Question

A mythical land named for a member of this family was mentioned by Joseph-Nicholas Delisle (“duh-LEEL”) alongside the Company’s Land, State Island, and Sakhalin, and may have influenced Vitus Bering. A member of this family was executed as the losing commander of a force allied with Ethiopians at the Battle of (10[1])Wofla by an Imam of the Adal Sultanate. (10[3])One member of this family ordered a (-5[1])high priest’s ears to be replaced with dog’s ears, and also burnt passengers alive (-5[1])after capturing a Muslim (10[1])pilgrim ship. (10[3])An explorer (10[1])from this family built a cross-shaped pillar in Malindi (10[2]-5[1])on a 1497 to 1499 (-5[1])expedition that used carracks (-5[1])and surpassed the achievements (-5[1])of (10[1])Bartolomeu (10[2])Dias. (10[7])For (10[1])10 points, give this family (10[2])of a Portuguese (10[1])explorer (10[2])who reached (10[2])Calicut (10[4])to open new trade routes with (10[1])India. ■END■ (10[8]0[2])

ANSWER: da Gama [accept Vasco da Gama; accept Cristóvao da Gama or Christoper da Gama; accept Joao da Gama or Juan da Gama; accept Gamaland or Joao-da-Gama-Land or Land of Gama]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%0%99.14
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%0%102.89
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y9100%0%22%112.67
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y786%0%29%118.50
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y475%0%25%118.00
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y8100%0%13%109.13

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cooper RohColumbia APenn State A4910
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia BJohns Hopkins A5710
Akshar GoyalUIUC AUChicago C5710
Justin LeeImperial ACambridge B5710
Cormac BeirneLSE AOxford A64-5
Christophe SavoieUF EUF F78-5
Arjun KalaUIUC BWashU B8210
Nolan JonesPurdue AIndiana A8410
Simon Zimmerman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan A8410
Vishesh Verma (DII)Michigan State APitt A8410
Jisoo ParkUIUC CUChicago B8610
Leo Tao (UG)Michigan BOhio State B (DII)95-5
Evan Moore (UG)Mississippi StateCentral Oklahoma9510
Nathan EasowManchesterCambridge C9510
Oliver Thompson (DII)CWRU C (UG)Kenyon A (UG)100-5
Roan DowlingIowaMissouri104-5
Brynn JonesOregon StateMcGill E108-5
Elie Aoun (UG)CWRU A (UG)Ohio State C (DII)10910
Anirudh BharadwajPenn APenn B11010
Graham CopeUF BUCF B11010
Simon EmmanuelRutgers AJohns Hopkins B11110
Nathan Ouyang (DII)Michigan D (DII)Michigan State C (UG)11110
Reed Sexton (UG)Michigan C (UG)CWRU B (UG)11110
Keerthana Krishnan (D2)Texas CColorado College11110
Tom HainesDurhamBirmingham11110
Rick LineBristol ACambridge A11110
Piers MarchantCambridge DSouthampton A11110
Ethan SkolnickWashU CPurdue C11210
Carter HerronUChicago DIndiana B11710
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar ATexas A11710
Nicholas NguyenUF DFlorida Tech A12010
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard ARowan A12110
Owen Brown (DII)Kenyon B (DII)CWRU D (DII)12110
Carter McLeanPrinceton AHaverford A12310
Robert WangPenn State BRutgers C12310
Stephen WalshNorthwestern ANotre Dame12410
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BWUSTL A12410
Samuel StellaFlorida State University AUCF A12410
Benjamin WatsonOxford BSouthampton B12410
Prahalad Rao (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Michigan B13010
Anila MoparthyUIUC DMiami13210
Reilly MelvillePurdue BSIUE A13210
David Shepherd (DII)Pitt B (UG)Michigan State B (UG)13210
Bee Sackett (DII)Kenyon A (UG)CWRU C (UG)13210
Thomas Doyle (UG)Vassar BTexas D13210
Drew Scheiner (UG)MissouriIowa1320
Devito Stevanus (UG)McGill EOregon State13210
Jacob FriedmanUF FUF E1320
Joseph CollinsImperial BWarwick A13210
Ved MuthusamyOxford ALSE A13210