Duke of Medina Sidonia - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

A 1641 revolt led by a person with this title targeted his distant cousin, the Count-Duke of Olivares, and possibly sought to create an independent Andalusia. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this Spanish noble title held by the House of Guzmán since the 15th century. One holder of this title was blamed for a successful English attack on Cadiz known as the “Singeing of the King of Spain’s Beard.”

ANSWER: Duke of Medina Sidonia

[10e] The seventh Duke of Medina Sidonia led this failed naval expedition of 1588 that sought to depose Elizabeth I but was defeated by English fire ships and dispersed by the so-called “Protestant wind.”

ANSWER: Spanish Armada [or Invincible Armada or Armada Invincible; accept Enterprise of England or Empresa de Inglaterra]

[10m] As the wife of John IV, the seventh duke’s granddaughter Luisa became the first queen of this dynasty following a coup against Margaret of Savoy. This dynasty ruled its country after the houses of Habsburg and Aviz.

ANSWER: Braganza [or Bragança]

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UCSD B	UCLA B	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCSD A	0	10	10	20
UCSD C	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	0	10
Brock	Western C	0	10	0	10
Waterloo B	Carleton University	0	10	0	10
Guelph	McGill A	0	10	10	20
Western A	McMaster B	0	10	0	10
Ottawa	Queen's	0	10	10	20
McGill B	Simon Fraser	0	10	10	20
UBC A	Toronto B	0	10	0	10
Toronto C	Toronto G	0	10	10	20
UBC B	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
Toronto F	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	0	10
McMaster A	Waterloo A	0	10	0	10
Western B	Toronto D	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	Ohio State A	0	10	0	10
Ohio State C	CWRU B	0	10	0	10
Duke	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	James Madison A	0	10	0	10
VCU	Virginia Tech A	0	10	0	10
North Carolina B	Virginia Tech B	0	0	0	0
Virginia	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
South Carolina B	William and Mary	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth B	Bowdoin A	0	10	10	20
MIT	Bowdoin B	0	10	10	20
Brown	Brandeis B	0	10	10	20
Brandeis A	Harvard A	0	10	0	10
Southern Connecticut State	Harvard B	0	10	0	10
Yale	Dartmouth A	0	10	10	20
Ohio State B	CWRU A	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Michigan B	0	10	0	10
Missouri B	Iowa State	0	10	0	10
Missouri A	Minnesota A	0	10	0	10
Washington A	Washington B	0	10	10	20
Liberty A	Wake Forest	0	10	0	10
Louisville A	Sewanee	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	Alabama A	0	10	10	20
Tennessee B	Alabama B	0	10	0	10
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WashU B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
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Cardiff	Oxford C	0	10	0	10
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Warwick A	Edinburgh A	0	10	10	20
Montpellier	Warwick B	0	10	0	10
Catholic	NYU A	0	10	10	20
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Columbia C	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
Rutgers A	John Jay	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	Johns Hopkins A	0	10	10	20
Maryland C	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	10	20
Maryland B	NYU C	0	10	0	10
Georgetown	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Louisville B	Bruin	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Kentucky	Mississipi State	0	10	0	10
NC State A	James Madison B	0	10	0	10
North Carolina A	North Carolina C	0	10	0	10