Question
A failed Viking siege of this city in 844 ended with 400 Vikings being hanged on palm trees by this city’s defenders, who then constructed its first shipyard. A qadi from this city named Abu al-Qasim founded the Abbadid dynasty, which ruled an independent kingdom based in this city. Ferdinand the Great of Castile forced this city’s rulers to hand over the remains of a saint from this city who authored an encyclopedia called the (*) Etymologie. The Almohads constructed the Torre del Oro and a minaret that would later become the Giralda (“hee-RAL-dah”) belltower in this city, which was the home of a scholar named Isidore. Ferdinand and Isabella baptized their son in this city’s cathedral, which is adjacent to a palace called the Alcázar. For 10 points, name this Spanish city on the Guadalquivir River that is the largest city in Andalusia. ■END■
Summary
2024 ESPN @ Stanford | 03/09/2024 | N | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 75.00 |
2024 ESPN @ Columbia | 03/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 100% | 33% | 17% | 81.83 |
2024 ESPN @ Duke | 03/23/2024 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 92.50 |
2024 ESPN @ Chicago | 03/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 17% | 80.83 |
2024 ESPN @ Brown | 04/06/2024 | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 98.67 |
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge | 04/06/2024 | N | 2 | 100% | 50% | 50% | 102.50 |
2024 ESPN @ Online | 06/01/2024 | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 86.33 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Doug Simons | Parden the Interruption | protobowling for soup | 29 | -5 |
Jordan Brownstein | JinAh and Jordan from Wikiquiz | Sandmännchen im Helikopter | 48 | 15 |
Tejas Raje | bruh | mnemonists | 73 | 15 |
Justin Wytmar | Nobodaddy but you | Chicago B | 75 | 10 |
Lou | Noli Me Tangerine | malcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1) | 75 | 10 |
Will Alston | 1.g4 Test Mixture | chamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia | 75 | 10 |
DMA | boy's jitches (ft. DMA) | The Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola | 75 | 10 |
Todd Maslyk | Michigan | BHSU | 77 | 10 |
Matt Jackson | Chicago A Minus Minus | purdoobie brothers | 77 | 10 |
Taylor Harvey | Charlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline | Oh the Missouri | 77 | 10 |
Jonathan Shauf | UNC A | UNC Hunny | 78 | 10 |
Caleb Kendrick | JJaryland | Let's Fighting Love | 79 | 10 |
Nick Jensen | >:3 | 2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behind | 91 | -5 |
Akshar Goyal | 2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behind | >:3 | 104 | 10 |
Ashish Subramanian | Duke | UNC B | 107 | 10 |
Michael Borecki | protobowling for soup | Parden the Interruption | 141 | 10 |