Bonus
This word is repeated in the title of a 9th-century laboratory book by the Persian scholar al-Rāzī that describes alchemical ways to produce materials like caustic soda. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this adjective that titles a semi-mythological biography of Genghis Khan, which is the oldest work of Mongol literature.
ANSWER: secret [accept the Secret of Secrets or Book of Secrets or Sirr al-Asrar; accept the Secret History or Secret History of the Mongols]
[10e] al-Rāzī is credited as the first physician to distinguish smallpox and this other infectious disease, whose modern vaccine is combined with ones for mumps and rubella in MMR.
ANSWER: measles
[10m] Centuries after al-Rāzī, this ruler’s grandson Ulugh Beg sponsored Persian scholars in several hospitals and observatories. This Turco-Mongol conqueror created several pyramids of skulls and walked with a limp.
ANSWER: Timur [or Tamerlane or Tamburlaine; or Timur the Lame or Timur Lenk or Timur-i Lang; or Temür Küregen or Timūr Gurkānī; accept Timurid Empire or Timurid dynasty or the Timurids or Gūrkāniyān]
<Editors, World History>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 91 | 18.68 | 96% | 75% | 17% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia B | Rutgers D | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Lehigh A | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland B | Vassar A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| NYU A | Princeton | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| NYU B | George Mason C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Penn | Lehigh B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Stony Brook | Rutgers C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 86% | 71% | 29% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 21.00 | 100% | 70% | 40% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 89% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 71% | 14% |
| North | US | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 88% | 75% | 13% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 11 | 19.09 | 100% | 82% | 9% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 83% | 0% |