Round 5: Tossup 2

Local legends about Neolithic tombs in this country called kistvaens (“kissed-vains”) include one about a farmer stealing a heart-shaped flint from one. A 1996 television program aired in this country overemphasized genetic similarities between a local history teacher and a Mesolithic skeleton that was later shown to have had dark skin. (10[1])A chalk-filled hill figure of a horse in this country dates (10[1])from (10[1])the Bronze Age, (10[1])unlike the Cerne (“surn”) Abbas Giant. Bone fragments discovered in this country were fraudulently passed off (-5[1])as Piltdown Man, (-5[1])a supposed “missing link” in human evolution. A ring of standing stones aligned toward (10[1])sunrise and sunset on the summer and winter solstices is found on this country’s Salisbury Plain. For 10 points, name this country whose ancient sites include Stonehenge. ■END■ (10[2])

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