Umayyad Caliphate - 2025 ACF Fall

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The founder of this dynasty once served the Ghassanids and sponsored centers of learning like Kairouan. A member of this dynasty nominated his son (-5[1])Yazid (10[1])as heir, (10[1]-5[1])prompting a conflict (10[1]-5[2])known (-5[1])as the Second (-5[1])Fitna (10[3]-5[1])during which the Dome (-5[1])of the Rock was built. (10[2]-5[3])One ruler from this dynasty (10[2])named (-5[1])Abd al-Rahman (10[1]-5[1])III (10[3]-5[3])founded (10[1])an Islamic (-5[1])state (10[1])in (10[1])al-Andalus (10[4]-5[1])known (10[2])as (10[1])the (10[1]-5[1])Caliphate (10[6]-5[2])of (10[3])Córdoba. (10[18]-5[2])Mu’awiya (10[9]-5[2])I (-5[1])established (-5[1])this dynasty and ruled from its (-5[1])capital at Damascus. (10[1]-5[3])This dynasty succeeded (10[2]-5[2])the Rashidun and flourished (10[2])from 644 (10[1]-5[1])until (10[1])750 (10[2])AD. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, what early Islamic caliphate (10[2])was overthrown (10[1])by the Abbasid (10[1]0[1])Revolution? (10[1])■END■ (10[21]0[12])

ANSWER: Umayyad Caliphate [or Umayyads; accept Omayyads]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Maryland A	23	-5
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Cambridge A	24	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Purdue A	26	-5
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Dartmouth A	26	10
Sam Zavadil	Michigan State D	WVU B	29	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	Brandeis Mozart	29	-5
Shlok Dev	LSE	Imperial C	29	-5
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech B	30	-5
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Harvard	33	-5
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Michigan B	34	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	34	-5
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Clemson A	34	10
Nitish Sudhakar	Georgia Tech A	Tennessee A	34	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA D	38	-5
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	43	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	Claremont B	43	-5
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	43	-5
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	Kentucky	43	10
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	43	-5
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	USC A	48	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington State	48	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UC Irvine	49	-5
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	CWRU A	51	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Masu	51	-5
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	UCSD B	52	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	McGill A	52	-5
Hayden Willett	Purdue B	Iowa B	52	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Chum	52	-5
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Southampton	52	10
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Warwick	52	-5
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	53	10
Christina Popov	Queen's A	Toronto F	55	-5
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	William Woods University A	56	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	British Columbia A	57	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Ottawa C	58	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Toronto E	58	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	58	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	58	-5
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	58	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Ohio State B	59	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Michigan State B	59	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	60	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Louisville B	61	10
John Gamble	NCSU A	UNC A	61	-5
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Liberty B	62	10
Kevin Cronk	Virginia Tech C	UNC C	62	10
William Erwin	William & Mary B	William & Mary C	62	-5
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Indiana A	62	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Macalester	62	-5
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	62	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Amherst A	62	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Vanderbilt C	62	10
Meredie Cohen	William & Mary A	Virginia A	63	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	63	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Tennessee B	63	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	64	10
Mai Höglund	Claremont B	Claremont A	64	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida B	64	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	South Florida A	64	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Pittsburgh	64	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Rutgers A	64	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Iowa A	64	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	64	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Tufts B	64	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Coho	64	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	64	-5
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Auburn B	64	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Alabama A	64	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham A	64	10
Leo Neve	Durham D	Edinburgh B	64	10
Sam Eddon	Cambridge C	Imperial B	64	-5
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Cambridge B	64	10
Fintan Thomas	Cambridge E	Imperial D	64	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	ESF	64	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	RIT A	64	10
Adrian Li	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	65	10
Will Marcotte	Toronto D	Waterloo A	65	10
Artem Vovchenko	Ohio State C	CWRU C	65	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Louisville C	65	10
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	William & Mary B	65	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	65	-5
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Amherst B	65	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Brown B	65	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Georgia Tech D	65	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia Tech E	65	-5
Megan Rowe	Cambridge D	Bristol	65	10
Roy Yang	WashU Grolars	Purdue D	66	-5
Walter Carson	NCSU B	Liberty C	67	-5
John Shelley	Clemson B	Clemson C	73	-5
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	76	-5
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	Waterloo C	76	-5
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Louisville A	76	10
David Ropp	Duke A	Liberty A	76	-5
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	UCF A	79	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	79	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Brandeis Beethoven	79	-5
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Durham B	79	-5
Hafsa Shaikh	Toronto I	McMaster C	83	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Guelph A	83	10
Gavin Morrow	Washington Steelhead	Alberta A	85	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Rochester	85	-5
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Binghamton C	86	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	87	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech B	87	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCLA E	88	-5
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	88	10
Shreyansh Satapurthy	UCLA D	UCLA B	95	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Toronto A	95	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	Carleton A	97	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto B	100	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	NCSU B	100	0
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Boston College A	101	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD A	102	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC B	102	10
Scott Sibley	UC Irvine	UCLA F	102	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	McGill B	102	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa B	102	0
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	McGill C	102	0
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Queen's A	102	10
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Brock A	102	0
Elena Thai	Waterloo C	Waterloo B	102	0
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	102	0
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech B	102	0
James Mickel	Michigan State C	WVU A	102	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	Duke A	102	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	NCSU A	102	10
Vivian Adolph	UNC B	VCU A	102	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	George Mason A	102	10
Matthew Westley	Purdue A	Purdue C	102	10
Adam Chilbert	Macalester	Iowa State	102	0
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	102	0
Will Demos	Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	102	0
Jack Yesner	Brandeis Beethoven	MIT B	102	10
Steve Gaughan	Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	102	10
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Washington Atlantic	102	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	British Columbia C	102	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	102	10
Harper Royal	Georgia Tech E	Emory A	102	10
James Bramley	Durham C	Edinburgh C	102	10
Harry Fines	York	Edinburgh D	102	0
Vishrut Pisupati	Imperial B	Cambridge C	102	10
Harry Crane	Warwick	Imperial A	102	0
Siheon Lee	Imperial C	LSE	102	0
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Cornell D	102	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Binghamton B	102	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	60%	20%	76.67
UK (South)	UK	8	75%	38%	61.83
Northern California	US	4	75%	25%	57.33
Southern California	US	7	100%	71%	80.71
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	80%	20%	77.50
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	78%	22%	83.71
Florida	US	4	75%	0%	69.00
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	0%	59.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	56%	80.75
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	50%	83.00
Midwest	US	9	78%	33%	67.57
North	US	4	50%	25%	62.00
Northeast	US	10	90%	40%	72.11
Pacific	US	8	88%	50%	77.86
Southeast	US	13	92%	23%	66.50
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	83.60