Packet 8: Bonus 9
Successors to this empire inherited its Seven Great Houses, including the House of Suren from which Armenia’s patron saint descends. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this empire that built the city of Ctesiphon, which was sacked in multiple invasions suffered by its Arsacid dynasty.
ANSWER: Parthian Empire
[10e] Aside from Parthia’s Seven Great Houses, the Sassanids took over the capital Ctesiphon, which the Parthians built on this river. This river bounds Mesopotamia with the Euphrates.
ANSWER: Tigris River
[10m] From their predecessors, the Sassanids also adopted this Middle Persian script whose name derives from that of Parthia. This script names a 20th century Iranian dynasty whose last ruler, Mohammad Reza Shah, was ousted in 1979.
ANSWER: Pahlavi
<Editors, Other History> | Packet H
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 132 | 16.21 | 98% | 52% | 12% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont A | UCLA B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Claremont B | USC A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Claremont C | USC B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Santa Barbara | UCLA F | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UCLA E | UC Irvine | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCSD A | UCLA A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UCSD B | UCLA D | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 20% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 63% | 13% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 57% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 89% | 56% | 22% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 17.27 | 100% | 55% | 18% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 56% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 92% | 67% | 8% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 75% | 13% |
| South Central | US | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 100% | 14% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 13 | 14.62 | 100% | 39% | 8% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |