Ethiopia - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

Vasco da Gama’s son Christopher was captured and executed in 1542 by Ahmed Gragn during the Adal Sultanate’s invasion of this empire. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this empire whose ruler Susenyos converted to Catholicism under the influence of Portuguese Jesuit advisors. This empire was centralized under later rulers like Tewodros II and Menelik II.

ANSWER: Ethiopia [or Ethiopian Empire or Kingdom of Ethiopia; accept Abyssinia; accept Mängəśtä Ityopp’ya]

[10e] During the Ethiopian–Adal war, the Adal Sultanate allied with the Ottomans, who were led at the time by this “Magnificent” sultan who defeated the Hungarians at the Battle of Mohács (“MO-hotch”).

ANSWER: Süleyman the Magnificent [or Kânuni Süleyman or Süleyman I; prompt on Solomon]

[10h] In another early global proxy war, the Ottomans sent cannons to the “pepper rajas” of a sultanate in this region after the Portuguese captured Malacca in 1511. In the 1960s, Sukarno gave this region on Sumatra the autonomy to implement sharia law.

ANSWER: Aceh (“AH-chay”) [accept Sultanate of Aceh]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	44%	56%
Florida	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	18.18	100%	64%	18%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	18.89	100%	67%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	11	16.36	100%	36%	27%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	67%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	18.33	83%	58%	42%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	25.00	88%	88%	75%
South Central	Main	Y	6	10.00	67%	17%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	67%	33%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	10.00	80%	20%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	12.86	86%	29%	14%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%

Data


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