Question
One ruler with this first name put a rat on trial for chewing on toy soldiers. That ruler with this first name sparked the Second Miracle of the House of Brandenburg by making peace with Prussia before later being deposed in a coup by his wife Catherine. Another ruler with this first name founded his country’s first naval base, Taganrog, after touring Europe on his “Grand Embassy.” A modernizing tsar with this first name defeated Charles XII in the Great Northern War and built a new capital city on the Baltic Sea named for his namesake saint. For 10 points, give this name of three Russian tsars, the first of whom was titled “the Great.” ■END■
ANSWER: Peter [or Pyotr; accept Peter I or Peter the Great or Peter III]
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= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Jerry Xu (DII) | Claremont A | UCLA C | 30 | 10 |
Sumukh Murthy (UG) | UCSD | Claremont B | 30 | -5 |
Bolun Thompson (DII) | UCLA E | USC | 34 | 10 |
Anthony Fangqing Yu (UG) | UCLA A | UCLA D | 46 | 10 |
Jacob Cohen (UG) | UCLA B | Claremont C | 59 | 10 |
Adam Hermann (DII) | Claremont B | UCSD | 115 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 78% | 0% | 44% | 60.29 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 58.75 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 17% | 45.83 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 62.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 50.22 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 56.80 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 65.88 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 63.44 |