Question
One ruler who mysteriously disappeared from this city’s Mokattam hills left behind only a donkey and bloody garments, and was known as the “mad caliph.” After his exile from Andalusia, Maimonides wrote the Mishneh Torah in this city’s suburb of Fustat, a previous capital which was absorbed by this city. An epithet of Fatima, which calls her “the luminous,” names this city’s Al-Azhar university. After the fall of Baghdad, the Abbasid Caliphate was restored in this city under the Mamluk Sultanate. The Ayyubid dynasty was founded in this city by Saladin after the fall of the Fatimid Caliphate. For 10 points, name this capital city of modern Egypt. ■END■
ANSWER: Cairo [accept Al-Qahirah, prompt on Fustat before mention]
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Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 85.10 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 63% | 98.50 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 108.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 92% | 0% | 50% | 93.73 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 98.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 81.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 84.13 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 56% | 88.89 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Brian Hoff | Cornell B | Binghamton B | 37 | 10 |
Alec West | Syracuse | RIT A | 38 | -5 |
Owen Linder | Binghamton A | Cornell D | 42 | 10 |
Chris Scheri | RIT B | Cornell C | 80 | 10 |
Kritanu Saha | Cornell A | Cornell G | 80 | 10 |
Gregory Stone | ESF | RIT C | 83 | 10 |
Vincent Misterkiewicz | Cornell E | U of Rochester A | 96 | -5 |
Tom Scheri | RIT A | Syracuse | 97 | 10 |
Elijah O'Sick Johnson | Binghamton C | Cornell F | 108 | 10 |
Kieran Freed | U of Rochester A | Cornell E | 108 | 10 |
Sam Hofecker | Penn State | U of Rochester B | 108 | 10 |
Sam Hofecker | Penn State | U of Rochester B | 108 | 10 |