Question

Archbishop Lucas helped instigate a civil war between two rulers with this name that resulted in Ladislaus II being crowned instead. The Hilandar Monastery was founded by a ruler with this regnal name, which was given to all but one king of the Nemanjić (“NEH-mahn-yitch”) dynasty. Mercurius stole the Holy Dexter from a ruler with this name who married Gisela of Bavaria. Another ruler with this regnal name expanded the Syntagma with his Dušan (“du-SHAN”) Code. A ruler with this name defeated his uncle Gyula (-5[1])(“JOO-luh”) the Younger and feuded with Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II after the death of his brother-in-law Henry II. That Árpád ruler with this (10[1])name was crowned (10[1])by Pope Sylvester (10[1])II in the year 1000 CE for (10[1])promoting Christianity among the Magyars. (10[1])For 10 points, give this name of a saint and first king of Hungary. ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Stephen [or Štefan; or Stepan; or Stjepan; or Stephanos; or István; accept Stephen II of Hungary; accept Stephen III of Hungary; accept Stefan Nemanja; accept Stefan Uroš IV Dušan; accept Stephen I of Hungary or Saint Stephen; prompt on Vajk by asking “what was his Christian name after he his baptism?”; prompt on Dušan until read; prompt on Uroš]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Karsten RynearsonYale ARutgers B82-5
Cooper RohColumbia BBard A10510
Nathan ZhangCornell CVassar10810
Lexi TermanRutgers APrinceton A11110
John John GrogerColumbia AYale C11810
Andrew MinagarYale BNYU B12310
Jupiter DingPrinceton BPenn A13810
Vishal KanigicherlaPenn APrinceton B1380
Ashish KumbhardareRowan AColumbia C1380
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BYale A13810

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