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Round 1: Tossup 15

A ruler with this name was planned to be replaced by his son Pentawer in the Harem conspiracy. A capital prefixed “pi-” (“pee”) was built by an eponymous ruler with this name for a campaign whose largest battle was embellished by the scribe Pentaur. Reliefs at Medinet Habu record the victories of a ruler with this name over the invading Sea Peoples. (10[1])Four colossi (10[1])of a ruler with this name flank the entrance of Abu (-5[1])Simbel, (10[1])which includes (10[1])a temple for that ruler’s wife, Nefertari. The longest-reigning ruler of the New Kingdom had this name and was referred to by the Greeks as Ozymandias. (10[1])For 10 points, give this name of a 19th-dynasty pharaoh known as “the Great.” ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Ramesses [or Rameses or Ramses; accept Ramesses the Great; accept Ramesses II or Ramesses III; prompt on Ozymandias until read by asking “what was his regnal name?”]
<Brown A, Other History> | Packet A
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Mitchell HackettCentral Oklahoma AKansas State A6010
Jaxsen MeltonMurray State College ATulsa B6210
Keira FlennikenOklahomaCentral Oklahoma B73-5
Jarrod CurlTulsa ANebraska B7410
Mason SeversonNebraska CRose State7610
Sam BeshearMurray State College BHarding10210
CJ SershonCentral Oklahoma BOklahoma11710

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%20%97.60
UK (South)UK8100%0%86.13
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%25%89.00
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%14%86.00
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%0%65.25
FloridaUS4100%50%108.50
Great LakesUS10100%10%69.90
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%66.22
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS11100%9%77.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS1100%0%60.00
MidwestUS9100%0%70.56
NorthUS4100%0%65.00
NortheastUS2100%0%79.50
PacificUS8100%0%72.88
South CentralUS6100%17%81.83
SoutheastUS12100%0%62.67
Upstate NYUS5100%20%101.20