shahadah - 2025 Penn Bowl - Buzzpoints App

Question

Answer some questions about the history of the rupee, a silver coin that is the precursor of the modern Indian rupee. For 10 points each:

[10e] Many early rupees prominently featured this expression. This main Islamic creed is also on the flag of Saudi Arabia.

ANSWER: shahadah [or aš-šahādatu; accept “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger” and similar translations]

[10h] The first rupees, which contained the shahada and weighed 178 grams each, were minted under this ruler. This Muslim ruler also expanded and rerouted the Grand Trunk Road.

ANSWER: Sher Shah Suri [or Sultan Adil; accept Farid al-Din Khan]

[10m] This Persianate Mughal ruler issued rupees containing images representing the animals of the zodiac, himself, and his father Akbar. Those coins, controversial for their use of icons, were discontinued by this man’s son, Shah Jahan.

ANSWER: Jahangir [or Nur al-Din Muhammad Salim]

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Summary


2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	11.43	71%	43%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	13.33	89%	33%	11%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%

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RIT	Yale	10	0	0	10
Harvard	Brown	10	0	0	10
MIT A	I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	0	0	0	0
Brandeis	MIT B	10	0	0	10
Michigan A	Michigan B	10	0	0	10
CWRU	Michigan C	10	0	0	10
Ohio State A	Pittsburgh	10	0	0	10
JHU A	Columbia B	10	0	0	10
John Jay	Maryland B	10	0	0	10
Maryland A	NYU B	10	0	0	10
Mount Sinai	JHU B	10	0	10	20
Swarthmore	NYU A	10	0	10	20
Columbia A	Maryland C	10	0	10	20
Illinois	Indiana	10	0	10	20
UChicago C	Northwestern B	10	0	0	10
UChicago B	Northwestern A	10	0	0	10
abg academy	rusty shackleford	10	0	10	20
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Carleton A	Ottawa 67s	10	0	10	20
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Toronto G	Aweille Kevin Fan osti continue comme ça	10	0	0	10
Toronto E	Toronto Murder on the Rider Express	10	0	0	10
Toronto Operation PBSuccess	McGill B	10	0	10	20
Waterloo you are crooked	Guelph perfomative male competition	0	0	0	0
Berkeley A	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
Hail to the Sheaf	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	0	0	0	0
To buzz is to be perceived	Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	10	0	10	20
Chimp Brisket	Knorr Stock Clue	10	0	0	10
Galactic Ombudsmen	Coughing Baby	10	0	0	10
Of Mice and Penn	Bristold	10	10	10	30
The Bit and the Penndulum	Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament	10	0	0	10
question mark	Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins	10	0	10	20
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The best time to buzz was twenty clues ago. The second best time to buzz is now	Free Win	10	0	10	20
Berkeley B	In Search of Lost Clues	10	0	10	20
Stanford B	Berkeley C	10	0	0	10
UNC B	Planck Sinatra	10	0	0	10
UNC A	VT B	10	0	0	10
Wise Duke	VT A	0	0	0	0