Question

One ruler with this first name put a rat on trial (10[1])for chewing on toy soldiers. That ruler with this first name sparked (10[1])the Second Miracle of the House of Brandenburg by making peace with Prussia before later being deposed in a coup by his wife Catherine. (10[1]-5[1])Another ruler with this first name founded his country’s first naval base, Taganrog, after touring Europe on his “Grand Embassy.” A modernizing tsar (10[1])with this first name defeated Charles XII in the (10[1])Great Northern War and built a new capital city on the Baltic Sea (10[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])

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

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Penn B (DII)1010
Andrew YangColumbia BLehigh A (UG)2210
Theodore Farrell (UG)Fordham APrinceton A (UG)46-5
Arthur Zhang (DII)NYU A (UG)Columbia J (DII)4610
Rohit Chintala (DII)Maryland B (DII)Bard A (UG)6910
Nicola Illario (DII)Penn A (DII)Maryland A (DII)7810
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BNYU B9110
Emma Victoria Byron (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Rowan A (DII)9610
Lucas Shedlock (UG)Princeton A (UG)Fordham A11510

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