Kingdom of Dahomey - 2024 ACF Winter

Question

Many European visitors to this kingdom were impressed by its “royal road” from the port city of Whydah to the royal capital at Abomey. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this West African kingdom that was famed among Europeans for its all-female regiment of “Amazons.”

ANSWER: Kingdom of Dahomey

[10e] The Kingdom of Dahomey formerly named this modern-day West African country, whose capital is Porto-Novo.

ANSWER: Republic of Benin [or République du Bénin]

[10h] The Amazons were likely elevated from a royal guard to a full military regiment by King Ghezo due to manpower shortages incurred in wars with this Yoruba empire, which ruled over Dahomey until 1823.

ANSWER: Oyo Empire [or Orílẹ̀ Ọba Ọ̀yọ́]

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	8	12.50	75%	25%	25%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	7	18.57	43%	43%	100%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	9	20.00	89%	67%	44%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	9	10.00	56%	22%	22%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	7	10.00	57%	43%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	9	7.78	56%	22%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	3	16.67	67%	67%	33%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	11	19.09	100%	55%	36%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	Y	10	9.00	50%	40%	0%

Data


Indiana B	UIUC D	0	0	0	0
UBC A	Alberta	0	10	0	10
UW B	SFU	10	0	0	10
UW A	UBC B	10	10	10	30
Southampton B	Birmingham	0	10	0	10
Bristol A	Manchester	10	10	10	30
Stanford L	Berkeley B	10	10	0	20
Stanford A	Berkeley C	10	10	0	20
Berkeley A	Stanford M	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A	Bard A	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Rowan A	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	Penn A	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	Rutgers C	10	10	0	20
Columbia B	Penn A	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	Rutgers C	10	10	10	30
Penn State A	Johns Hopkins B	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins A	Penn B	10	10	10	30
Penn B	Rutgers A	0	10	0	10
Penn State B	Haverford A	0	0	0	0
Penn A	Princeton A	10	10	0	20
Columbia B	Penn A	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	Rutgers C	10	10	0	20
Columbia B	Penn A	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	Rutgers C	10	10	10	30
Boston University B	Boston University A	0	0	0	0
Bowdoin A	Amherst A	10	10	0	20
A Brandeis Supreme	Bowdoin B	10	10	0	20
Carabrandeis	Brandeises Brew	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Northeastern A	0	0	0	0
Clark A	Williams A	10	10	0	20
Diamond Brandeis	Yale B	0	0	0	0
Tufts A	MIT A	0	0	0	0
Tufts B	Yale C	10	10	0	20
Yale A	Harvard A	0	0	0	0
Alabama A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Tusculum A	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Tusculum A	0	10	10	20
Clemson A	Tusculum A	0	10	0	10
Emory A	Tennesse A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Alabama A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech F	Georgia A	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Georgia Tech C	0	0	0	0
Emory B	Tennesse B	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech E	Alabama A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech E	Alabama A	0	0	0	0
Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Tusculum A	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Tusculum A	0	10	10	20
Auburn B	Auburn C	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Tennesse A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Emory B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Tennesse B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	South Carolina A	0	0	10	10
Miami	Purdue D	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame	WashU C	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	UChicago C	0	0	10	10
UChicago A	Purdue B	0	0	0	0
WashU D	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
WashU B	UIUC A	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	UIUC B	10	10	10	30
SIUE A	UIUC C	0	10	0	10
Michigan State C (UG)	Kenyon A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Michigan State C (UG)	Kenyon A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Michigan State C (UG)	Kenyon A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Michigan State C (UG)	Kenyon A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Michigan State C (UG)	Kenyon A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Michigan State C (UG)	Kenyon A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Michigan State C (UG)	Kenyon A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Michigan State C (UG)	Kenyon A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Michigan D (DII)	Kenyon B (DII)	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Michigan A	0	10	0	10
Michigan State B (UG)	Michigan C (UG)	10	0	0	10
Ohio State A (UG)	Michigan State A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State B (DII)	Pitt A	10	10	0	20
Texas D	Arkansas	0	0	0	0
Texas B	Iowa	10	10	0	20
McGill E	Central Oklahoma	0	10	0	10
Oregon State	NYU B	0	0	0	0
NYU A	Texas A	0	0	0	0
Texas C	Colorado College	0	10	0	10
Missouri	Vassar A	0	10	0	10
Vassar B	Ole Miss	0	0	0	0
Mississippi State	WUSTL A	10	10	0	20
Cambridge A	Oxford A	10	10	10	30
Cambridge C	Cambridge B	10	10	0	20
Warwick A	Durham A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge D	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	LSE A	10	10	10	30
Durham B	LSE B	0	10	0	10
Oxford B	Southampton A	10	10	10	30
Bristol B	Vanderbilt	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh	Warwick B	10	10	0	20