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Question

Roger II founded a kingdom on this island that succeeded the Norman-ruled county on it. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this island whose namesake “War of the Vespers” saw Charles I of Anjou deposed, overthrowing Angevin rule on this large island off the coast of Italy.

ANSWER: Sicily [or Sicilia; accept War of the Sicilian Vespers]

[10m] Peter III of this kingdom defeated Charles of Anjou in the War of the Vespers and took rule of Sicily, but it was split again between his sons Alfonso III and James II after his death.

ANSWER: Kingdom of Aragon [or Crown of Aragon; or Reino d’Aragón or Reino de Aragón; or Regne d’Aragó; or Regnum Aragonum]

[10h] This Sicilian commune was, in ancient times, the Sicanian town of Triocala. The “Peace” signed in this comune in Agrigento ended the War of the Vespers.

ANSWER: Caltabellotta [or Cataviḍḍotta]

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2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	10.00	80%	20%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	7	14.29	100%	43%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC	10/05/2024	Y	8	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	6	16.67	100%	67%	0%

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