Question
A 1915 paper by Hitoshi Matsui asserted that a leader of these people’s self-enthronement began in the year of “Shence,” nine years after he consolidated his rule. A memorial for one of these people named Yanning was written using these people’s “large script.” These people’s former allies through the Chanyuan Treaty later broke ties with them by agreeing with a rival to invade these people’s land in the Alliance Conducted at Sea. These people founded the Dongdan Kingdom after conquering (*) Balhae. Dashi founded a “western” remnant of a dynasty led by these people, which was sometimes known as the “Qara” [these people]. Abaoji founded that dynasty led by these people’s Yelü clan that eventually fell to the Jurchen Jin. The word “Cathay” comes from the name of these people. For 10 points, name these people who founded the Liao dynasty. ■END■
ANSWER: Khitan people [accept Qara Khitai; accept the Khitan large script; prompt on the Liao dynasty or the Western Liao dynasty]
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 52.33 |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 44.00 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 67% | 33% | 33% | 104.50 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 80% | 40% | 20% | 84.25 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 90.67 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 50% | 0% | 100% | 130.67 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 63.33 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Du | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | 43 | -5 |
| Albert Zhang | Walston et. al. | just one more half-dot bro | 44 | 15 |
| Conor Thompson | Thompson et al. | Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | 44 | 15 |
| Eric Mukherjee | CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | throw away your cards, rally in the streets | 44 | 15 |
| John Chen | UBC | I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | 44 | 15 |
| Adrian Wong | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | 45 | 15 |
| Ian McDowell | Cambridge | Simple Vibes | 46 | 15 |
| Eric Chen | Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | Berkeley | 49 | 15 |
| Yihong Chen | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | 50 | 15 |
| Brendan Bethlehem | Cien Años de Quizboledad | Defying Suavity | 52 | 15 |
| Allan Lee | Stanford+ | A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs | 53 | 15 |
| Ryan Sun | number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku | Cry of the Common Loon | 55 | 15 |
| Akshar Goyal | Who is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus? | The Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day) | 58 | -5 |
| Jordan Brownstein | "Powers a question on Stancyzk" that's a clown question bro | Pahkin' the Ahgo | 69 | 15 |
| Yashwanth Bajji | Clown Squad | Clown Senpais | 69 | -5 |
| Tejas Raje | BHSU Rebirth | Music to Help You Stop Smoking | 80 | -5 |
| Doug Simons | jeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club | NJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess) | 88 | 10 |
| Joseph Collins | Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz | Limp Franceskit | 92 | 10 |
| Charles Hang | WashU | BHSU ReFantazio | 94 | -5 |
| Sky Li | Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | 102 | 10 |
| Matt Bollinger | BHSU ReFantazio | WashU | 113 | 10 |
| Christopher Dech | Hu up Jinning they Tao | |madam| | 115 | -5 |
| Liam Starnes | That Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days | hawk two of | 117 | -5 |
| Jacob Puthipiroj | Northeast by Northwestern | Notre Dame | 128 | -5 |
| Andrew Ullsperger | Music to Help You Stop Smoking | BHSU Rebirth | 139 | 10 |
| Walter Zhang | Import Pandas | Banned from ARGOS | 140 | 0 |
| Adam Silverman | |madam| | Hu up Jinning they Tao | 140 | 10 |
| Jaimie Carlson | Banned from ARGOS | Import Pandas | 140 | 0 |
| Todd Maslyk | Clown Senpais | Clown Squad | 140 | 10 |
| Will Sanders | Notre Dame | Northeast by Northwestern | 140 | 0 |
| Dan Ni | hawk two of | That Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days | 140 | 0 |
| John Marvin | The Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day) | Who is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus? | 140 | 0 |
| Ryan Rosenberg | Cope is the thing with feathers | 12 Litres of Green Tea | 140 | 10 |
| Raymond Chen | She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | 140 | 0 |
| Maude-Sophie Lockman | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | 140 | 0 |
| Henry Atkins | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | 140 | 10 |