Parthian Empire - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

Successors to this empire inherited its Seven Great Houses, including the House of Suren from which Armenia’s patron saint descends. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this empire that built the city of Ctesiphon, which was sacked in multiple invasions suffered by its Arsacid dynasty.

ANSWER: Parthian Empire

[10e] Aside from Parthia’s Seven Great Houses, the Sassanids took over the capital Ctesiphon, which the Parthians built on this river. This river bounds Mesopotamia with the Euphrates.

ANSWER: Tigris River

[10m] From their predecessors, the Sassanids also adopted this Middle Persian script whose name derives from that of Parthia. This script names a 20th century Iranian dynasty whose last ruler, Mohammad Reza Shah, was ousted in 1979.

ANSWER: Pahlavi

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	57%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	16.67	89%	56%	22%
Florida	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	17.27	100%	55%	18%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	16.67	92%	67%	8%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	67%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	75%	13%
South Central	Main	Y	7	11.43	100%	14%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	14.62	100%	39%	8%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	10.00	80%	20%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	17.50	100%	63%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%

Data


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