Question

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 (10[1])mint at Senimure-Semure were confused with ones from Sabaria, which was nested between the Suebi and this people’s territory. Sapphires from Sri Lanka can be found on the votive crown for a king of this people, Recceswinth (10[1])(“RECK-uh-swinth”). The Roman general Flavius (10[2])Aetius fought alongside a king of this people against Attila (-5[1])at the Battle of Châlons (10[2])(“sha-LON”). The 711 Battle of Guadalete ended with the death of this people’s king Roderic to Tariq ibn Ziyad during an Umayyad invasion. (-5[1])For 10 points, what Germanic tribe governed early Medieval Spain and led a 410 sack of Rome under Alaric? ■END■ (10[3])

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
Akshar GoyalUIUC AWashU B3310
Owyn NoblePurdue CWashU D7010
Patrick MinskerUIUC BIndiana A7410
Sam McNameeNotre DameWashU C7410
Nitin MurthyPurdue AUChicago C84-5
Aden SunUChicago APurdue B8910
Gabe DubowskiUIUC CSIUE A8910
Francis BernhardtMiamiPurdue D111-5
Benny FeldmanUChicago CPurdue A13110
Hayden WillettPurdue DMiami13110
David ZhangUIUC DIndiana B13110