Question
Earthen bas-reliefs called nundidè (“noon-dee-DEH”) in this kingdom’s Royal Palaces may have depicted a female regent named Hangbè. This kingdom’s military was split into units commanded by the migan and mehu, part of a Great Council that met at its Annual Customs. After the Sarr–Savoy report, art from this kingdom, including zoomorphic statues of its kings Glélé, Ghézo (“GAY-zoh”), and Béhanzin, was the first to be repatriated by France in 2022. This kingdom conquered Allada and Whydah (“WEE-dah”) under King Agaja, who accepted its status as a tributary of the Oyo Empire to its east. Hunting teams in this kingdom called gbetos developed into an all-female regiment dubbed this kingdom’s “Amazons” by Europeans. For 10 points, name this Fon-speaking kingdom led from Abomey (“ah-boh-MEH”), located in modern-day Benin. ■END■
Summary
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 123.00 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 83% | 0% | 17% | 104.20 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 0% | 108.50 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 8 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 90.00 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 103.00 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 17% | 103.17 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Eli Issokson | Brandeis A | Brown A | 51 | 10 |
James McCurley | Harvard B | Yale B | 61 | -5 |
Roan Dowling | Iowa A | Texas A&M A | 64 | 10 |
Cameron Williams | Appalachian State | Claremont A | 66 | -5 |
Dillon Patel | Warwick | Imperial B | 66 | -5 |
Brendan Bethlehem | Cambridge B | Imperial A | 68 | 10 |
Freddy Potts | Sheffield | Cambridge C | 68 | 10 |
Ted Warner | Bristol | Oxford B | 88 | 10 |
Elijah Scheinson | Oxford C | KCL | 89 | 10 |
Jacob Martin (UG) | Maryland B (UG) | UNC C (UG) | 91 | -5 |
Oliver Hargrave | Oxford A | Durham A | 97 | -5 |
Elliot Roth | Tufts A | Tufts B | 102 | 10 |
Ben Russell Jones | Edinburgh | Cambridge A | 103 | 10 |
Amogh Kulkarni | Geodesic | Georgia Tech A | 103 | 10 |
Aidan Jordan (DII) | Kenyon | Ohio State B | 108 | 10 |
Chinmay Murthy | Texas A | Texas A&M B | 109 | 10 |
Truman Fillbrandt | UW A | UBC A | 109 | 10 |
Todd Maslyk | Michigan A | Michigan B | 109 | 10 |
Michael Sun | Brandeis B | Dartmouth B | 109 | 10 |
Michael Sun | Brandeis B | Dartmouth B | 109 | 10 |
Dean Ah Now | Claremont A | Appalachian State | 115 | 10 |
Diego Almaraz (UG) | UNC C (UG) | Maryland B (UG) | 123 | 10 |
Anton Akroush | Michigan State A | Iowa B | 124 | 0 |
Owen Ashbrook | Iowa B | Michigan State A | 124 | 0 |
Cormac Beirne | Sorbonne | Rice A | 124 | 10 |
Leo Tao (UG) | Michigan C | Cedarville | 124 | 0 |
Kai Madgwick | Durham A | Oxford A | 124 | 10 |
Aisling Skeet | Durham B | Kiel | 124 | 0 |
Taiga Clarke | Imperial B | Warwick | 124 | 0 |
Lukas Koutsoukos | Yale B | Harvard B | 124 | 10 |
Justin Duffy | Harvard A | Tufts B | 124 | 10 |