minarets - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Four marble examples of these structures were built tilting outwards of a complex in case of an earthquake. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name these structures that sometimes include balconies called şerefes. One of these structures in Samarra uses a distinctive spiral design.

ANSWER: minarets [or minars]

[10h] Marble and this material were used in the construction of the minarets in buildings such as Lahore’s Badhashi Mosque. This is also the predominant material used for the Jama Mosque in Delhi.

ANSWER: sandstone [or red sandstone; prompt on stone or rock]

[10e] The Badhashi Mosque contains three of these features on top of its prayer hall. The Taj Mahal is topped with a massive onion-shaped one of these features.

ANSWER: domes [accept onion domes]

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California	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%
Canada	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	13	16.92	100%	23%	46%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	15.00	100%	17%	33%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	14.00	100%	30%	10%
North	Main	Y	10	15.00	100%	20%	30%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	15.00	100%	17%	33%
South Central	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	20%	40%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	15.00	100%	17%	33%
UK	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	13%	50%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	38%	25%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	19.29	100%	57%	36%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%

Data


Berkeley B	Stanford C	0	0	10	10
Berkeley C	UCSC	0	10	10	20
Berkeley D	Stanford A	0	0	10	10
Stanford B	Berkeley E	10	10	10	30
Berkeley A	Berkeley F	10	0	10	20
UCLA A	UCLA D	10	0	10	20
Queen's B	Guelph B	0	0	10	10
McGill B	McGill C	0	10	10	20
McMaster A	Guelph A	0	0	10	10
Toronto E	McMaster B	0	0	10	10
Melbourne B	ERAU B	0	0	10	10
UCF B	FIU	0	10	10	20
FSU	UF B	0	0	10	10
UF C	Melbourne A	0	0	10	10
UCF A	UF D	10	10	10	30
ERAU A	USF	0	0	10	10
Queen's A	Carleton	0	0	10	10
Toronto A	Toronto D	10	10	10	30
Ottawa	Toronto B	0	10	10	20
McGill A	Toronto C	0	10	10	20
Toronto J	Toronto F	10	0	10	20
Toronto K	Toronto I	0	0	10	10
Toronto G	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	10	30
Western Ontario	Waterloo	0	10	10	20
CWRU D	CWRU B	10	0	10	20
CWRU C	Pitt C	0	0	10	10
MSU A	Kenyon A	10	0	10	20
OSU A	CWRU A	0	0	10	10
Kenyon B	OSU B	0	0	10	10
Pitt B	OSU C	10	10	10	30
OSU D	Pitt A	0	0	10	10
Clemson A	North Carolina B	0	10	10	20
Clemson B	NC State	0	0	10	10
James Madison	North Carolina C	0	0	10	10
North Carolina A	Tusculum	10	0	10	20
Roanoke	Liberty C	10	0	10	20
South Carolina B	Liberty B	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech B	Tennessee A	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	Tennessee B	10	0	10	20
South Carolina A	Virginia A	0	0	10	10
Liberty A	Virginia B	0	0	10	10
McMaster C	Toronto H	0	0	10	10
George Mason A	Notre Dame E	0	10	10	20
Catholic University	George Mason B	0	0	10	10
George Washington B	George Mason C	0	0	10	10
George Washington A	Georgetown A	0	0	10	10
Georgetown B	Johns Hopkins A	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins C	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	10	20
Maryland A	Maryland C	0	0	10	10
UMBC A	Maryland D	0	0	10	10
VCU A	NYU A	10	0	10	20
Penn A	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Columbia A	Swarthmore A	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	Rutgers C	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Columbia C	0	0	10	10
Rowan A	Princeton A	10	10	10	30
Lehigh B	Vassar A	0	0	10	10
Missouri B	SIUE	0	0	10	10
Truman State	WashU D	0	10	10	20
WashU A	WashU C	10	0	10	20
Missouri A	William Woods	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Chicago C	0	0	10	10
Chicago D	Illinois B	0	0	10	10
Illinois A	UIC	0	10	10	20
Indiana A	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Kentucky	Illinois C	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	Indiana B	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Notre Dame A	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame C	Notre Dame B	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame D	Louisville A	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	Michigan A	0	0	10	10
Purdue B	Michigan D	0	0	10	10
Louisville B	Purdue C	10	0	10	20
Iowa State	Carleton	0	0	10	10
Macalester B	Minnesota B	0	0	10	10
St. Thomas	Minnesota C	0	10	10	20
Minnesota A	Nebraska	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin	Macalester A	10	0	10	20
BC A	Amherst B	0	0	10	10
BC B	Amherst A	0	0	10	10
BU	MIT A	0	10	10	20
Bowdoin A	Brown C	0	0	10	10
Tufts A	Brandeis Clemenceau	0	0	10	10
Bowdoin B	Brandeis Orlando	0	0	10	10
Dartmouth	Brandeis Wilson	10	10	10	30
Brown A	Yale A	0	10	10	20
Cornell-UG	Brown B	10	10	10	30
Tufts B	Harvard	0	0	10	10
Williams	Brandeis Lloyd George	0	0	10	10
MIT B	Yale B	0	0	10	10
Alberta	British Columbia C	10	0	10	20
British Columbia D	Simon Fraser	0	0	10	10
Washington A	British Columbia A	10	0	10	20
British Columbia B	Washington B	10	0	10	20
Arizona State A	Northwestern C	10	0	10	20
Alberta B	Northwestern B	0	0	10	10
McGill D	Rose State	0	10	10	20
Texas A	Northwestern A	0	10	10	20
Tulsa	Texas B	0	0	10	10
Iowa	UCO	0	0	10	10
UTD A	Ohio	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	UTD B	0	10	10	20
Huntsville B	Alabama A	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Huntsville A	0	0	10	10
Auburn B	Georgia Tech D	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech B	10	0	10	20
Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt A	0	0	10	10
Sewanee A	Alabama B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	UAB A	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Bruin A	10	0	10	20
Warwick A	Birmingham A	10	10	10	30
Bristol A	Oxford A	10	0	10	20
Bristol B	City St George's A	0	0	10	10
Cambridge B	Oxford B	10	0	10	20
Durham A	Warwick B	10	10	10	30
Durham B	Sheffield C	0	0	10	10
Edinburgh A	Cambridge C	10	10	10	30
Sheffield B	Edinburgh B	10	0	10	20
LSE A	Imperial A	10	0	10	20
Imperial B	Imperial C	0	0	10	10
Sheffield A	Manchester A	10	0	10	20
Cambridge D	Manchester B	0	0	10	10
Southampton A	Cambridge A	0	10	10	20
LSE B	Southampton B	0	10	10	20
Binghamton B	Binghamton A	0	0	10	10
Syracuse	Cornell-DII	0	0	10	10
RIT A	ESF	0	0	10	10
RIT B	Rochester	10	0	10	20