Saint Stephen the Great - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Gheorghe Asachi (“GYOR-gay ah-SAH-kee”) popularized romantic depictions of this person, including historical fiction and a now-lost painting. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this Voivode (“VOY-vohd”) of Moldavia whose campaigns against Mehmed II have made him a popular figure among both Moldovan and Romanian nationalists.

ANSWER: Saint Stephen the Great [or Stephen III; prompt on Stephen; reject “Saint Stephen”]

[10m] After he defeated a revolt by his uncle Peter III Aaron, Stephen the Great executed many members of this class who had supported his uncle. Nobility of this class were subjected to a “beard tax” in another country.

ANSWER: boyars [or bolyars]

[10e] Stephen attempted to prop up the Unio Trium Nationum that constituted this region north of Wallachia. Stephen was an ally of Vlad the Impaler, who inspired Dracula, a fictional resident of this region in northwest Romania.

ANSWER: Transylvania [or Ardeal; or Erdély]

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California	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Canada	Main	Y	6	20.00	100%	83%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	12	17.50	100%	58%	17%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	12.86	100%	29%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%
North	Main	Y	11	13.64	100%	36%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	14.29	100%	43%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley B	0	10	10	20
Berkeley D	Stanford B	0	10	10	20
Berkeley E	Stanford A	0	10	10	20
Stanford C	Berkeley C	0	10	10	20
Berkeley F	UCSC	0	0	10	10
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCI	10	10	10	30
Claremont Scripps	UCLA A	0	10	10	20
Claremont Pitzer	UCLA B	0	10	10	20
UCSB	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	0	10	10	20
Carleton	Guelph B	10	10	10	30
Toronto A	McGill B	0	10	10	20
Queen's A	Toronto I	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	Toronto J	0	0	10	10
Toronto D	Waterloo	0	0	10	10
UCLA C	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	0	10	10
UCLA D	USC	0	10	10	20
Western Ontario	Guelph A	0	0	10	10
Toronto E	McMaster C	0	0	10	10
Ottawa	McMaster A	10	10	10	30
Queen's B	McGill C	0	10	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto H	0	10	10	20
Toronto B	Toronto K	0	10	10	20
Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto F	0	0	10	10
FSU	ERAU A	0	0	10	10
Melbourne A	UF D	0	0	10	10
UCF A	UF B	0	10	10	20
FIU	UF A	0	10	10	20
UF E	UCF B	0	0	10	10
CWRU C	MSU B	0	0	10	10
CWRU B	CWRU A	0	0	10	10
Pitt A	MSU A	0	10	10	20
OSU B	OSU A	0	10	10	20
OSU C	OSU D	0	0	10	10
CWRU D	Pitt C	0	0	10	10
James Madison	Clemson A	0	0	10	10
Liberty A	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
South Carolina B	Tusculum	0	0	10	10
South Carolina A	Tennessee A	0	0	10	10
Virginia B	Tennessee B	0	0	10	10
Virginia A	Clemson B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Roanoke	0	0	10	10
NC State	Virginia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Kenyon B	Kenyon A	0	0	10	10
George Mason A	Catholic University	0	0	10	10
George Mason C	George Washington B	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins A	VCU A	0	10	10	20
Maryland A	George Mason B	0	10	10	20
Maryland C	Georgetown A	0	0	10	10
NYU A	Penn A	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame E	UMBC A	0	0	10	10
Columbia B	Swarthmore A	0	10	10	20
Princeton A	Columbia C	0	10	10	20
Maryland B	Johns Hopkins B	0	0	10	10
Maryland D	NYU B	0	10	10	20
Penn B	Johns Hopkins C	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	Lehigh B	0	10	10	20
Rowan A	Lehigh A	0	10	10	20
Rutgers C	Rutgers B	0	0	10	10
Missouri A	WashU B	0	10	10	20
WashU A	Missouri B	0	10	10	20
William Woods	WashU C	0	10	10	20
Truman State	WashU D	0	10	10	20
Georgetown B	George Washington A	0	0	10	10
Auburn A	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	UAB A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Alabama B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Huntsville B	0	10	10	20
Sewanee A	Huntsville A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt B	0	0	10	10
Bruin A	Auburn B	0	10	10	20
Cambridge C	Bristol A	0	10	10	20
Birmingham A	Imperial A	0	0	10	10
Durham A	Cambridge B	0	0	10	10
Southampton B	Durham B	0	0	10	10
Edinburgh A	Cambridge A	0	10	10	20
Imperial C	Cambridge D	0	10	10	20
Manchester A	LSE A	0	10	10	20
Bristol B	Manchester B	0	0	10	10
Southampton A	Oxford A	0	0	10	10
Oxford B	Sheffield B	0	0	10	10
Sheffield C	Lancaster A	0	0	10	10
Warwick A	Sheffield A	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh B	Warwick B	0	0	10	10
ESF	Rochester	0	10	10	20
Binghamton B	Syracuse	0	0	10	10
RIT A	Binghamton A	0	10	10	20
Imperial B	City St George's A	0	10	10	20
RIT B	Cornell-DII	0	10	10	20