Bonus
Answer the following about unusual gifts of giraffes, for 10 points each.
[10e] The explorer Zhèng Hé (“jung huh”) presented a giraffe to this dynasty’s Yongle (“yung-luh”) emperor as a mythical creature called a qilin (“chee-leen”). The Hongwu emperor founded this dynasty, which was succeeded by the Qing.
ANSWER: Ming dynasty [or Dà Míng]
[10m] Years after trying to enrich their pet lions with a wooden giraffe, the Medicis were gifted a real giraffe by this empire’s Sultan Qaitbay. This Egypt-based sultanate was founded by Caucasian slave-soldiers and defeated the Ilkhanate at Ain Jalut.
ANSWER: Mamluks [or Mamluk Sultanate or the Mamluk Empire; reject “Mamluk dynasty”] (The Mamluk dynasty refers to the dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate.)
[10h] French women stacked their hair to resemble the neck of Zarafa, a giraffe gifted to Charles X by this other leader. This Albanian-born viceroy purged the Mamluks and established a dynasty that ruled Egypt up to Farouk I.
ANSWER: Muhammad Ali Pasha [prompt on Ali]
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 97 | 17.42 | 83% | 63% | 29% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 12.50 | 63% | 63% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 83% | 67% | 50% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 75% | 50% | 50% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 22.73 | 100% | 82% | 46% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 78% | 33% | 22% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 89% | 56% | 11% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 78% | 78% | 11% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 25% | 25% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 86% | 57% | 43% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 10 | 20.00 | 80% | 80% | 40% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |