Kilwa - 2024 ARCADIA - Buzzpoints App

Question

According to legend, this island was sold to an exiled Persian prince by a Bantu king for “as much colored cloth as could cover its circumference.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this island, which became an important port in Indian ocean trade and lends its name to a sultanate that ruled over the Swahili coast.

ANSWER: Kilwa [accept Kilwa Sultanate]

[10e] The Kilwa Sultanate served as an early trade rival to the port city of Mogadishu, which is on the horn of Africa and would become this modern day country’s capital.

ANSWER: Somalia [or Federal Republic of Somalia or Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya]

[10h] Traders from this Somali Sultanate have been argued to be the first Africans to step foot in China as part of their trade with the Ming empire. This hydraulic empire succeeded the Adal sultanate.

ANSWER: Ajuran sultanate [or Ajuuraan sultanate or Saldanadda Ajuuraan]

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Summary


2024 ARCADIA at BU	2024-12-06	Y	8	12.50	100%	13%	13%
2024 ARCADIA at Duke	2024-12-06	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T	2024-12-06	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T	2024-12-06	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
2024 ARCADIA Online	2025-05-17	Y	5	16.00	100%	20%	40%
2024 ARCADIA at Penn State	2024-12-06	Y	2	15.00	100%	0%	50%
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech	2024-12-06	Y	4	17.50	100%	25%	50%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	2024-12-06	Y	2	15.00	100%	0%	50%
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo	2024-11-09	Y	6	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at GT	2024-12-06	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois	2024-11-09	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick	2024-12-06	Y	5	12.00	100%	0%	20%
2024 ARCADIA at Claremont	2024-11-02	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Boston College B	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Brandeis B	Bowdoin B	0	10	0	10
Clark House	Boston College A	0	10	0	10
Tufts A	Clark Wilson	0	10	0	10
Harvard	MIT	10	10	10	30
Tufts B	Amherst	0	10	0	10
Yale	BU	0	10	0	10
South Carolina	North Carolina A	0	10	0	10
North Carolina B	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech C	10	10	10	30
Brandeis A	Bowdoin C	0	10	0	10
Truman	WashU	0	10	0	10
Truman	WashU	0	10	10	20
Truman	Missouri	10	10	0	20
Truman	Missouri	10	10	10	30
Squidward Community College	Missouri	10	10	0	20
Truman	WashU	0	10	0	10
Truman	WashU	0	10	10	20
Truman	Missouri	10	10	0	20
Truman	Missouri	10	10	10	30
ASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline	she limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique	0	10	0	10
The cult of SGA	In the Mood for Buzz	0	10	0	10
Social credit go vroom	Madmen and Specialists	0	10	10	20
Old and Young	Paddington in Peru (2024)	0	10	0	10
Toyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titans	bingy academy	10	10	10	30
Maryland	Penn State	0	10	0	10
RIT	Pitt	0	10	10	20
UCF A	Florida Tech	0	10	10	20
UCF B	UF A	0	10	0	10
UF B	USF	10	10	10	30
Valencia	UF C	0	10	0	10
Berkeley A	Berkeley B	0	10	10	20
Stanford	Berkeley Past	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Toronto Metropolitan A	0	10	0	10
Carleton A	Toronto B	0	10	0	10
Waterloo Aspidistra	Toronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha	0	10	0	10
Toronto Disband the Club 2k24	Waterloo Basic	0	10	0	10
Waterloo Cloze	Toronto A	0	10	0	10
McMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii	Ottawa Absolomabsolomabsolom	0	10	0	10
Innovation Academy B	Georgia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Johns Creek	0	10	0	10
Lambert	Mississippi State	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	Illinois Blue	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame	Purdue A	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Illinois Orange	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	Cambridge B	0	10	0	10
LSE B	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
LSE A	Southampton	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Warwick B	0	10	10	20
Bristol	Warwick C	0	10	0	10
SIUE	Purdue B	0	10	0	10
Jason et al.	ALCU	0	10	0	10
Claremont	Anderson et al.	0	10	0	10
U[C]SD	SGV Ventures	0	10	0	10