A prince from this polity burst into a Corpus Christi celebration in his hunting clothes and begged for forgiveness, and would later smash 65 bottles of champagne after being released from house arrest. Esperanza de Sarachaga tried to prevent a coup in this polity by beating the conspirators with an umbrella, though it was eventually dissolved by the Anif Declaration. It’s not Austria-Hungary, but a royal from this polity was assassinated by Luigi Lucheni. This polity was governed by Luitpold after one leader who was treated by Dr. Gudden mysteriously drowned. One leader of this polity built a massive (*) opera house that was partly inspired by his obsession with Lohengrin. The Wittelsbach dynasty ruled this state, which one king almost bankrupted by building a massive fairy tale-inspired castle. Neuschwanstein Castle was built in, for 10 points, what German kingdom that was ruled by Ludwig II with a capital at Munich? ■END■
| 2025 PLAYTIME Online | 04/26/2025 | Y | 9 | 100% | 33% | 44% | 108.11 |
| 2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard | 04/26/2025 | Y | 4 | 75% | 0% | 50% | 130.67 |
| 2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech | 07/11/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 100% | 33% | 67.33 |
| 2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC | 10/05/2024 | N | 8 | 100% | 25% | 13% | 109.13 |
| 2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU | 10/12/2024 | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 116.33 |
| 2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU | 10/26/2024 | N | 8 | 100% | 0% | 38% | 131.63 |
| 2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest | 12/10/2024 | Y | 4 | 100% | 50% | 25% | 108.50 |
| 2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield | 12/10/2024 | Y | 6 | 83% | 17% | 33% | 109.20 |
| 2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida | 12/10/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 106.67 |
| 2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont | 12/10/2024 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 123.80 |
| 2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU | 12/10/2024 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 128.80 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Peet | 4 quizbowl pros go Virginia on North Carolina | Even in Blacksburg There I Am | 35 | 15 |
| Darren Kellis | Quatumvirate | Trip-Hop Quizzer Tricky | 54 | -5 |
| Biniam Alaro | Project2025BC: Make Assyria Great Again | Billy's Bastion | 59 | -5 |
| Nathaniel Hull | Egypt Airlines Haters | we need new names | 59 | 15 |
| Tracy Mirkin | Edwin Laundrorat's Long-Lost Man Unclothès Rat Degrosses | Keeping Up With the Cardassians | 62 | 15 |
| Anthony Zhao | Mahjonng Masters | Auburn 2026 | 62 | 15 |
| Ryan Rosenberg | Adrianne Lenker 4 Nobel Lit Prize 2K65 | Master and Margaritaville | 72 | -5 |
| Jacob Egol | Master and Margaritaville | Adrianne Lenker 4 Nobel Lit Prize 2K65 | 72 | 15 |
| Varun Gupta | Sheffield C | Imperial B | 84 | -5 |
| Todd Maslyk | Michigan A | Michigan D | 88 | -5 |
| Robert Wang | evil women enjoyers | Goober Gang | 90 | 15 |
| Aaron Marchand | Carleton | SD Mines | 90 | 15 |
| Sasha Fillbrandt | UW B | Arizona State University B | 92 | 15 |
| Eoin Neale | Lancaster | Imperial A | 95 | 15 |
| Matt Weiner | Ashurbanipal’s Drag Race | Somehow Paula Deen Returned | 95 | 15 |
| Sam McNamee | Notre Dame + Epic Games | Monsieur Hulot's Academic Team | 99 | -5 |
| Pradyumna Krishna | MSJ | Gruh | 99 | -5 |
| Vivian Malouf | girl 15 whale i mean they | UCLA A | 100 | 10 |
| Cameron Ricketts | Warwick C | Sheffield A | 100 | -5 |
| Jaik Havlick | Arizona State University A | UW A | 102 | 10 |
| Sam Stella | 2 Italians, 2 Poles, All Noles | Four Generalists in Search of a Power | 104 | -5 |
| Joy An | Harvard | Lexington | 106 | -5 |
| William Bao | Illinois Orange | Free Agents 1 | 107 | 10 |
| Liam Markland | Alberta | Washington Connections | 108 | -5 |
| Alexander Nichols | Qin Shi Huang's Immortality Poison | Too much from you lately | 109 | 10 |
| Brendan Bethlehem | Cambridge | Warwick A | 111 | 10 |
| Kai Madgwick | Manchester | Edinburgh | 111 | 10 |
| Eren Michelet | BU | MIT | 113 | 10 |
| Leo Tao | Michigan B | Pittsburgh | 114 | 10 |
| Scarlett Rutter | Claremont B | Art of Premature Signaling | 114 | -5 |
| Josh Howarth | Warwick B | Sheffield B | 114 | 10 |
| Terrence Han | UCLA B | Claremont A | 115 | 10 |
| Eric Mukherjee | Mike Dukakis Tank Battalion | mongeese | 115 | 10 |
| Abdelrahman Elsisi | Sheffield A | Warwick C | 115 | 10 |
| Roxanne Tang | Ohio State A | Oberlin | 126 | 10 |
| Arjun Vijaykumar | Four Generalists in Search of a Power | 2 Italians, 2 Poles, All Noles | 126 | 10 |
| Rohan Navaneetha | Ohio State D | Ohio State B | 127 | 10 |
| Brady Hagan | Ohio State C | Michigan C | 127 | 10 |
| Gary Lin | UCSD | Caltech | 127 | 10 |
| Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran | UCSB | P.C.‚ Daniel‚ Michel‚ and Jason B | 127 | 10 |
| Victor Pavao | Monsieur Hulot's Academic Team | Notre Dame + Epic Games | 129 | 10 |
| Gregory Zeldovich | Belmont | RIT | 129 | 10 |
| Keefe Yang | Gruh | MSJ | 136 | 10 |
| Yechan Kim | Brown | Brandeis | 138 | -5 |
| Lyle Brenner | Billy's Bastion | Project2025BC: Make Assyria Great Again | 149 | 10 |
| Daniel Sheinberg | Trip-Hop Quizzer Tricky | Quatumvirate | 149 | 10 |
| Peter Ballas | Michigan D | Michigan A | 150 | 10 |
| Ian Tullis | Art of Premature Signaling | Claremont B | 150 | 10 |
| Chris Dech | Brandeis | Brown | 150 | 0 |
| Alvan Hossein | Lexington | Harvard | 150 | 10 |
| Padraig Finan | Washington Connections | Alberta | 150 | 10 |