Question

Margaret of Navarre supported a librarian based in an abbey of this name who went into self-imposed exile after he translated the New Testament into French, only for the courts to order all copies burned. Eugène Millet (“oo-ZHEN mih-LAY”) modernized a building of this name to house a Museum of National Antiquities. A mysterious noble of this name, who was allegedly a son of Francis II Rákóczi (“RAH-koh-tsee”), practiced music and alchemy at the court of Charles of Hesse-Kassel (“HESS-uh KAH-sull”). In 1562, (10[1])Catherine de’ Medici pushed a 1562 toleration edict of this name (10[1])that failed to prevent the French Wars of Religion. After being exiled from England, James II lived in (10[1])a town of this name where Louis (-5[1])XIV (-5[3])primarily resided (-5[2])until (-5[1])the completion (-5[1])of the nearby Palace of Versailles. (-5[1])For 10 points, a (-5[1])canonized (-5[1])6th-century (-5[1])bishop of Paris lends (-5[1])what name to a French city (-5[1])followed by “en-Laye” ■END■ (10[6]0[17])

ANSWER: Saint Germain (“san jer-MAN”) [accept Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Edict of Saint Germain, Comte de Saint Germain, Count of Saint Germain, Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Germain of Paris, Saint Germanus, or Germain d’Autun] (The librarian was Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples.)
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Mitchell ShaddenTexasIndiana7710
Alan WuVanderbiltMcGill8810
Claire JonesChicago AChicago B10610
William HoustonChicago DTruman State113-5
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganMaryland114-5
Joel MilesMinnesota AWUSTL A114-5
Lexi TermanRutgersOttawa114-5
Sky LiToronto AGeorgia Tech116-5
Michael DuWaterlooPurdue116-5
Andrew KelleyKentuckyNorth Carolina B117-5
Megan WangBrownJohns Hopkins119-5
Cooper RohColumbia AStanford125-5
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina ACornell A129-5
Chris SimsNorthwesternIllinois130-5
Guy IndoranteIowa StateBerkeley A131-5
Joseph ChambersVirginiaArizona State135-5
Karsten RynearsonYale ANYU141-5
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia TechToronto A14510
Seth EbnerJohns HopkinsBrown1450
Halle FriedmanNYUYale A1450
Jake GreerHarvardChicago C1450
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BCornell B1450
Donal RyanTruman StateChicago D14510
Vishal KanigicherlaPennClaremont Colleges1450
Albert ZhangColumbia BFlorida1450
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AIowa State14510
Connor MayersMarylandMichigan1450
Charles HangWUSTL AMinnesota A14510
Jacky XuCornell ANorth Carolina A1450
Andrew ZengStanfordColumbia A14510
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaBerkeley B1450
Akshay SeetharamClaremont CollegesPenn1450
Amith PunyalaWUSTL BDuke1450
Adrian WongOttawaRutgers14510
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BSouth Carolina1450
Sarod NoriCornell BMinnesota B1450
Skand ParvatikarArizona StateVirginia1450
Graham CopeFloridaColumbia B1450
Quynh PhungPurdueWaterloo1450
Ashish SubramanianDukeWUSTL B1450