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

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
Prahalad Rao (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Pitt A5210
Vishesh Verma (DII)Michigan State AOhio State A (UG)5610
Daniel Lian (DII)Michigan C (UG)Michigan State B (UG)7510
Biyang Zhang (UG)Michigan BMichigan A78-5
AngeloCWRU CCWRU D82-5
Kara Braun (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Kenyon A (UG)117-5
Kara Braun (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Kenyon A (UG)117-5
Francis Hanf (UG)Kenyon A (UG)Michigan State C (UG)13010
Francis Hanf (UG)Kenyon A (UG)Michigan State C (UG)13010
Peter Ballas (DII)Michigan D (DII)Kenyon B (DII)13010