Vijayanagara - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

This empire reached its height under Krishnadevaraya (“KRISH-nuh-day-vuh-RYE-uh”), who subjugated the Gajapatis (“guh-JAH-puh-tees”) of Odisha and captured Raichur (“RYE-choor”) and Gulbarga in the 1510s. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this empire that dominated South India from the 14th to the 16th centuries. The name of its capital translates to “city of victory.”

ANSWER: Vijayanagara (“VEE-jay-uh-NUH-guh-ruh”)

[10h] Though Kannada (“KUN-nuh-dah”) was the court language for most of the empire’s history, the reign of Krishnadevaraya saw extensive patronage of poets in this Dravidian language, such as the eight Ashtadiggajas (“USH-tuh-DIG-guh-juhs”).

ANSWER: Telugu (“TELL-oo-goo”)

[10e] The Vijayanagara Empire was subject to a punitive invasion by this island’s Sinhala Kotte (“KOH-tay”) Kingdom while itself briefly vassalizing its Tamil Hindu Jaffna Kingdom.

ANSWER: Sri Lanka [or Ceylon]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Canada	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	13	16.15	92%	54%	15%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	11.43	100%	14%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	14.00	100%	30%	10%
North	Main	Y	10	17.00	100%	50%	20%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	19.17	100%	58%	33%
South Central	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	14.17	100%	33%	8%
UK	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	15.71	100%	43%	14%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%

Data


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