Members of an expedition from this modern-day country [emphasize] in another country were ambushed at Lafoole, initiating a campaign against this country primarily led by the Bimaal clan, the Banadir resistance. This country recruited Dubat soldiers to manage their occupation of the Majeerteen and Hobyo Sultanates. This country’s defeat of Bahta Hagos’s revolt and victory at the Battle of Coatit began a war that this country lost due to guns provided by Nikolai Leontiev and the Russian Empire. A misinterpretation led this country to attempt a failed invasion of its fellow signatory of the Treaty of Wuchale (“wuh-CHAH-lay”). This country recruited Eritrean ascari troops to fight in a battle in which they were defeated by Menelik II. For 10 points, name this European colonial power repulsed at the Battle of Adwa by the Ethiopian Empire. ■END■
| California | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 107.67 |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 17% | 105.83 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 17% | 106.50 |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 119.50 |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 75.20 |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 74.50 |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 108.00 |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 30% | 106.10 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Hartung | Georgetown A | Northwestern B | 29 | 10 |
| Jakob Myers | Indiana A | Chicago D | 32 | -5 |
| Nathan Easow | Manchester | Sheffield | 44 | -5 |
| Lucas Johns | Warwick A | Bristol | 44 | 10 |
| Jaz the Mononymous | Southampton B | Cambridge D | 46 | -5 |
| Andrew Zeng | Stanford B | Iowa | 48 | 10 |
| Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt | NYU C | Southampton A | 49 | 10 |
| Joseph Collins | Imperial B | Oxford B | 50 | -5 |
| Truman Fillbrandt | UW A | UW B | 68 | 10 |
| Prahalad Rao | Ohio State B | Michigan C | 69 | 10 |
| Enina Edosomwan | Case Western A | Kenyon | 76 | 10 |
| Diego Almaraz | UNC C | UNC D | 76 | -5 |
| Noah Chin | Virginia Tech A | William & Mary | 76 | 10 |
| Nathaniel Hull | UC Berkeley A | UC Berkeley B | 76 | 10 |
| Sam McNamee | Notre Dame A | Northwestern A | 76 | 10 |
| Ian Lu | Georgia Tech C | Bruin A | 76 | 10 |
| Gabe Dubowski | Illinois B | WashU A | 76 | -5 |
| Liam Markland | Alberta | UBC | 81 | 10 |
| Akshar Goyal | Illinois A | Indiana B | 86 | -5 |
| Robert Freeman | South Carolina | Duke | 95 | 10 |
| Graham Troy | UNC B | Wake Forest | 96 | 10 |
| Christian Allen | Missoui S&T | Chicago C | 96 | 10 |
| Brendan Bethlehem | Cambridge A | Oxford A | 97 | 10 |
| Cormac Beirne | LSE | Imperial A | 105 | 10 |
| Jonah Hubert | Notre Dame B | Purdue | 106 | 10 |
| Aden Sun | Chicago B | Missouri | 106 | 10 |
| Arvin Boraghi | Cambridge C | Cambridge B | 113 | 10 |
| Ethan Newman | Michigan State | Carnegie Mellon B | 114 | 10 |
| Simon Zimmerman | Ohio State A | Michigan A | 114 | 10 |
| Joseph Chambers | Virginia A | Liberty A | 115 | 10 |
| Ben Horning | Georgetown B | Notre Dame C | 117 | 10 |
| Sriram Koritala | Illinois C | WashU B | 118 | 10 |
| Cole Polley | Michigan D | Case Western B | 119 | -5 |
| Terrence Han | UCLA | UCSD | 119 | 10 |
| James Zhao | Vanderbilt A | Alabama A | 120 | 10 |
| Josh Howarth | Warwick B | Durham | 121 | 10 |
| Jonathan Bost | Liberty B | Liberty C | 124 | 10 |
| Kevin Park | Claremont A | Claremont B | 128 | 10 |
| Michael Zhou | Georgia Tech A | Louisville A | 128 | 10 |
| Adam Monusko | Michigan B | Carnegie Mellon A | 129 | 10 |
| Benny Feldman | Chicago D | Indiana A | 131 | 10 |
| Anthony Yin | Case Western B | Michigan D | 133 | 10 |
| Jeffrey Austin | UNC D | UNC C | 133 | 10 |
| Percy Yuen | Cambridge D | Southampton B | 133 | 10 |
| Jon White | Cambridge E | Oxford C | 133 | 10 |
| Elliot Cosnett | Oxford B | Imperial B | 133 | 10 |
| Jacob Price | Sheffield | Manchester | 133 | 10 |
| Charles Hang | WashU A | Illinois B | 133 | 10 |
| Nermeen Rahman | Indiana B | Illinois A | 133 | 10 |