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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 and lemons to this region, which was once part of the Fatimid Caliphate. John of Procida was involved in a revolt (-5[1])in this region between Peter of Aragon (-5[1])and Charles of Anjou. This island was conquered under the leadership (10[2])of Roger Bosso and the Hauteville scion Robert (10[1])Guiscard, and was the site (10[1])of an Eastertide revolt that broke out against the French. For 10 points, a blend of Norman and Arab culture emerged on what island, where a 1282 (10[1])“Vespers” revolt broke out in Palermo? (10[2])■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
Roan DowlingIowaOle Miss63-5
Zaid Asif (D2)NYU BVassar B70-5
Evan Moore (UG)Mississippi StateColorado College8110
Drew Scheiner (UG)MissouriArkansas8110
Luca Balescu (D2)Texas DVassar A8910
Athena Shadden (UG)Texas ATexas B9410
Benjamin Allen (UG)Central OklahomaOregon State12110
Collin NadarajahWUSTL ATexas C12710
Dylan Dexter (D2)Ole MissIowa12710
Thomas Doyle (UG)Vassar BNYU B12810