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 (-5[1])miniscule script named for this dynasty. The life of (10[1])a ruler of this dynasty was documented by (10[1])Notker the Stammerer. (10[1])Tension from the signing of a bilingual oath at Strasbourg (10[1])preceded this dynasty splitting into regions like Provence (10[1])and Lotharingia. A palace at Aachen was built for this dynasty (10[1])under Einhard’s (10[1])supervision. (10[1])For 10 points, what Frankish dynasty included the first Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne? (10[1])■END■

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
Akshar GoyalUIUC APurdue A55-5
Aneesh ShrotriyaPurdue CNorthwestern A6410
Jiping FangUIUC DPurdue D7210
Danila KabotyaIndiana AWashU B7510
Liam StarnesUChicago BUChicago A8510
Patrick MinskerUIUC BUChicago C9310
Gabe DubowskiUIUC CPurdue B10410
Theodor MartinWashU DWashU C10610
Connor McClellandMiamiUChicago D10710
Nolan JonesPurdue AUIUC A12010

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