Question

A building made out of this material contains a prominent sloping Bengal roof that some theorize was designed by the Italian Geronimo Veroneo. This material makes up the outer layer of the double-layered dome of Humayun’s Tomb. The Naulakha (“naw-luh-kuh”) Pavilion and Moti Masjid, both inside the Lahore Fort, were built using this material’s Makrana variety. (10[1])A jewel box-shaped building named after I’timād-ud-Daulah (“ih-tee-mad-ooh-DAO-lah”) is known as the “Baby” version of a larger monument (10[1])made from (10[1])this material, (10[1])which is used (10[1])as a base in classic pietra dura artworks. This material eclipsed red sandstone in popularity (10[2])as a building (10[1])material due to architects like Ustad Ahmad Lahori. A building made of this material is opposite a reflecting pool (10[6])on the banks (10[3])of the (10[1])Yamuna (10[2])and was built (10[1])as a mausoleum (10[1])for the emperor Shah Jahan’s (10[1])wife Mumtaz. For 10 points, (10[1])name this material that gives a white appearance to the Taj Mahal. ■END■

ANSWER: marble [accept Makrana marble; prompt on stone or rock] (The Tomb of I’timād-ud-Daulah is called the “Baby Taj.”)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%0%106.63

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern ATexas A5410
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AFlorida A7110
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AStanford A7310
Joel MilesMinnesota ACornell B7510
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BJohns Hopkins A7810
Puna EkkaMinnesota BHouston A9310
Rodrigo RoseMIT AIndiana A9310
Joseph ChambersVirginia AWUSTL B9610
Charles HangWUSTL AChicago A11510
Clark SmithOhio State AChicago B11510
Cormac BeirneMcGill AClaremont A11510
Jason HongBrown AMaryland A11510
Collin AceRutgers BNYU A11510
Matthew SiffYale BRutgers A11510
Justin WytmarIllinois ASouth Carolina A11810
Sky LiToronto AHarvard A11810
Ashish SubramanianDuke ACornell A11810
Robert CondronChicago CUC Berkeley A12010
Conor ThompsonIowa State APenn State A12110
William GrogerColumbia BMichigan A12110
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BPenn A12410
Vittal BhatNorth Carolina AColumbia A12710
Quynh PhungPurdue AVanderbilt A13210
Michael MaysImperial AFlorida B13710