Question

According to the Chronicon Altinate, an anonymous daughter of a ruler from this dynasty supposedly became a dogaressa and may have foiled an alliance between Beato and Princess Cassandra. The “goose-footed” Bertrada was the mother of a ruler from this dynasty, who may have contemplated marrying a Byzantine ruler from Athens. Gothic blackletter developed from a (10[1])miniscule script named (10[1])for this dynasty. The life of a ruler (10[1])of this dynasty was documented by Notker the Stammerer. Tension from the signing of a bilingual oath at Strasbourg preceded this dynasty splitting (10[1])into regions like Provence and Lotharingia. (10[1])A palace at Aachen (10[1])was (-5[1])built for this dynasty under Einhard’s supervision. For 10 points, what Frankish dynasty included the first Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Carolingian Dynasty [or Carlovingians or Carolingus or Carolings or Karolinger or Karlings; accept Carolingian minuscule script or Caroline minuscule; prompt on Franks or Frankish; reject “Merovingian Dynasty”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chase BarrickLehigh AHaverford A5510
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard AColumbia A5810
Teigue KellyPenn State ARowan A6610
Emma Victoria ByronRutgers CRutgers A8910
Olin BoseColumbia BPenn B9510
Aditya ShivaswamyJohns Hopkins APenn A9910
Robert WangPenn State BJohns Hopkins B100-5
Elizabeth JewlalJohns Hopkins BPenn State B12110

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y7100%0%0%102.71
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%83.29
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%11%91.78
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%0%87.57
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%93.00