Question

A pope’s nephew named Niccolò Ludovisi gained this region’s name as an honorary appellation after fighting a war in it. A force hoping to relieve this region was harmed by the death of François de Vendôme and a powder magazine explosion that sank its flagship, the Thérèse (“tay-REZ”). When veterans of a war in this region were paid in valueless (-5[1])“red coins,” they hung a set of ministers from a Platanus tree in the “Vakvak Incident.” (-5[1])To mitigate increasing costs of a war in this region, (-5[1])Turhan appointed a member of the Köprülü family as grand vizier. (-5[1])The unpopularity of a war (10[1])centered on this region led Sultan Ibrahim (-5[1])to be deposed in favor of Mehmed IV, who continued the war on this island for two decades. (10[2]-5[1])The Ottomans conducted (10[1])a 21-year (10[1])siege (-5[2])of this (-5[1])island’s Venetian-ruled (-5[2])capital city, (-5[1])Candia. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])a 17th-century war centered on what island and its (10[1])fortress at modern-day (10[1])Heraklion? (10[5])■END■ (10[7]0[1])

ANSWER: Crete [or Kriti; accept Cretan War or Giritin Fethi; accept Candia or Guerra di Candia or Niccolò da Candia until “Candia” is read]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2492%0%50%144.73

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jason HongBrown AWUSTL A58-5
Simon GorbatyDuke AChicago B74-5
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley ANorthwestern A84-5
Justin WytmarIllinois APenn A95-5
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AMaryland A10010
Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale BGeorgia Tech B107-5
Chris RayOhio State AChicago A12510
Lexi TermanRutgers BColumbia B12510
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AChicago C125-5
Ian ChowToronto ACornell B12810
Zane KierzykIndiana ATexas A13010
Kevin FanMcGill ASouth Carolina A131-5
Michał GerasimiukYale AFlorida A131-5
John BroussardHouston AMichigan A133-5
JD KrothIowa State AClaremont A135-5
Aiden DartleyRutgers AWUSTL B135-5
Aidan FeinVanderbilt AUC Berkeley B137-5
Jonathan TranCornell AStanford A13810
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BJohns Hopkins A13910
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia AHarvard A14110
Dennis ReppenChicago CNorth Carolina A15010
Andrew SalijNorthwestern AUC Berkeley A15310
Ani PerumallaPenn State AVirginia A15410
Zachary WangPenn AIllinois A15410
Joel MilesMinnesota AMIT A15410
Tracy MirkinFlorida AYale A15410
Tanis NielsenClaremont AIowa State A15410
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichigan AHouston A15510
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BVanderbilt A15510
Charles HangWUSTL ABrown A15510
Quynh PhungPurdue AMinnesota B15510
Carlos DoebeliImperial ANYU A15510
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AMcGill A1550
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BYale B15510
Vivek SasseChicago BDuke A15510