Harald Hardrada - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

This leader was killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, ending his claim to the English throne. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this warrior who ruled Norway from 1046 to 1066. This king’s Norse epithet is often translated as “severe” or “tough ruler.”

ANSWER: Harald Hardrada [or Harald III or Harald Sigurdsson; prompt on Harald or Hardrada]

[10e] A 2021 book by Don Hollway calls Harald Hardrada “the last” of these people. These Scandinavian seafarers travelled widely and established settlements as far away as Vinland in modern-day Canada.

ANSWER: Vikings [prompt on Norsemen]

[10h] While in exile in the 1030s, Harald Hardrada rose to command this military force, for whom he may have fought in Palestine. Early members of this elite military unit came from Kievan Rus’ to fight for Basil II.

ANSWER: Varangian Guard [or Tágma tōn Varángōn]

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
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	25.00	100%	75%	75%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	20.00	100%	70%	30%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	22.22	100%	67%	56%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	23.33	100%	78%	56%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	67%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	21.82	100%	64%	55%
South Central	Main	Y	6	26.67	100%	83%	83%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	17.50	100%	42%	33%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	23.75	100%	100%	38%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%

Data


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