Istanbul - 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina

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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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	4	27.50	100%	100%	75%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	26.25	100%	88%	75%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	23.33	100%	67%	67%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	11	19.09	100%	46%	46%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	7	17.14	100%	14%	57%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	7	18.57	100%	29%	57%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	22.22	100%	67%	56%

Data


Liberty B	Appalachian State A	10	0	10	20
Liberty C	Appalachian State B	0	0	10	10
NC State	James Madison B	10	0	10	20
VCU	Liberty A	10	10	10	30
Duke A	Tusculum	0	0	10	10
UNC D	UNC C	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	William & Mary	10	0	10	20