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% |