Alexander the Great - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

This general’s decisive victory at Gaugamela over Darius III led to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this king of Macedon whose empire spanned as far east as modern-day Pakistan when he died at 32.

ANSWER: Alexander the Great [or Alexander III of Macedon; or Alexandros III; prompt on Alexander or Alexandros]

[10h] Alexander the Great’s invasion of Persia utilized a league that his father founded in this city after the Battle of Chaeronea (“CARE-oh-NAY-uh”). In wartime, ships could be transported over this city’s diolkos trackway, attributed to its tyrant Periander.

ANSWER: Corinth [or Kórinthos; accept League of Corinth]

[10m] As hegemon of the League of Corinth, Alexander destroyed this rebellious city that formerly allied with the Persians. The 300 lovers of this city’s “Sacred Band” were killed at the Battle of Chaeronea.

ANSWER: Thebes [or Thêbai or Thíva]

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	44%	33%
Florida	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	21.00	100%	90%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	18.89	100%	67%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	44%	22%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	78%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	27.50	100%	100%	75%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	20.91	100%	73%	36%
South Central	Main	Y	6	20.00	100%	83%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	22.50	100%	67%	58%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	13.75	88%	38%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%

Data


Berkeley Boss Bandit	UCSC	10	0	10	20
Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Archer Queen	10	0	10	20
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	10	0	10	20
Stanford A	Berkeley Skeleton King	10	0	0	10
Waterloo B	Guelph A	10	0	0	10
McMaster A	Waterloo C	10	0	10	20
McMaster C	Toronto D	10	10	0	20
Toronto E	Brock A	10	10	10	30
Toronto C	Toronto F	10	0	0	10
Toronto G	McMaster B	10	10	10	30
Toronto H	Toronto A	10	0	0	10
Toronto I	Toronto B	10	0	10	20
Queen's A	Waterloo A	10	0	0	10
Florida A	Florida State A	10	10	10	30
Florida B	ERAU Daytona A	10	10	10	30
UCF A	Florida Tech A	10	0	0	10
South Florida A	Florida Tech B	10	0	0	10
CWRU C	Louisville C	10	10	10	30
Louisville B	Kentucky	10	0	10	20
CWRU D	Louisville D	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	Ohio State B	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	Ohio State C	10	0	10	20
Pittsburgh	Michigan State C	10	0	10	20
Louisville A	Michigan State D	10	0	10	20
Ohio State D	Michigan State A	10	0	0	10
Michigan State B	WVU A	10	0	10	20
WVU B	CWRU A	10	0	10	20
Duke A	William & Mary A	10	0	10	20
UNC B	JMU B	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech A	Liberty A	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech C	Liberty B	10	0	10	20
Virginia A	Liberty C	10	10	10	30
NCSU B	Virginia Tech B	10	0	0	10
UNC A	Tusculum A	10	0	10	20
UNC C	JMU A	10	10	0	20
William & Mary B	NCSU A	10	0	10	20
George Mason A	Columbia A	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	George Mason C	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	Lehigh A	10	0	0	10
Maryland C	Rowan	10	0	0	10
NYU B	George Mason B	10	0	0	10
NYU C	Penn	10	0	0	10
Maryland B	Rutgers A	10	0	10	20
Stony Brook	NYU A	10	0	0	10
Vassar A	Rutgers B	10	0	10	20
McGill B	Carleton A	10	10	10	30
McGill E	McGill A	10	0	0	10
McGill C	Ottawa B	10	0	0	10
Ottawa A	Carleton B	10	10	10	30
William Woods University A	Iowa B	10	0	10	20
St. Thomas	Macalester	10	10	10	30
Wisconsin A	Michigan Tech	10	10	10	30
Wisconsin B	Minnesota	10	0	10	20
Iowa State	Wisconsin C	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth B	Brandeis Bach	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	10	0	0	10
Williams C	Brown A	10	0	10	20
Amherst A	Dartmouth C	10	10	10	30
Harvard	Williams A	10	0	10	20
MIT B	Boston College B	10	0	0	10
MIT A	Tufts A	10	0	10	20
Tufts C	Boston University A	10	10	10	30
UConn A	Boston University B	10	0	10	20
Vermont B	Dartmouth A	10	0	10	20
Williams B	Vermont A	10	10	0	20
Murray State College A	Nebraska C	10	10	10	30
Murray State College B	Central Oklahoma B	10	0	10	20
Nebraska A	Kansas State A	10	0	10	20
Nebraska B	Kansas State B	10	0	0	10
Tulsa A	Oklahoma	10	0	10	20
Central Oklahoma A	Rose State	10	0	10	20
Clemson C	Auburn C	10	0	0	10
Tennessee A	Chipola College	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt A	Clemson B	10	10	10	30
Emory A	Montevallo	10	0	10	20
Georgia A	Vanderbilt C	10	0	0	10
Alabama A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Sewanne	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	Georgia Tech E	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech F	Auburn B	10	0	0	10
Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	10	0	0	10
Clemson A	Tennessee B	10	10	10	30
Durham B	Edinburgh A	10	0	0	10
Durham C	Edinburgh D	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh B	Durham A	10	0	0	10
Durham D	Edinburgh C	10	0	10	20
York	Sheffield B	10	0	10	20
Chicago B	Iowa A	10	0	0	10
Illinois Blue	Purdue D	10	0	10	20
Illinois Canada	WashU Grolars	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	Illinois Champaign	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Illinois Orange	10	0	0	10
Purdue A	Illinois Urbana	10	0	10	20
Rose-Hulman A	Indiana A	10	10	10	30
Purdue C	WashU Grizzlers	10	10	10	30
Birmingham	Cambridge A	10	0	0	10
Southampton	Cambridge C	10	0	0	10
Cambridge D	Warwick	10	0	0	10
Cambridge E	Imperial B	10	10	10	30
LSE	Imperial A	10	0	10	20
Cardiff	Imperial C	0	0	10	10
Imperial D	Oxford	10	0	0	10
Cornell A	Binghamton B	10	0	0	10
Cornell B	Binghamton A	10	0	10	20
Cornell C	ESF	10	0	0	10
RIT B	Binghamton C	10	0	0	10
Rochester	Cornell D	10	0	10	20
Cambridge B	Bristol	10	0	0	10