Ethiopia - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

Ge’ez is used as the liturgical language of this country’s Orthodox Church, and its namesake script is used to write its lingua franca, Amharic. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this country on the horn of Africa once ruled by the Solomonic dynasty. This country’s last monarch, Haile Selassie I (“HAI-lee se-LASS-ee the First”), is venerated as God in Rastafarianism.

ANSWER: Ethiopia

[10h] Rulers of the Solomonic dynasty claimed descent from the ruling house of this medieval Ethiopian kingdom. This kingdom weakened the earlier Kingdom of Kush in Nubia and converted to Christianity under King Ezana.

ANSWER: Aksum [or Aksumite Empire]

[10m] Aksumite rulers were known for constructing monuments of this type, consisting of tapered pillars with a pyramidal top. Many Egyptian monuments of this type, such as ones named “Lateran” and “Vatican,” were installed in Rome under the Roman Empire.

ANSWER: obelisks

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	23.33	100%	89%	44%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	1	10.00	0%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	21.25	88%	75%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	20.00	88%	75%	38%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	25.00	100%	83%	67%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	24.00	90%	80%	70%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	24.44	100%	89%	56%

Data


UCLA E	Claremont A	10	0	10	20
Claremont B	Claremont C	10	0	10	20
UCLA A	UCLA C	10	0	10	20
UCLA B	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
USC	UCSD	10	0	0	10
Binghamton A	RIT B	10	10	10	30
Binghamton B	Cornell G	10	0	10	20
Syracuse	Cornell D	10	10	10	30
Cornell C	Cornell E	10	0	10	20
Cornell F	Cornell A	10	10	10	30
U of Rochester A	ESF	10	0	10	20
Penn State	Cornell B	10	0	10	20
RIT A	RIT C	10	0	10	20
U of Rochester B	Binghamton C	10	0	10	20
Illinois B	Chicago B	10	0	10	20
WashU B	Illinois A	10	10	10	30
Illinois C	WashU A	10	10	10	30
Indiana	Iowa B	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Notre Dame A	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Notre Dame B	10	10	10	30
Purdue C	Purdue A	10	0	10	20
SIUE	Iowa A	10	0	0	10
Illinois D	Northwestern B	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A	Bard A	0	0	10	10
NYU B	Bard A	0	0	10	10
Penn A	Columbia A	10	10	10	30
Columbia J	Fordham A	10	0	0	10
Rowan A	Lehigh A	10	0	0	10
Rutgers B	Lehigh B	10	10	10	30
NYU A	Penn B	10	0	10	20
Maryland B	Princeton A	10	10	10	30
Rutgers A	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Miami B	CWRU A	10	0	10	20
CWRU B	West Virginia B	10	0	10	20
Michigan State B	Jefferson County Scholars	10	0	10	20
West Virginia A	Michigan State A	10	0	10	20
Ohio State A	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State B	Miami C	10	10	10	30
Ohio State C	CWRU C	0	0	0	0
Arizona State B	Boise State	10	10	0	20
Arizona State A	UBC B	10	0	10	20
UW Chastity	UW Sloth	10	0	10	20
UW Envy	UW Gluttony	10	10	10	30
UW Pride	UW Greed	10	10	10	30
Alberta	UW Wrath	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	Miami A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Furman	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Auburn B	10	10	10	30
Clemson A	Mississippi State A	10	0	0	10
Emory Oxford	Clemson B	10	10	10	30
Georgia A	Georgia Tech E	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech A	Auburn C	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	10	30
Belmont	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Tennessee B	Emory A	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt A	Tennessee A	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt B	Southern	10	0	10	20
Appalachian State A	UNC A	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	Appalachian State B	10	0	10	20
Liberty C	Duke A	10	0	10	20
James Madison B	Duke B	10	10	10	30
Liberty B	UNC C	10	0	10	20
UNC B	Tusculum	10	0	0	10
William & Mary	VCU	10	10	10	30
James Madison A	Virginia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	Virginia	10	10	10	30