Pisa - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

A massive Islamic metal griffin statue named for this city contained a bowl-like container in its back that may have allowed it to make growling noises. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this city where a replica of the griffin faces its Leaning Tower.

ANSWER: Pisa [accept the Leaning Tower of Pisa; accept the Pisa Griffin; reject “Peter Griffin”]

[10h] The Pisa Griffin’s chest is decorated with this oldest style of Arabic calligraphy, whose angular characters made it common in both abstract art and formal transliterations of the Qur’an.

ANSWER: Kufic [or Kufic script]

[10m] The Pisa Griffin has also been compared to animal-shaped fountainheads in the Islamic world, like those that make up this palace’s court of the lions. This palace exemplary of Moorish Nasrid architecture is in Granada.

ANSWER: Alhambra

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	86%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	10	12.00	80%	40%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	17.50	100%	58%	17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	16.00	90%	60%	10%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	78%	0%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	20.00	100%	73%	27%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	88%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	7	12.86	100%	29%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	16.15	100%	54%	8%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	15.71	100%	57%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%

Data


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