Question

According to legend, a mosque in this city has six minarets, rather than the usual four, because an architect misinterpreted a request for gold minarets. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this city home to that mosque, which is nicknamed for the distinctive blue tiles on its interior walls.
ANSWER: Istanbul [accept Constantinople]
[10m] Seyyid Kasim Gubari decorated the interior of the Blue Mosque using this art form, which has styles like Kufic. Due to Islamic restrictions on pictorial iconography, this art form is often used to depict Muhammad in mosques.
ANSWER: calligraphy [accept Kufic calligraphy; prompt on writing or script by asking “what art form related to that?”]
[10e] Gubari’s calligraphy is present on the Blue Mosque’s walls and its examples of these hemispherical architectural features that top many buildings such as the United States Capitol.
ANSWER: domes
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Georgia Tech EAuburn C10101030
FurmanClemson A10101030
Emory AAuburn A10101030
Georgia AGeorgia Tech B0101020
Mississippi State AGeorgia Tech A001010
Georgia Tech DSouthern10101030
South Carolina BTennessee A001010
South Carolina BTennessee A001010
South Carolina BTennessee A001010
South Carolina BTennessee A001010
South Carolina BTennessee A001010
South Carolina BTennessee A001010
South Carolina BTennessee A001010
South Carolina BTennessee A001010
South Carolina ATennessee B001010
South Carolina ATennessee B001010
South Carolina ATennessee B001010
South Carolina ATennessee B001010
South Carolina ATennessee B001010
South Carolina ATennessee B001010
South Carolina ATennessee B001010
South Carolina ATennessee B001010
Alabama AVanderbilt B1001020