longest-reigning female pharaoh were suppressed by Thutmose III.
ANSWER: Hatshepsut (“HAAT-shep-soot”) [accept Hatchepsut or Hatasu or Hatchepsout]
[10m] Description Required. A "pocket-book" version of this document was etched into a wall at Karnak. Ḫattušili III signed this text fourteen years after stalemating a 1274 BC battle for control of Amurru.
ANSWER: the Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty [accept the Treaty of Kadesh or descriptions of the treaty signed after the Battle of Kadesh; accept descriptions of a peace treaty signed between Ramesses II and the Hittites; prompt on descriptions of the first peace treaty ever signed by asking “who was the treaty between?”; prompt on the Eternal Treaty or the Eternal Peace the or Silver Treaty]
<History - Ancient, Charan Shreekumar> | VAULT II Packet 02
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 13.94 | 73% | 52% | 15% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheese Sandwich | Martingrove | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 60% | 60% | 40% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 1 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 3.33 | 33% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 50% | 100% | 50% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 15.00 | 88% | 50% | 13% |