Question

This kingdom ransomed the noblewoman Tamta, one of its [emphasize] vassal Zak‘arids, who often served as commanders called amirspasalars. 100,000 martyrs supposedly fell to Jalāl al-Dīn Mingburnū’s invasion of this kingdom, whose “incredible victory” in 1121 let it reconquer an emirate in the capital of its reunified eristavi realms. This kingdom served as grazing land during its “Great Turkish Troubles” until its king repulsed the Eldiguzids and (-5[1])Seljuks with resettled (10[1])Kipchaks. (10[2])In the 1230s, Gregory IX refused to fight Chormaqan’s Mongol invasion of this (10[1])kingdom when it was ruled by Rusudan, a daughter of (-5[1])David Soslan (10[2])and a queen (10[1])who helped Alexios I (10[2])capture (10[2])Trebizond. (10[2])David Narin (10[1])ruled this kingdom’s breakaway realm of Imereti from Kutaisi. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])what Eastern Orthodox kingdom’s “golden age” spanned the Bagrationi (“ba-gra-tee-OWN-ee”) rule (10[2])of David the Builder (10[3])and Tamar the (10[1])Great? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Georgia [or Saqartvelo or Kartvelia; or Kingdom of Georgia or Georgian Empire or Saqartvelos samepo; accept Georgian Golden Age] (The Zak‘arids, also known as the Mqargrdzeli or Zakarian family, were Armenian vassals of Georgia. The “incredible victory” was the Battle of Didgori.)
<European History>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y24100%0%8%108.25

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nikhil ChellamNorthwesternYale A66-5
Matt JacksonChicago AStanford6910
Mattias EhatammWaterlooMinnesota A7010
Jacky XuCornell APurdue7010
Chinmay MurthyTexasWUSTL A8310
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganBrown93-5
Owen MimnoNYUIowa State9510
Jonathan LauJohns HopkinsGeorgia Tech9510
Lexi TermanRutgersArizona State9810
Justin WytmarIllinoisToronto A10210
Andrew KelleyKentuckyMinnesota B10210
Ashish SubramanianDukeFlorida10310
Danila KabotyanskiIndianaColumbia A10310
Caleb KendrickMarylandBerkeley A10410
Adrian WongOttawaToronto B10410
John John GrogerColumbia BYale B10610
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AChicago B11510
William HoustonChicago DChicago C11810
Alan WuVanderbiltCornell B12810
Jake GreerHarvardSouth Carolina12810
Joseph ChambersVirginiaClaremont Colleges13210
Fred GarveyTruman StateNorth Carolina B13210
Sam BakerMcGillBerkeley B13210
Andrew HannaPennWUSTL B13510
Jason HongBrownMichigan13710
Matthew SiffYale ANorthwestern13710