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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 (10[2])and lemons to this region, which was once part of the Fatimid Caliphate. John of Procida was involved in a revolt in this region between Peter of Aragon and Charles of Anjou. This island (10[1])was conquered under the leadership (10[2]-5[1])of Roger Bosso and the Hauteville (10[1])scion Robert Guiscard, (10[1])and was the site of an Eastertide (10[1])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” revolt broke out in Palermo? ■END■ (10[1])

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
Akshar GoyalUIUC APurdue D4210
Akshar GoyalUIUC APurdue D4210
Justin HawkinsIndiana AWashU C7610
Sam KonkelUChicago CPurdue C81-5
June YinWashU BUChicago D8110
June YinWashU BUChicago D8110
Aden SunUChicago AUIUC D8710
Nolan JonesPurdue APurdue B9010
Patrick MinskerUIUC BWashU D9710
Sophia MadrazoPurdue CUChicago C12810