Question

The Jangnama of Shah Mohammad blames one of this empire’s queens for starting a war where it lost the Battle of Sobraon (“SO”-buh-rown). A princess of this empire named Sophia who was raised as a goddaughter of Queen Victoria became a suffragette after witnessing (15[1])the poverty of her homeland. A teenage ruler of this empire was killed by falling masonry on the day of his father’s funeral, (-5[1])likely assassinated by a Dogra (DOHG-ruh) minister. This (-5[1])empire’s founder unified (15[1])various (10[1])(*) misls (“missiles”) and signed an (10[1])1806 (10[1]-5[1])agreement with the British to keep his boundary at the (-5[1])Sutlej River. That founder of (-5[1])this empire renovated the Harmandir (10[1])Sahib after (-5[1])capturing Lahore (LA-hore) (10[1])with (10[1])his (10[1])Khalsa Army. For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name this 19th century empire founded (10[1])by the “Lion (10[1])of Punjab (“PUN”-job),” Ranjit (10[4])(“RUN”-jeet) Singh. ■END■

ANSWER: Sikh Empire
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%17%17%91.17
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%33%116.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%33%93.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%50%114.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%67%118.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nick JensenMojo ShojoMichigan4215
Nikhil ChellamNorthwesternWUSTL65-5
Jason Golfinos[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Berkeley B73-5
Allan LeeStanford BStanford A7615
Hari ParameswaranIt's JoeverBerkeley A7710
Quynh PhungPurdueMaryland B-8110
Will AlstonSenpai Notice MeChicago A8210
Joey SunParth et al.The Passion According to C.H.82-5
Ashish SubramanianGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them92-5
DaoudOxford HornetsBroken Imperial Nomads97-5
FreddyMagisters LudiBuzzers Karamazov10210
Yadu KukenthiranMilan et al.The Vulture's Guide to Buzz104-5
Chris RayOSUEpic Games10710
Henry AtkinsNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleCameron et al.10810
Liam StarnesChicago BIllinois10910
Vincent DuThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 NegsMaryland B+11210
Stevie MillerMaryland ARutgers Diaspora11410
Michael DuThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzMilan et al.12010
Jim FanFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemGlass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery12310
Vinu HariharBerkeley B[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]12610
Charles HangWUSTLNorthwestern12610
EvanBroken Imperial NomadsOxford Hornets12610
Erik ChristensenThe Passion According to C.H.Parth et al.12610