adulterine - 2023 ARCADIA - Buzzpoints App

Question

Robert of Torigni published a count of structures described by this adjective that often proliferated during the reigns of weak monarchs. For 10 points each:

[10h] Give this adjective used to describe the hundreds of English castles built without royal licenses during the 12th century, in particular during the Anarchy.

ANSWER: adulterine [or adulterinus; accept adulterine castles]

[10e] This monarch had many of the “adulterine” castles dismantled after acceding to the throne in 1154 following the Anarchy. The “pipe rolls” record this monarch’s completion of Dover Castle, an attempt to restore his reputation cratered by the murder of Thomas Becket.

ANSWER: Henry II Plantagenet [or Henry of Anjou or Henry FitzEmpress or Henry Curtmantle or Henry Court-manteau; prompt on Henry]

[10m] In the 13th century, much of the destruction of adulterine castles centered on those belonging to the “Lords” of this border region between England and Wales.

ANSWER: Welsh Marches [or Y Mers; accept Marcher Lords]

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Summary


2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	Premiere	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University	Premiere	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges	Premiere	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Duke	Emory, Duke, Yale	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Emory	Emory, Duke, Yale	Y	3	10.00	67%	33%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Imperial	Imperial	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Indiana	Premiere	Y	5	12.00	60%	60%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Maryland	Maryland, Online	Y	2	10.00	50%	50%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State	Ohio State, Texas	Y	3	10.00	33%	67%	0%
2023 ARCADIA Online	Maryland, Online	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at RIT	Premiere	Y	2	10.00	50%	50%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Texas	Ohio State, Texas	Y	3	6.67	33%	33%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL	Premiere	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Duke	Emory, Duke, Yale	N	1	0.00	0%	0%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Emory	Emory, Duke, Yale	N	3	6.67	133%	0%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Maryland	Maryland, Online	N	2	10.00	200%	0%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State	Ohio State, Texas	N	2	15.00	200%	100%	0%
2023 ARCADIA Online	Maryland, Online	N	2	15.00	200%	0%	100%
2023 ARCADIA at Texas	Ohio State, Texas	N	3	16.67	200%	0%	133%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley C	10	10	20
Berkeley B	Stanford A	10	0	10
McDouble West-Carleton	Ottawa A	10	10	20
Ottawa B	Waterloo	10	0	10
SGV Capital	I will play anything with a buzzer in front of me	10	10	20
NC State	Duke	10	0	10
South Carolina A	South Carolina B	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia A	0	10	10
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	10	0	10
Emory A	Tennessee A	10	0	10
Bristol	Cambridge B	10	10	20
Durham	Warwick	10	10	20
Imperial B	Edinburgh	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Imperial A	10	10	20
Birmingham	Oxford	0	0	0
Chicago B	Purdue A	0	0	0
Notre Dame A	Illinois B	10	10	20
Notre Dame B	Illinois A	0	10	10
Chicago A	Purdue B	10	10	20
Indiana	Vanderbilt	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins	Maryland B	0	0	0
Maryland A	George Washington B	10	10	20
Kenyon B	Kenyon A	0	0	0
Michigan B	Ohio State A	0	10	10
Ohio State B	Michigan A	10	10	20
Farrellmagnetism	MSU A and Friend	10	10	20
Ganon Evans Fan Club	Boston College	10	10	20
Cornell MATLAB	RIT	10	10	20
Syracuse+Rochester	Cornell R	0	0	0
Texas C	HCC	0	0	0
Texas A	TAG Magnet: Taylor's Version	10	10	20
Texas B	TAMU	0	0	0
Missouri A	Squidward Community College	10	0	10
WUSTL XYZ	Missouri B	10	0	10