Ming dynasty - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

Answer the following about unusual gifts of giraffes, for 10 points each.

[10e] The explorer Zhèng Hé (“jung huh”) presented a giraffe to this dynasty’s Yongle (“yung-luh”) emperor as a mythical creature called a qilin (“chee-leen”). The Hongwu emperor founded this dynasty, which was succeeded by the Qing.

ANSWER: Ming dynasty [or Dà Míng]

[10m] Years after trying to enrich their pet lions with a wooden giraffe, the Medicis were gifted a real giraffe by this empire’s Sultan Qaitbay. This Egypt-based sultanate was founded by Caucasian slave-soldiers and defeated the Ilkhanate at Ain Jalut.

ANSWER: Mamluks [or Mamluk Sultanate or the Mamluk Empire; reject “Mamluk dynasty”] (The Mamluk dynasty refers to the dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate.)

[10h] French women stacked their hair to resemble the neck of Zarafa, a giraffe gifted to Charles X by this other leader. This Albanian-born viceroy purged the Mamluks and established a dynasty that ruled Egypt up to Farouk I.

ANSWER: Muhammad Ali Pasha [prompt on Ali]

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Northern California	Main	Y	3	13.33	67%	67%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	6	20.00	83%	67%	50%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	17.50	75%	50%	50%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	8	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Florida	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	22.73	100%	82%	46%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	13.33	78%	33%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	15.56	89%	56%	11%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	16.67	78%	78%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	25%	25%
Pacific	Main	Y	7	18.57	86%	57%	43%
South Central	Main	Y	5	16.00	80%	60%	20%
Southeast	Main	Y	10	20.00	80%	80%	40%
UK (North)	UK	Y	4	10.00	50%	50%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	12.50	63%	63%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%

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