Nader Shah - 2024 PLAYTIME

Question

In imitation of Timur, this monarch built literal pyramids of skulls from rebels. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this first ruler of the Afsharid dynasty who overthrew the Safavid dynasty before invading much of the Middle East, Caucuses, and India. This man’s looting of Delhi led to the theft of the Koh-I-Noor and Peacock Throne.

ANSWER: Nader Shah

[10e] Delhi, at the time of Nader Shah’s conquest, was ruled by this gunpowder empire centered in India. This empire was founded by Babur and built the Taj Mahal.

ANSWER: Mughal empire

[10h] Nader Shah entered Delhi and began looting it after this battle. While the Mughal Empire under Muhammad Shah outnumbered Nader’s forces, rivalries between Mughal generals and strategic Persian use of guns enabled Nader's victory.

ANSWER: Battle of Karnal

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2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	8	13.75	100%	25%	13%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC	10/05/2024	Y	8	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	6	10.00	100%	0%	0%

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Oberlin	Michigan D	0	10	0	10
Pittsburgh	Ohio State A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State B	Ohio State C	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Ohio State D	10	10	0	20
Art of Premature Signaling	Claremont A	0	10	0	10
Claremont B	girl 15 whale i mean they	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	P.C.‚ Daniel‚ Michel‚ and Jason B	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UCSD	10	10	0	20
Too much from you lately	Billy's Bastion	0	10	0	10
Edwin Laundrorat's Long-Lost Man Unclothès Rat Degrosses	Project2025BC: Make Assyria Great Again	10	10	0	20
Keeping Up With the Cardassians	Qin Shi Huang's Immortality Poison	10	10	0	20
Lexington	BU	10	10	0	20
MIT	Brown	0	10	0	10
Harvard	Belmont	0	10	0	10
Brandeis	RIT	0	10	0	10
Catholic University of America	George Mason B	0	10	0	10
Rutgers	George Mason A	10	10	10	30
Haverford B	George Washington	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins B	Georgetown	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	NYU B	0	10	0	10
George Mason C	Maryland B	0	10	0	10
NYU A	CWRU	10	10	0	20
Haverford A	NYU C	0	10	0	10
South Dakota School of Mines	Alberta	0	10	0	10
UW B	Arizona State University A	10	10	0	20
Carleton	UW A	0	10	0	10
Washington Connections	Arizona State University B	0	10	0	10
Four Generalists in Search of a Power	Quatumvirate	10	10	0	20
Monsieur Hulot's Academic Team	Free Agents 1	0	10	0	10
Goober Gang	mongeese	0	10	0	10
Gruh	Illinois Orange	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame + Epic Games	MSJ	10	10	0	20
Mike Dukakis Tank Battalion	Mahjonng Masters	0	10	0	10
Trip-Hop Quizzer Tricky	Egypt Airlines Haters	0	10	0	10
Auburn 2026	evil women enjoyers	10	10	0	20
we need new names	2 Italians, 2 Poles, All Noles	0	10	0	10
Caltech	UCSB	0	10	0	10
Guelph	Waterloo B	0	10	0	10
Mac A	McGill A	0	10	0	10
Ottawa A	Simon Fraser	0	10	0	10
Toronto A	Waterloo C	0	10	0	10
Toronto E	Toronto B	0	10	0	10
Toronto C	UBC	0	10	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto D	0	10	0	10
McGill B	Waterloo A	0	10	0	10
Somehow Paula Deen Returned	4 quizbowl pros go Virginia on North Carolina	0	10	0	10
Ashurbanipal’s Drag Race	Adrianne Lenker 4 Nobel Lit Prize 2K65	0	10	0	10
Even in Blacksburg There I Am	Master and Margaritaville	10	10	10	30
Warwick A	Manchester	0	10	0	10
Sheffield C	Edinburgh	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Warwick B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge	Lancaster	10	10	0	20
Sheffield A	Birmingham	0	10	0	10
LSE	Sheffield B	0	10	0	10
Warwick C	Imperial	0	10	0	10
WashU Charmander	Truman State	0	10	0	10
WashU Bulbasaur	Illinois B	0	10	0	10
WashU Squirtle	Illinois C	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Chicago A	Illinois A	0	10	0	10
SIUE	Chicago B	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Missouri	0	10	0	10