Question
Note to moderator: read the answerline carefully.Note to players: two answers required. One of these two states employed a notorious band of mercenaries dubbed the “lost men” or “forlorn hope” in support of a pretender from the other during a sixteen-month siege of a major monastery. During one war between these two states, one capital city was occupied by a commander whose uncle, while Grand Chancellor, standardised one of these two states' Metrica. An auxiliary alliance against the other was secured by one of these states who joined with a Swedish commander in the De la Gardie campaign. One of these two states invaded the other in (*) 1605 and 1607 in support of pretenders claiming to be the son of a deceased ruler. One of these states was defeated by the winged hussars of the other at the Battle of Klushino near Smolensk. For 10 points, name these two states which came into conflict in the Time of Troubles when a commonwealth ruled by Sigismund III supported False Dimitris. ■END■
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Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Blake Andert | Jeff Weiner Fan Club | Our Job is Buzz | 132 | 10 |
Sharath Narayan | Palestrina Sawayama | doubleplusnegfive | 132 | -5 |
Andrew Hart | BHSU | Weird Klaus Barbie | 145 | 10 |
Conor Thompson | doubleplusnegfive | Palestrina Sawayama | 169 | 0 |