crusades - 2025 ACF Fall

Packet E: Tossup 1

Fulcher of Chartres (“SHAR-truh”) chronicled one of these events (10[1])which ended with the Battle of Ascalon. (10[4])Peter the Hermit (10[5])and (10[1])Walter (10[1])Sans (10[4])Avoir (10[8])led (10[1])a (10[1])so-called (10[6])“People’s” (10[6])one (10[6])of these (10[5])events. (10[18]-5[1])After (10[2])participating (10[4]-5[1])in these (10[1])events, Bohemond (10[2])of Taranto (10[1])and Godfrey (10[1])of Bouillon (10[2])(“bwee-YOHN”) established (10[1])states which became (10[1])known (10[2])as (10[2])“Outremer” (10[2]-5[3])(“oo-truh-MAIR”). In 1095, (10[1])one of these events (10[3])was announced at the Council (10[1])of (10[1])Clermont (10[1])in a (10[1])speech (10[1])by (10[1])Pope Urban II. (10[2])The (10[1])Knights (10[1])Templar (10[2])regularly (10[2])took part in these (10[1])events, (10[2])the third of which (10[1])saw conflict (10[2])between Richard I of England and the Ayyubid sultan (10[1])Saladin. For 10 points, what holy wars were fought by (10[1])Christians (10[1])across Europe and most famously in the Holy Land? ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: crusades [accept First Crusade or Third Crusade or People’s Crusade]

<Editors, European History> | Packet E

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Josh Morris	Bristol	Imperial A	7	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa A	14	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill C	14	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia A	14	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	LSE	14	10
William Erwin	William & Mary B	UNC D	17	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	George Mason C	17	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Chicago A	17	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Purdue B	17	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	British Columbia B	17	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA E	18	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Ohio State D	19	10
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	Louisville D	20	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	Michigan C	20	10
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	JMU B	20	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Chinook	20	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	South Florida A	21	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	Ohio State C	21	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	WVU A	21	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Iowa B	21	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia A	21	10
Owen Feng	Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	21	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Auburn C	21	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Durham C	21	10
Sage Snow	Central Oklahoma A	Murray State College A	22	10
Carter Yott	McMaster A	Toronto F	23	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida B	24	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	UNC A	24	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Rutgers B	24	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Stony Brook	24	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	WashU Grizzlers	24	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Macalester	24	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Michigan D	25	10
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	Virginia A	25	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Illinois Orange	25	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Indiana A	25	10
William Walters	Murray State College B	Tulsa A	25	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Vanderbilt B	25	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Toronto C	26	10
Andrew Stappenbeck	CWRU C	Michigan State C	26	10
Vivian Adolph	UNC B	Duke A	26	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Michigan Tech	26	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Boise State	26	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Emory A	26	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Rowan	28	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland C	28	10
Hitansh Malaviya	Rutgers C	Princeton	28	10
Jackson McDonald	Alabama A	Clemson C	28	10
Harry Fines	York	Durham A	28	10
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	Claremont A	29	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD B	29	10
Kingsley Chen	McGill A	Ottawa B	29	10
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	ERAU Daytona A	29	-5
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	WVU B	29	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	Liberty C	29	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	Maryland B	29	10
Leonard Castine	Penn	Vassar A	29	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston College B	29	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	British Columbia C	29	10
Allen Xu	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech D	29	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Georgia Tech B	29	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Tennessee B	29	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Sewanne	29	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Cambridge D	29	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Imperial B	29	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Oxford	29	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Cornell A	29	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	RIT B	29	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Chipola College	30	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Durham B	30	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Skeleton King	31	-5
Diego Monge	Claremont C	Claremont B	31	10
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	Columbia B	31	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Illinois Champaign	31	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin C	31	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Toronto B	33	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	35	10
Benjamin Allen	Central Oklahoma B	Harding	35	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	37	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	UCSC	39	10
Bolun Thompson	UCLA C	UC Irvine	41	10
Emilie Moore	RIT A	Binghamton C	41	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	Ottawa C	42	10
Daniel Luebs	Michigan State B	Kentucky	45	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Guelph A	46	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Purdue D	46	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Coho	47	10
Adam Doyle	Cambridge E	Cambridge A	47	10
Brenna Scott	UCLA D	UCLA F	48	-5
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Chum	48	10
Cole Hammans	Nebraska A	Rose State	48	10
Lucy Izabella	Edinburgh D	Sheffield A	48	-5
Atom Lucenet	Imperial D	Cambridge C	48	-5
Peter Smith	Binghamton A	Cornell C	50	10
Nathan Coble	Oklahoma	Kansas State B	54	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Clemson B	54	10
Siheon Lee	Imperial C	Warwick	54	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Carleton A	59	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	CWRU B	60	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	Maryland A	61	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Cornell D	63	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Toronto G	64	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Virginia Tech A	65	10
Nico Lotto	Vassar B	Lehigh B	68	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Chicago B	68	10
Zachary Fitzpatrick	Wisconsin B	St. Thomas	69	10
Sam Zavadil	Michigan State D	Louisville B	70	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Rutgers D	71	10
Sam Eddon	Cambridge C	Imperial D	71	10
Mason Lambert	JMU A	Tusculum A	72	10
Vedang Singhal	UNC C	VCU A	72	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Edinburgh C	76	10
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	McMaster C	77	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	Florida State A	77	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Washington Masu	81	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo B	Toronto A	83	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Edinburgh D	83	10
Simon Choist	Queen's A	Toronto I	92	10
Chris Chang	USC A	USC B	102	10
Lucas Hall	Waterloo C	Brock A	103	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Archer Queen	113	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UCLA D	113	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech A	113	10
Anthony Cruz Martinez	Nebraska C	Tulsa B	113	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
Northern California	Main	✓	4	100%	25%	56.00
Southern California	Main	✓	7	100%	14%	51.86
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	✓	5	100%	0%	31.60
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	✓	9	100%	0%	60.78
Florida	Main	✓	4	100%	25%	58.75
Great Lakes	Main	✓	11	100%	0%	32.36
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	✓	9	100%	0%	38.89
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	✓	1	100%	0%	31.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	✓	9	100%	0%	39.44
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	✓	2	100%	0%	26.00
Midwest	Main	✓	9	100%	0%	30.44
North	Main	✓	4	100%	0%	37.50
Northeast	Main	✓	1	100%	0%	29.00
Pacific	Main	✓	8	100%	0%	36.13
South Central	Main	✓	6	100%	0%	49.50
Southeast	Main	✓	12	100%	0%	27.92
Upstate NY	Main	✓	5	100%	0%	42.40
UK (North)	UK	✓	5	100%	20%	47.60
UK (South)	UK	✓	8	100%	13%	35.00