Jolof empire - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

The last ruler of this empire was defeated after having his army following a trail of buried javelins into an ambush. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this empire that broke apart after the Cayor (“ka-YOR”) defeated them at the Battle of Danki. After its decline, its former Serer (“seh-RAIR”) vassals of Saloum and Sine regained independence.

ANSWER: Jolof empire [or Wolof; or Great Jolof]

[10e] The first ruler of the Jolof Empire, Ndiadiane Ndiaye (“NJAH-jahn NJAH-ee”), legendarily lived in and emerged from this river. This river names the modern day country containing most Wolof speakers, separating it from Mauritania.

ANSWER: Senegal River [or Nahr as-Siniġāl; or Seen O Gal; or Fleuve Sénégal; or Dexug Senegaal]

[10m] According to most stories, Ndiadiane Ndiaye’s father was a ruler of this dynasty from modern Morocco. This dynasty’s rule ended with the fall of Marrakesh in 1147, and it may have conquered Ghana.

ANSWER: Almoravid Dynasty [reject “Almohad”]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	10.00	67%	0%	33%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	25%	75%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	12	9.17	58%	33%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	20.00	67%	100%	33%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	8.00	40%	40%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	4.44	22%	11%	11%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	10.00	50%	38%	13%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	75%	25%	25%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	14.29	71%	71%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	14.17	83%	50%	8%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	8.75	50%	38%	0%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	50%	25%	25%

Data


Berkeley B	Berkeley D	0	0	0	0
UC Irvine	UCSD B	0	0	0	0
UC Santa Barbara	Arizona State	0	0	10	10
UCLA A	UCSD A	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCSD C	0	0	10	10
Berkeley A	Stanford A	0	10	0	10
Berkeley C	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
McMaster B	Western B	0	0	0	0
Brock	Toronto G	0	10	0	10
Guelph	Carleton University	0	10	0	10
Toronto B	McMaster A	0	10	0	10
Waterloo B	UBC B	0	0	10	10
Waterloo A	Queen's	0	10	10	20
Toronto Metropolitan	Western A	0	0	10	10
Simon Fraser	Western C	0	0	0	0
Central Florida A	Florida B	0	0	10	10
Florida A	Central Florida B	0	10	10	20
Florida C	Central Florida C	10	10	10	30
Toronto C	McGill B	0	10	10	20
CWRU B	Michigan C	0	0	0	0
Michigan A	CWRU A	0	0	10	10
Pittsburgh	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Ohio State A	Ohio State B	0	10	0	10
Ohio State C	Michigan State	0	10	0	10
South Carolina B	Duke	0	0	0	0
North Carolina C	James Madison B	0	0	10	10
NC State B	Liberty A	0	10	0	10
North Carolina A	NC State A	0	0	0	0
James Madison A	North Carolina B	0	0	0	0
South Carolina A	Liberty C	0	0	0	0
Liberty B	VCU	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech A	William and Mary	10	10	0	20
Wake Forest	Virginia Tech B	0	0	0	0
Toronto F	Toronto D	0	0	0	0
Chicago A	Northwestern C	0	10	0	10
Indiana B	Chicago C	0	10	0	10
Chicago D	Illinois C	0	0	0	0
Indiana A	Chicago E	10	10	10	30
Indiana C	Illinois A	0	0	0	0
Illinois B	Northwestern D	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame A	Purdue B	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Notre Dame B	0	10	10	20
Toronto E	McGill A	0	10	0	10
Ottawa	UBC A	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Missouri A	0	10	0	10
Minnesota A	Washington B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Carleton College	0	10	10	20
Claremont	Missouri B	0	10	0	10
Texas A&M A	Texas A	0	10	10	20
Murray State A	Texas B	0	10	10	20
Kentucky	Alabama B	0	0	10	10
Bruin	Louisville A	0	10	10	20
Sewanee	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Tennessee A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
WashU A	Louisville B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	WashU B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
Bristol	Cambridge C	0	10	10	20
Birmingham	Cardiff	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	City St. George's	0	0	10	10
Imperial C	LSE	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	Manchester	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Montpellier	0	10	10	20
Oxford A	Edinburgh B	0	10	10	20
Oxford B	Cambridge B	0	10	0	10
Durham	UCL	0	10	10	20
Oxford C	Warwick A	0	10	0	10
Warwick B	Southampton B	0	10	0	10
Southampton A	Edinburgh A	0	0	0	0
Maryland C	Catholic	0	10	10	20
Swarthmore	John Jay	0	0	0	0
Johns Hopkins A	Columbia C	0	0	10	10
Vassar	Rutgers B	0	0	0	0
Maryland A	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Cornell A	Binghamton A	0	10	10	20
RIT	Binghamton B	0	0	0	0
Penn State	Cornell B	10	10	0	20
Cornell C	Rochester	0	0	0	0
NYU A	Georgetown	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	0	10
NYU C	Rutgers A	0	0	0	0