Pepin the Short - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

The Carolingians were originally “mayors of the Palace” until this ruler deposed the last Merovingian king, Childeric III, and cut off his hair. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this Frankish ruler and father of Charlemagne. This person’s namesake Donation essentially founded the Papal States in 756.

ANSWER: Pepin the Short [or Peppin or Pippin; accept Donation of Pepin]

[10m] Pepin helped the papacy against this Germanic ethnic group, which had spread across Italy. This ethnic group, whose “Iron Crown” was used to crown Italian rulers, gives its name to a modern-day region in northern Italy.

ANSWER: Lombards [or Langobards; accept Lombardy]

[10e] This city served as the capital of the Papal States until it was conquered during the Risorgimento. The Vatican City remains entirely surrounded by this city today.

ANSWER: Rome [or Roma]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	0%	50%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	43%	43%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	50%	75%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	44%	67%
Florida	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	27.27	100%	82%	91%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	24.44	100%	67%	78%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	23.33	100%	44%	89%
North	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	22.50	92%	75%	58%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	22.50	88%	63%	75%
South Central	Main	Y	6	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	25.00	100%	83%	67%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	18.75	88%	88%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	24.00	100%	80%	60%

Data


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