Byzantine Empire - 2025 ACF Fall

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Under this empire, an unknown author compiled a major encyclopedia known as the Suda. (10[3])A historian (10[3])from this empire credited a eunuch named Narses (10[6])with (10[1])bribing (10[2])the (10[1])Blue (10[3])faction (10[3])to prevent a local (10[5]-5[1])uprising. (10[14]-5[1])A (10[1])princess (10[1])and historian (10[4])from (10[1])this (10[2])empire (10[4])depicted her father (10[2]-5[1])in the (10[1])Alexiad. (10[8])This empire’s (10[3])rulers (10[1])were depicted in the Secret (10[3])History by the historian (10[2])Procopius, (10[3]-5[1])who included salacious (10[1])anecdotes about Theodora. (10[2])The Nika riots (10[4])took (10[1])place (-5[2])in this (10[1])empire, (10[2])whose (10[1])general Belisarius reconquered portions of Mediterranean territory (10[2])on behalf of Justinian (10[1])I. For 10 (10[1])points, which primarily Greek-speaking empire (10[1])was centred (10[2])around Constantinople? (10[1])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Byzantine Empire [or Byzantines; or Eastern Roman Empire; prompt on Roman Empire]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill A	13	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington Masu	13	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	York	13	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	McGill C	15	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Rowan	15	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin B	15	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Ottawa A	23	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Liberty C	23	10
Jack Marguiles	Stony Brook	Princeton	23	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	William Woods University A	23	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Texas	23	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Alberta B	23	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Rutgers C	24	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	UCSC	25	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	William & Mary C	25	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Cambridge D	26	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA A	27	10
Nova Sink	Virginia Tech A	Duke A	27	10
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Cardiff	27	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida B	28	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	Michigan State B	28	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Auburn A	28	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	Florida Tech A	32	-5
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Illinois Urbana	32	10
Marc Greco	Williams A	Tufts A	32	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Sockeye	32	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	32	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Emory A	32	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	33	10
Bolun Thompson	UCLA C	UCLA E	33	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Louisville C	33	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	WVU B	33	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	JMU B	33	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Columbia A	33	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Chicago A	33	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Iowa B	33	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston University B	33	10
Owen Feng	Vanderbilt A	Auburn B	33	10
Nitish Sudhakar	Georgia Tech A	Auburn C	33	-5
John Maupin	Chipola College	Mississippi State A	33	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Durham B	33	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Imperial D	33	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	RIT B	33	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	34	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Michigan State D	35	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	ERAU Daytona A	37	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Kentucky	37	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Sewanne	37	10
Nina Bindra	Southampton	Cambridge E	37	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	ESF	38	10
Kevin Cronk	Virginia Tech C	Virginia A	39	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Clemson B	39	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UC Santa Barbara	40	10
William Erwin	William & Mary B	Liberty B	40	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	NCSU B	40	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Edinburgh B	40	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Rutgers D	43	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Illinois Champaign	43	-5
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Chinook	43	10
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	Ohio State A	45	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UC Irvine	46	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Ohio State D	46	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Michigan A	46	10
Leonard Castine	Penn	Maryland B	46	10
Ethan Ma	Illinois Blue	Purdue B	46	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia A	46	10
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Vanderbilt C	46	10
Charlie Nicholls	Cambridge C	Cambridge A	46	10
Rishi Swaminathan	NYU B	Maryland A	48	10
Waverly O'Malley	Iowa A	Indiana B	48	10
Josh Morris	Bristol	Imperial C	48	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech F	49	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	UNC A	54	10
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	Purdue D	54	10
Claire Chambers	Binghamton A	Binghamton B	54	10
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	CWRU C	58	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	WashU Grizzlers	58	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	Tusculum A	59	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Columbia B	59	-5
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	Washington Steelhead	59	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Cornell C	59	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	62	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	George Mason C	65	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Coho	65	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	USC B	68	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida State A	68	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	NYU C	68	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Warwick	68	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	69	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford A	70	-5
Brian Hobmann	UCLA F	USC A	70	-5
Gavin Chen	Vassar A	Lehigh B	72	10
Adam Chilbert	Macalester	Minnesota	73	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Chum	73	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Vassar B	74	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Durham C	81	10
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	Binghamton C	81	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	Claremont C	85	10
Vishrut Pisupati	Imperial B	Oxford	88	10
Drake Smith	Carleton A	Ottawa C	93	10
Agatha Dahle	WVU A	Louisville B	95	10
Justin Gilbert	Auburn C	Georgia Tech A	95	10
Musa Ahmed	Edinburgh C	Edinburgh D	97	10
Surya Donath	Stanford A	Berkeley Boss Bandit	98	10
Chris Chang	USC A	UCLA F	98	10
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	Florida Tech B	98	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Johns Hopkins	98	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	WashU Grolars	98	10
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin C	98	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	52.80
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	0%	46.63
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	54.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	56.71
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	36.00
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	57.75
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	0%	45.60
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	37.78
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	11	100%	0%	46.45
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	1	100%	100%	98.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	47.22
North	US	4	100%	0%	55.00
Northeast	US	2	100%	0%	32.50
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	41.38
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	44.92
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	53.00