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 (10[1]-5[1])by (10[1])making (-5[1])peace (-5[1])with Prussia before later being deposed in a coup by his wife Catherine. Another (10[1])ruler with this (10[1])first name founded (10[1])his country’s first naval base, Taganrog, after touring Europe on his “Grand Embassy.” A modernizing tsar with this first name defeated (-5[1])Charles XII in the Great Northern War and built a new capital city on the Baltic Sea (0[1])named for his namesake saint. (10[1])For 10 points, give this name of three Russian tsars, the first of whom was titled “the Great.” ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Peter [or Pyotr; accept Peter I or Peter the Great or Peter III]
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY978%0%44%60.29
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%0%58.75
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%17%45.83
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%25%62.00
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%50.22
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%56.80
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%65.88
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%63.44

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Aidan RoulletRIT AU of Rochester A3010
Brian HoffCornell BCornell E30-5
Alec WestSyracuseBinghamton B3110
Chris ScheriRIT BPenn State32-5
Michael GeCornell DCornell G33-5
Jude Mejia-VazquezRIT CCornell A4710
Elizabeth LarkinCornell FCornell C5010
Owen LinderBinghamton AESF5310
Jake CobovicBinghamton CU of Rochester B74-5
Iris LiangCornell GCornell D910
Victor BenderPenn StateRIT B9610
Anna KuangCornell ECornell B1150
Nora MahoneyU of Rochester BBinghamton C11510