Question

Two answers required. One of these two powers constructed “the Beauteous Fortress” during a campaign in which Marshal de Boucicaut (“boo-see-COH”) aided the other. One of these empires tried to form an alliance with the Ilkhanate ruler Mahmud Ghazan (-5[1])to fight the other after the Battle of Bapheus. (10[1])Fighting between these two empires (10[1]-5[1])destroyed the Hexamilion (-5[1])wall. (10[2])During an incident between these two empires, one of them refused to follow John Kantakouzenos’s (10[1])orders (10[2])by continuing to settle Gallipoli. (10[1]-5[2])An emperor (10[1])supposedly (-5[2])turned to marble (10[1])after a siege (10[2])between these two (10[1])empires (10[4])that caused (10[1])the fall of the Paleologos (10[1])dynasty. (10[5]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])what two (10[1])empires (10[1])fought each other during the 1453 (10[2])siege (10[1])of (10[2])Constantinople? (10[5])■END■ (10[7]0[1])

ANSWER: Byzantine Empire AND Ottoman Empire [accept Eastern Roman Empire in place of “Byzantine Empire”; accept Turkish Empire or Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye in place of “Ottoman Empire”; accept Byzantine–Ottoman Wars; reject answers that mention “Roman Empire” alone or “Roman Republic”]
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Summary

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chase BarrickLehigh APenn A37-5
Ted WarnerBristol AOxford A4610
Justin LeeImperial AOxford B5110
Christian SherringtonSouthampton AWarwick B51-5
Owyn NoblePurdue CNotre Dame54-5
Allan LeeStanford LBerkeley B5510
Ethan BositaStanford ABerkeley C5510
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU B (UG)Ohio State C (DII)7010
Simon Zimmerman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan D (DII)7110
Greg MilesEdinburghManchester7110
Michal GerasimiukStanford MBerkeley A76-5
Olin BoseColumbia BHopkins B76-5
Khanh NguyenUF AFlorida Tech B7610
Henry JamesonLSE BBristol B7810
Liam StarnesUChicago BPurdue B79-5
Joe Paterson (UG)Michigan State B (UG)Michigan B79-5
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AImperial B8210
Cooper RohColumbia ARutgers A8510
Aden SunUChicago ASIUE A8510
Christophe SavoieUF EUF C8810
Michael HundingUIUC AWashU B8910
Aryan Desarapu (DII)Michigan ACWRU C (UG)8910
Evan Moore (UG)Mississippi StateTexas B8910
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL ANYU A8910
Raj DoshiUCF AUCF B9110
Arvin BoraghiCambridge CBirmingham9610
Elis ZiyadehPenn BHaverford A9710
Aditya ShivaswamyJohns Hopkins APenn State B9710
Daniel Luebs (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Michigan State A9710
Luca Balescu (D2)Texas DOregon State97-5
Athena Shadden (UG)Texas AMissouri9710
Alessandro d'AttanasioCambridge DWarwick A9710
Tom HainesDurham ACambridge B9810
Roan DowlingIowaCentral Oklahoma10010
Sam McNameeNotre DamePurdue C10210
Mitch McCullarPenn State ARutgers C10310
Vinu HariharBerkeley AStanford M10910
Jacob FriedmanUF FFlorida State University A10910
Biniam AlaroUF BFlorida Tech A11010
Stephen WalshNorthwestern AWashU D11110
Elie Aoun (UG)CWRU A (UG)Kenyon B (DII)11110
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard APrinceton A11210
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BMiami11210
Hayden WillettPurdue DUChicago D11210
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar AOle Miss11210
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltDurham B11210
Derrick LiuHopkins BColumbia B11310
Danny HanPenn ALehigh A11310
Reilly MelvillePurdue BUChicago B1130
Mitchell IndekMichigan BMichigan State B (UG)11310
Karolis Margis (UG)Colorado CollegeArkansas11310
Brynn JonesOregon StateTexas D11310
Uday Bhardwaj (D2)McGill EVassar B11310
Josh HowarthWarwick BSouthampton A11310