Egypt - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

To bring her husband home from war, a queen of this region apocryphally offered her hair as a sacrifice, causing it to turn into a constellation. A dynasty that ruled in this region fought six wars against the Seleucid (10[1])(“suh-LOO-sid”) Empire (-5[1])over the region (10[1])of Coele-Syria (10[3]-5[4])(“KOY-lay-SEAR-ee-uh”). The founder of that dynasty that ruled this region (-5[1])buried Alexander the Great (10[2]-5[3])in his territory (10[4]-5[1])and took the (10[1])epithet (-5[1])“Soter.” (10[6]-5[2])The worship (10[1]-5[1])of (10[1])syncretic (10[1])deities (10[4]-5[2])such (10[1])as Serapis (10[3])began (10[1])in (10[1])this region. (10[11]-5[2])After the (10[1])Battle of (10[1])Actium, (10[3]-5[2])the suicide (10[1])of a ruler (10[1])in this (10[3])region (10[4])led (10[1])to the (10[1])end (10[1])of its (10[1])Ptolemaic (10[2])dynasty. (10[9])For (10[1])10 points, (10[3])Cleopatra (10[2])VII (10[1])died (10[4])in what modern-day country (10[5])that contains (10[1])the (10[2])Pyramids (10[1])of Giza? (10[1])■END■ (10[12])

ANSWER: Egypt [or Aegyptus; or Aiguptos; prompt on Cyrene or Cyrenaica until “Seleucid” is read; prompt on Roman Africa or the Nile until “country” is read]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Georgia Tech A	38	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Chicago B	39	-5
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Louisville D	42	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	CWRU A	44	-5
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	Louisville C	44	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	Duke A	44	-5
Omer Korkmaz	Johns Hopkins	Maryland C	44	-5
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington Chum	44	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Pink	44	-5
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Vanderbilt A	44	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	British Columbia A	53	-5
Nick Machin	UCLA A	Claremont A	57	-5
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA C	57	10
Shreyansh Satapurthy	UCLA D	USC B	57	-5
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Emory A	57	10
Fintan Thomas	Cambridge E	Cambridge C	57	-5
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	UCLA E	60	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Waterloo A	60	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Brock A	60	-5
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia B	60	10
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Imperial C	60	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Toronto I	63	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Wisconsin C	64	-5
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Boss Bandit	65	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont B	65	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	65	10
Artem Vovchenko	Ohio State C	Kentucky	65	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Princeton	65	10
Benny Shtutman	South Carolina A	Alabama A	65	-5
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Sheffield B	65	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	LSE	65	-5
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Chipola College	67	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Durham A	67	-5
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Lehigh A	68	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida Tech A	69	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Toronto C	70	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	CWRU B	70	-5
Orion Brey	Louisville A	WVU A	70	10
John Gamble	NCSU A	Virginia Tech C	70	10
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech B	70	10
Rafa Travis	Durham C	Durham B	70	-5
James Horsley	Iowa State	Minnesota	71	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa C	73	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Purdue D	73	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Imperial B	73	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Michigan Tech	74	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Wisconsin B	75	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	77	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	UCLA F	77	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Michigan State D	77	10
Joshua Garner	Ohio State A	Michigan D	77	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Liberty A	77	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Lehigh B	77	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Illinois Urbana	77	10
Ethan Ma	Illinois Blue	WashU Grolars	77	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Atlantic	77	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	York	77	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Cambridge D	77	-5
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Birmingham	77	-5
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Cornell D	77	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCLA A	79	10
Monica Wang	Guelph A	Toronto A	81	10
Emmet Ewing	Michigan State B	Louisville B	82	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Vassar B	82	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington State	82	-5
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Washington Chinook	82	10
Taisia Kudimova-Campeanu	Imperial D	Cambridge A	82	-5
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Carleton B	84	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Virginia A	87	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Waterloo C	89	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida Tech B	89	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	JMU A	89	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford A	90	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Little Prince	90	10
Nova Sink	Virginia Tech A	UNC B	90	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia A	90	10
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Indiana B	91	10
Sam Millenbach	Rowan	Rutgers D	93	10
Owen Ashbrook	Iowa A	Illinois Orange	94	10
Sophia Madrazo	Purdue B	William Woods University A	96	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	NCSU B	97	10
Jack Marguiles	Stony Brook	George Mason B	97	10
Serena Salfiti	USC A	Claremont C	98	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Michigan State C	98	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	WVU B	98	10
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	Liberty C	98	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	NYU C	98	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington Sockeye	98	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	98	10
Megan Rowe	Cambridge D	Cambridge B	98	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Cardiff	98	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Sewanne	99	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	Carleton A	101	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Toronto H	101	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Vanderbilt B	101	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Queen's A	102	10
Joshua Ziegler	South Florida A	UCF A	102	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	103	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo B	McMaster C	104	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Rutgers C	104	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Iowa B	104	10
Aditi Nebhwani	Bristol	Warwick	104	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida State A	108	10
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	CWRU D	108	10
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary C	108	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	South Carolina A	108	10
Lucy Izabella	Edinburgh D	Edinburgh B	108	10
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Imperial D	110	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCLA D	111	10
Nghia Khau	VCU A	Tusculum A	111	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Mississippi State A	112	10
Tal Bowen	Durham A	Durham D	114	10
Ellie Wang	Brock A	Toronto F	115	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Pittsburgh	115	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Johns Hopkins	115	10
Tishe Sonuga	Chicago B	Purdue C	115	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Rose-Hulman A	115	10
Dashiell Helmer	Wisconsin C	St. Thomas	115	10
Ryan Zhang	Washington State	Boise State	115	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Alberta A	115	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	British Columbia C	115	10
Isy Simpkins	Durham B	Durham C	115	10
Charlie Nicholls	Cambridge C	Cambridge E	115	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Oxford	115	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	40%	95.80
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	63%	96.63
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	80.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	78.14
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	80.75
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	87.22
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	92.00
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	18%	79.64
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	91.89
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	88.78
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	93.56
North	US	4	100%	25%	83.75
Pacific	US	8	100%	38%	88.25
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	82.25
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	0%	77.00