Packet 3: Bonus 8
This general’s decisive victory at Gaugamela over Darius III led to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this king of Macedon whose empire spanned as far east as modern-day Pakistan when he died at 32.
ANSWER: Alexander the Great [or Alexander III of Macedon; or Alexandros III; prompt on Alexander or Alexandros]
[10h] Alexander the Great’s invasion of Persia utilized a league that his father founded in this city after the Battle of Chaeronea (“CARE-oh-NAY-uh”). In wartime, ships could be transported over this city’s diolkos trackway, attributed to its tyrant Periander.
ANSWER: Corinth [or Kórinthos; accept League of Corinth]
[10m] As hegemon of the League of Corinth, Alexander destroyed this rebellious city that formerly allied with the Persians. The 300 lovers of this city’s “Sacred Band” were killed at the Battle of Chaeronea.
ANSWER: Thebes [or Thêbai or Thíva]
<Sheffield A, Other History> | Packet C
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 110 | 19.27 | 99% | 65% | 29% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMaster A | Waterloo C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| McMaster C | Toronto D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| Queen's A | Waterloo A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto C | Toronto F | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto E | Brock A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Toronto G | McMaster B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Toronto H | Toronto A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto I | Toronto B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Waterloo B | Guelph A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 88% | 38% | 13% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 44% | 33% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 21.00 | 100% | 90% | 20% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 67% | 22% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 44% | 22% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 10 | 21.00 | 100% | 80% | 30% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 27.50 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 11 | 20.91 | 100% | 73% | 36% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 83% | 17% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 22.50 | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |