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According to Edmund von Lippman, the invention of the three-cylinder mill in this region revived its sugar industry. Frederick II instituted a monopoly on the grain trade to this region via a legal code called the Liber Augustalis. The Kalbid dynasty introduced oranges and lemons to this region, which was (10[1])once part of the Fatimid Caliphate. (-5[1])John of Procida was involved in a revolt in this region between Peter of Aragon (10[1])and Charles of Anjou. (10[1]-5[1])This island was conquered (10[1])under the (10[1])leadership of Roger Bosso and the Hauteville scion Robert Guiscard, and was the site of an Eastertide revolt that broke out against the French. For 10 points, a blend of Norman and Arab culture emerged on what island, where a 1282 “Vespers” (10[1])revolt broke out in Palermo? ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: Sicily [or Sicilia; accept War of the Sicilian Vespers; accept County of Sicily; accept Kingdom of Sicily; accept Emirate of Sicily; accept Fatimid Sicily; prompt on Mezzogiorno or Southern Italy or Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana; reject “Kingdom of the Two Sicilies”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ian LuGeorgia Tech FAuburn C4910
Richard D'AngeloTennesse AAlabama A55-5
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech DClemson A7010
Luke ZhangEmory AGeorgia Tech E7410
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech A74-5
Will HughesAuburn AEmory B7810
Martin BrandenburgGeorgia AAuburn B8010
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech C12210
Jackson McDonaldAlabama ATennesse A12810
Malachi LedfordTusculum ATennesse B1280
Everett SegoTennesse BTusculum A1280