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With the exception of Ugnas, bishops in this people’s kingdom protested high taxes for the fisc, citing a 6th-century church council where the filioque (“fill-ee-OH-kway”) clause was codified in Western Christianity. Coins from this people’s mint at Senimure-Semure were confused with ones from Sabaria, which was nested between the Suebi and this people’s territory. (10[1])Sapphires from Sri Lanka can be found on the votive crown for a king of this people, Recceswinth (-5[1])(“RECK-uh-swinth”). The Roman general Flavius Aetius (10[1])fought alongside a king of this people against (10[1])Attila at the Battle of Châlons (10[1])(“sha-LON”). The (-5[1])711 Battle of Guadalete (-5[1])ended with the death of this people’s king Roderic to Tariq (10[1])ibn Ziyad during an Umayyad invasion. For 10 points, what Germanic tribe (-5[1])governed early Medieval Spain and led a 410 sack of Rome under Alaric? (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Visigoths [or Visigothi or Wisigothi or Vesi or Visi or Wesi or Wisi; accept Kingdom of the Visigoths or Visigothic Kingdom or Visigothic Spain; prompt on Goths or Kingdom of the Goths or Regnum Gothum; reject “Ostrogoths”] (The church council is the Third Council of Toledo.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin HoffAmherst ABowdoin A5210
Marc GrecoWilliams AClark A70-5
Rajat SethiNortheastern ABrown A7510
Christopher DechDiamond BrandeisYale B8310
Yrwin BatanMIT ATufts A8910
Bakhtiyarov KhumoyunA Brandeis SupremeBowdoin B90-5
Roger ChennYale CTufts B94-5
Rohan GaneshanHarvard AYale A10510
Jaehyun ParkBoston University ABoston University B117-5
Francis PowellTufts BYale C13010
Max WoodBrandeises BrewCarabrandeis13110
Hanson HuynhBoston University BBoston University A13110
Derek FinoClark AWilliams A13110
Graham LucasBowdoin BA Brandeis Supreme13110