Question

According to tradition, this country is where Saint Matthew was martyred while preaching. This country’s version of the books of Maccabees are the Meqabyan, written in the language of Ge’ez (“giz”). The Books (10[1])of Jubilees (10[1])and Enoch are canonical in this country’s (10[1])Orthodox Church, which was in union with the Coptic Orthodox Church (-5[1])further north from the fourth to the twentieth centuries. This country’s Church of Our Lady, Mary of Zion claims to be the home of the Ark of the Covenant, after it was brought there by the son of the Queen of Sheba. For (10[1])10 points, name this country whose Orthodox Tewahedo Church is headquartered in Addis Ababa. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Ethiopia [or Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia ASwarthmore A3110
Finn Doyle (DII)PrincetonPenn3310
Keegan Martin (UG)NYU AUniversity of Delaware A4010
Wade Rogers (DII)FordhamSwarthmore B51-5
Alex Shi (DII)Swarthmore BFordham9410
Miles Jaffee (DII)LehighUniversity of Delaware B10910
Rio Lucenet (UG)NYU CNYU B10910

Summary

2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y6100%0%17%69.33