Imperial courts - 2025 Penn Bowl

Question

Jeffrey Mass pairs this institution “and Bakufu in Japan” in an essay collection. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name these institutions. A namesake conflict between a “Northern” one of these institutions of “pretender” emperors in Kyoto and a “Southern” one led by Emperor Go-Daigo weakened the Ashikaga shogunate.

ANSWER: Imperial courts [or chōtei; accept Northern court or Hokuchō or Southern court or Nanchō or Northern and Southern courts period or Nanbuko-chō]

[10h] The decentralization of the Ashikaga government also resulted from the power of these two classes of local lords established by the Kamakura. One of these classes were absentee governors, while the other were local administrators. Name either original-language term.

ANSWER: shugo or jitō [prompt on constable or steward; reject “jitōdai”]

[10e] The first Ashikaga shogun, Takauji, held this family name. The Ashikaga were descendants of this clan, whose leader Yoritomo founded the Kamakura Shogunate after defeating the Taira clan.

ANSWER: Minamoto clan

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Summary


2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	11.67	83%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State	11/08/25	Y	2	10.00	50%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	4	10.00	50%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	2	10.00	50%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	8.57	57%	29%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	5.56	44%	11%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - WashU	11/01/25	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%

Data


MIT B	RIT	0	10	10
Brown	Brandeis	0	0	0
I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	Yale	10	10	20
Harvard	MIT A	10	10	20
Michigan A	Ohio State A	10	10	20
CWRU	Ohio State B	0	10	10
Pittsburgh	Michigan C	0	10	10
Columbia B	JHU B	0	10	10
John Jay	NYU B	0	10	10
Columbia A	Swarthmore	0	10	10
Oklahoma	Central Oklahoma	0	0	0
Texas A	Texas B	10	10	20
Maryland A	JHU A	10	10	20
rusty shackleford	New Young Whigs of America	10	10	20
abg academy	Wake Up Paddington A Washington Mystery	0	0	0
Illinois	Purdue B	10	10	20
UChicago A	Indiana	10	0	10
Northwestern A	Northwestern B	0	10	10
UChicago C	Purdue A	0	0	0
Maryland B	Maryland C	0	0	0
Aweille Kevin Fan osti continue comme ça	#OpenToBuzz	10	10	20
Guelph perfomative male competition	Carleton A	0	10	10
Toronto E	McGill B	0	0	0
Ottawa 67s	McGill Fartlets	0	0	0
Toronto Murder on the Rider Express	Toronto Sunshine Bubbles	0	0	0
Toronto G	Toronto Operation PBSuccess	0	10	10
Waterloo you are crooked	Queen's is monitoring the situation	10	10	20
Berkeley B	Berkeley A	0	10	10
In Search of Lost Clues	Free Win	10	10	20
Berkeley C	Stanford A	0	0	0
The best time to buzz was twenty clues ago. The second best time to buzz is now	Stanford B	0	10	10
NYU A	Mount Sinai	10	10	20
Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	0	0	0
Knorr Stock Clue	Of Mice and Penn	0	10	10
Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance	question mark	10	10	20
Galactic Ombudsmen	Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins	0	0	0
The Bit and the Penndulum	Chimp Brisket	0	10	10
Coughing Baby	Washed Scrubs	0	0	0
To buzz is to be perceived	why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it	0	10	10
Hail to the Sheaf	Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	0	0	0
Truman State	WashU Bouba	0	10	10
WashU Kiki	VJ Edgecombe School of Interior Design - Edwardsville	10	10	20
Planck Sinatra	UNC B	0	10	10
VT A	Wise Duke	0	10	10
UNC A	VT B	10	10	20